Fibromyalgia and Treatment

June 13th, 2009

“What I am looking for is not out there; it is in me”, Helen Keller

The idea that fibromyalgia can be ‘cured’ through medications is erroneous. Drugs such as Neurontin or Lyrica can sometimes be effective to control the symptoms in some people with fibromyalgia some of the time. Is this really treatment or merely masking the symptoms?mind20and20the20brain

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Fibromyalgia and Multi-tasking: A woman’s nemesis?

May 17th, 2009

“The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn”,full-catastrophe-living-jon-kabat-zinn-abridged-compact-discs-random-house-audiobooks Gloria Steinem

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Fibromyalgia, ‘goodism’, self-sacrifice,”giving yourself away”

May 9th, 2009

untitled“Self development is a higher duty than self sacrifice”, Elizabeth Stanton

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Fibromyalgia and Menopause: Our Bodies Ourselves

May 2nd, 2009

97807432748761I have just been nominated as a Women’s Health Hero from the Our Body Ourselves collective by a former student. I am so honored by this nomination. The series of books written by this collective is superb. I wrote (with two colleagues) an article for their book on menopause which is a topic near and dear to my heart as fibromyalgia seems to speed up at mid-life. I also have a chapter in my own book on fibromyalgia regarding menopause. If you are  interested in nominating me (or some of the other wonderful women) please visit their site as soon as possible www.ourbodiesourselves.org/heroes.asp Nominations cease May 8th/09! Just reading about those lovely women is inspiring.

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Is Fibromyalgia a ‘Psychosomatic’ Disorder?

April 12th, 2009

155643233x_01__sx140_sy225_sclzzzzzzz_” Trust one who has gone through it”, Virgil

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Fibromyalgia: The pain is in the brain

March 25th, 2009

11463“Memory, the warder of the brain”, William Shakespeare

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Are gay men more prone to fibromyalgia than heterosexual men?

February 14th, 2009

untitled” I know that you cannot live on hope alone, but without it, life is not worth living”, Harvey Milk

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Fibromyalgia: hearing ’science’ and being silenced

January 31st, 2009

k7408” A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. So is a lot”, Albert Einstein

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Fibromyalgia: Massage in Maui

December 30th, 2008

challenge-pain-patrick-wall-paperback-cover-art“Why do we pay for psychotherapy when massages cost half as much?” Jason Love

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Fibromyalgia, cold winter and holidays

December 13th, 2008

” The last day of the old year was one of those bright, cold, dazzling winter days, which bombard us with their brilliancy, and command our admiration but never our love” , Lucy Maud Montgomery08-012

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Fibromyalgia and Buddhist Practice of ‘Tonglin’

December 1st, 2008

1577314417” There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in”, Leonard Cohen

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On Being Parented and Parenting: Overcoming Past Experiences Through Understanding Pain of Fibromyalgia

November 1st, 2008

“If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents and all generations of your ancestors. All of them are alive in this moment. Each is present in your body. You are the continuation of each of these people”, Thich Nhat Hanhbookcover-1

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Fibromyalgia and Other Pains: Living with Anxiety and Apprehension

October 10th, 2008

400000000000000054575_s4“It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it” , Lena Horne

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Fibromyalgia: Suffering With The Itch You Can’t Scratch

September 7th, 2008

147414671“Once it is understood that sufferings cannot be compared, then it is possible to speak of different sufferings in the same story, because there is no comparison”, Arthur W. Frank

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Fibromyalgia and ‘flare-ups’

August 15th, 2008

” So, like a forgotten fire, a childhood can always fla14739747re up again within us”, Gaston Bachelard

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Fibromyalgia and friendships

July 25th, 2008

“One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion”, Simone deBeauvoirfriends

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Fibromyalgia and ‘Energy Medicine’: Trying to unlock the puzzling language and belief system

July 11th, 2008

voodoo-science “Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please”, Mark Twain

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Fibromyalgia: Men/ Women/ Sensitivity and Empathy

June 23rd, 2008

“Men are from Earth, women are from Earth. Deal with it”, George Carlinp1010023

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Fibromyalgia and ‘playing’ the ‘game’ of bridge

June 20th, 2008

71ke5f3wjml__sl500_aa240_“Bridge is essentially a social game, but unfortunately it attracts a substantial number of antisocial people”, Alan Truscott

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Fibromyalgia and the attempt to force it into a ‘disease’ category

June 12th, 2008

” Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse” , Lily Tomlinweirdthings

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