Could be an interesting development:
Researchers have found the main source of pain in Fibromyalgia patients, and contrary to what many believe, it does not stem from the brain. The findings mark the end of a decades-old mystery about the disease, which many doctors believed was conjured in patients’ imaginations.
This is a real breakthrough for patients. From memory, J.F. from the SSSF suffered with it.
Speedy said:
This is a real breakthrough for patients. From memory, J.F. from the SSSF suffered with it.
Hmmm…two of mr kii’s sisters have it. One takes the meds and tries to exercise etc, the other one took it as a sign to sit in a chair and ignore all advice.
> which many doctors believed was conjured in patients’ imaginations
True. It was quite weird that it was given three different and contradictory names in turn: “post-viral syndrome” and “chronic fatigue syndrome” being the previous two. So my obvious question was whether it was actually the same disease. You see, neither PVS nor CFS was associated with significant pain, so identifying the pain associated with a disease that has no significant pain is again an oxymoron.
> Prescribing SSRIs for everything is not the answer
When I started SSRIs I thought it was. There are certain “smart drugs” that can enhance the capabilities of even normal people with no significant disease, and I thought that SSRIs were one such smart drug. Perhaps as many as 50% of the world’s population could benefit by taking them. But I found that SSRI effectiveness drops off with use, so now save it for special occasions.
As an aside, for many years my mum’s migraines were believed to be her imagination.
Divine Angel said:
As an aside, for many years my mum’s migraines were believed to be her imagination.
Ditto on one occasion my first wife, before we changed doctors.