Conquering Fibromyalgia Today 2026 moving Forward

Today’s discussion is about people who suffer undoubtedly with Fibromyalgia.

What is it about this disease that some physicians are calling it out in numerous fashions now, when years’ ago there was no such diagnosis? When the diagnosis is made, most patients are placed on such medications as Cymbalta and Lyrica; some are placed on multiple prescriptions of these sorts to handle the generalized pain, brain fog, nerve pain and more.

How does a patient diagnosed with Fibromyalgia manage to get by day-to-day much less have a meaningful life (family, work or other events) while under the demise of these medications? Most of the prescribed drugs usually work in the brain and affecting serotonin levels.

Here is a list of more drugs that may be prescribed in cases of fibromyalgia:

TCA’s – cyclic and tricyclic antidepressants, Tramadol, Cyclobenzaprine, Xanax, Valium, Ativan, Klonopin, Lortab, Percocet, and Vicodin.

(My personal experience as example):

This experience was many, many years ago yet requires mentioning again.

“How is it that a physician can say to a patient that is still suffering despite being on just one of the medications listed here and that he or she needs to increase the dosage of the primary one and add one more medication type to help; saying, “Well, you know we ran some very expensive tests and I would advise not relinquishing to take the medications.” On top of that, insult and sound out the patient to where the patient now feels he or she has no say so in the decision and the physician not being able to comprehend let alone understand or connect with his or her patient in a case like this.”

What happened to the “patient knows better?” What’s happening to a patient is where a physician needs to connect outside the box because the physician is not inside the patient’s body or living the patient’s life day-to-day. This is why patients have been asked to be advocates of their own health; much I like I decided at that moment. With so many patients being diagnosed with Fibromyalgia, I tend to wonder if the prognosis followed by diagnosis is even correct. The disease mimic’s many different diseases and it has been noted in many journals that a patient may even suffer from more than just one auto-immune disease at one time.

These are but just some of the symptoms that I am aware of that patients’ (including myself having been diagnosed with the disease many years ago) are experiencing in the so-called Fibromyalgia storm:

inflammatory pain throughout the body, some areas worse than others, weakness and fatigue-especially around the upper extremities, brain fog that is similar to early Alzheimer’s symptoms, nausea that exudes that of having pregnancy morning sickness, diarrhea, and dizziness sometimes accompanied by an inability to have normal eye movement without increased waves of dizziness. 

Now keep in mind no other health issues or concerns are warranted with these symptoms in some cases. Each patient has to decide what’s best in their case as this post is not to insinuate any patient deny doctors’ orders or stop any prescribed medication.

What are your thoughts, opinions or own special case in this dilemma?

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