Fibromyalgia & CFS January 2012 Archive

Pain and fatigue are hard to quantify, and with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome we generally have more than our fair share of both. Even without a foggy brain, it ... Read More

Research Brief A study published this month in the journal Pain Medicine supports earlier findings that noninvasive cortical electrostimulation may be somewhat effective against fibromyalgia symptoms. In noninvasive cortical electrostimulation, a practitioner ... Read More

This is the third out of 4 Januaries that I've been trying to figure out what food is bothering me this time. Three years ago, it was gluten. Last year, ... Read More

Research Brief People with fibromyalgia are known to be prone to falls, and new research may provide insight into why. The small study compared strength and other measures of muscle function in ... Read More

I got an eReader for Christmas, and not only do I love it, I've discovered several benefits for someone with fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue syndrome. Convenience. If you've got insomnia, like ... Read More

Research Brief Cognitive dysfunction, often called fibro fog, is a major and debilitating symptom of fibromyalgia. However, it's been difficult to measure clinically because the specific dysfunctions common to fibro fog ... Read More

Everyone with chronic fatigue syndrome knows that everyone else thinks they have it too, because they get tired a lot. It's true that a lot of people are regularly or ... Read More

You've got to be careful when you read about medical research. Some of the reporting is sloppy, and sometimes it's misleading. Sometimes, I think it's even intentionally misleading. I just read ... Read More

The most common type of drug doctors prescribe for fibromyalgia is antidepressants, and that confuses a lot of patients. Why would their doctor give them antidepressants for a pain condition? ... Read More

It's rare to find an unbiased article that sums up an emotionally and politically charged topic such as chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), and it's not often that you find quality ... Read More

NEWSBRIEF: After being rejected 2 years ago, the drug that many thought would become the first FDA-approved treatment for chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) apparently isn't off the table. Hemispherx Biopharma ... Read More

Do you beat yourself up? Overdo it? Expect too much of yourself or put too much stock in other peoples' negative comments? When you're sick with fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue syndrome, ... Read More

If only pain and fatigue were the only symptoms we had to deal with! Anyone with fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue syndrome knows that's not the case, though. We can generally ... Read More

Research Brief A new study provides further evidence of high levels of the neurotransmitter glutamate in fibromyalgia and suggests that lowering glutamate levels could help alleviate symptoms. Researcher say two brain scans ... Read More

Being active is always a challenge when you have fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue syndrome, and it can be even harder in the winter. I'm really feeling the difference in my ... Read More

The newest fibromyalgia (FMS) drug, Savella (milnacipran), won FDA approval 3 years ago this month. We have yet to see a single drug approved for chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). Will ... Read More