Night Shifts, Sleep, and Fibromyalgia
This was an email discussion I had with a reader. She gave me permission to post it.
Hi Lisa,
I just found your blog and wanted to say, out of all the research, reading, searching on the internet. Your blog has been a refreshing read for me. I hope you are a real person and this [...]
Best Supplements For Fibromyalgia
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These are the best supplements I have ever found for helping relieve and eventually help reverse fibromyalgia symptoms for me. I did not take them all at once. I would never suggest anyone take more than one at a time, becuase then how would you know what was and wasn’t [...]
My Fibromyalgia-Reversing Timeline
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I reversed fibromyalgia in my own body over the course of about 5 years. Here’s the timeline of what I did.
I like to say that if I knew in 2003 when I started treating my fibromyalgia that I actually was going to cure it, I would have taken notes, that way this timeline [...]
Learn to Shut Your Mind Off and Dismiss Thoughts to Ease Fibromyalgia Suffering
One of the most important things I ever did to help me transition from having fibromyalgia to not having fibromyalgia was learn to shut my mind off and dismiss thoughts that came to me. To stop thinking and obsessing about my day, my pain, my issues, what my husband said or didn’t do, what I [...]
Magnesium and Fibromyalgia; Does it Help
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I just purchased your book last night and have a few questions. I have had fibro for 4-5 years now and have tried everything including right now I am under a naturopath for a year taking liquid magnesium for muscle relaxant which does help and take Seriophos which is L-theanine and magnesium [...]
Stress, Stress Chemicals, and Fibromyalgia
Part of the pain of fibromyalgia, I believe, is from stress chemical buildup in the tissues.
Negative emotions indicate a state of stress chemical creation: So, I believe that any time you have felt anger, or irritation, or fear, or guilt, or blame, or unworthiness, or jealousy, or worry, or any of those really bad-feeling emotions, [...]
Why Did I Get Fibromyalgia; What Caused My Fibromyalgia?
In my Fibromyalgia causes post I stated that I believe that fibromyalgia is caused by the living of life.
So why do some people get extreme fibromyalgia symptoms at 12, or 22, or 32, instead of normal aging-type symptoms at 60 or 70? For 3 reasons:
Reason 1 we have fibromyalgia symptoms now: Big Lives and Active Minds
Because [...]
People Pleasing and the Mind-Body Connection of Fibromyalgia
Mind and Body are Linked: During my years of creating states of health in my body (curing fibromyalgia) I have discovered that the mind and the body are linked in a kind of constant dance, so much so that Dr. Sarno refers to them as one word: mindbody – in his books.
Mind states create body states: [...]
Fibromyalgia Causes; What Causes Fibromyalgia
Looking for one Event that Causes Fibro: Doctors and researchers and maybe even you are looking for a cause of fibromyalgia. One event or a specific failing of the body that triggered the process that leads to fibromyalgia symptoms.
There is no one Event: I believe that this one event or failing does not exist. There [...]
Best Attitude to Cultivate to Help Let Go of Fibromyalgia
Looking back, the attitudes that helped me the most, and that I believe will help you the most in a quest to recover from or let go of fibromyalgia are:
1. An open mind
2. A willingness to try things you may never have tried, may have tried and failed with, or things that seem “far out” or [...]