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Fibromyalgia: An argument against being mentally ‘ill’

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

” My friend…care for your psyche…know thyself, for once we know ourselves, we may learn how to care for ourselves”, Socrates

Fibromyalgia does not allow for any kind of scientific tests to aid in making the diagnosis of the syndrome. It is not a disease, but a broad spectrum of ’symptoms’ which appear to be somewhat universal, that is, primarily pain, fatigue, sleeplessness and often depression.

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

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

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

I am weary. Try as much as I can, I cannot find many fibromyalgia researchers who are willing to stop this endless search for a medical cause of fibromyalgia! So many seem keen on trying to force the Cinderella slipper on the wrong foot! WHY IS THIS? It can’t be for research grants to enhance careers, but can it be that there is a naive hope of finding a ‘cure’. But, wait, I don’t mean to imply that all the researchers are cold hearted and don’t want to find a ‘cure’! Of course they do, who wouldn’t? But how about the ’cause’ question? Back and forth we go between cause and cure.

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