Healing Fibromyalgia - a New Journey

Healing Fibromyalgia is essential and absolutely necessary, especially since Fibromyalgia sufferers are twice as likely to get cancer. Fibromyalgia symptoms affect nine women for every one man and the possibility of getting Fibromyalgia increases with time. Often symptoms start after a traumatic event; it can be either physical or emotional; but in most cases there is no one specific incident that triggers the condition.

Is healing Fibromyalgia possible? Absolutely! While there isn't a miracle pill that will make all your symptoms disappear, you can do a lot to improve the condition and the hurtful symptoms. For more information and sources please visit my site or my blog.

Many things can be done for you to help healing fibromyalgia symptoms. Most people will be tempted to take pain medication such as Tylenol and others. While these may help temporarily to ease the pain and stiffness, they are not a long term solution because they are just an illusion. In fact they only ad to prevent healing Fibromyalgia all together. There are also more powerful drugs available from your doctor such as Ultram, Prozac, Cymbalta and more. The pain Fibromyalgia causes can get you easily depressed. I remember spending my days either on my bed or the couch for 15 hours a day, accomplishing absolutely nothing, too tired to do anything and too hurt to fall into a deep sleep. Using pain medication or antidepressants, however, only prevents healing Fibromyalgia in the long run. To ad to this dilemma, doctors also prescribe anti-seizure drugs generally used for epilepsy to Fibromyalgia patients in an effort to reduce certain types of pain. These could be drugs such as Neurontin or Lyrica.

Healing Fibromyalgia has to begin from the inside, since that is where it started in the first place. A person with Fibromyalgia symptoms lives in a body in which the wires are crossed and the nervous system is utterly confused. Your nervous system is directly connected to your blood, which is directly linked to your liver. Putting drugs of any kind through our body, be it simple pain medication or mind altering seizure drugs puts you body in an even more baffled state while putting your liver in overdrive. Is it any surprise then that new research reveals that cancer risk is doubled for those suffering from Fibromyalgia?

Medication is an illusion giving you the impression that you're feeling better when in fact you're only temporarily numbing the pain. This temporary feel-good condition eventually rears its ugly head like a three-headed monster and will turn you towards other drugs to fix new problems.

The most important step to achieving healing Fibromyalgia is self-care. I cannot stress this enough! It certainly is more convenient and certainly speedier to reach for a pill, there are tons more healthier and fun things you can do by yourself to help increase your well being. Living a wholesome lifestyle as much as possible such as eating healthy food, eliminating all white sugars (sodas too) and all chemical additives (such as aspartame, equal and other artificial sweeteners), eliminate or competely limit caffeine, skip dairy until you are completely healed and do activities which you enjoy while pacing yourself. Be consistent by doing a little each day.

I can't stress how critical it is for a Fibromyalgia sufferer to exercise every day. Without a doubt it may actually increase your tenderness at first but I promise in a few days or weeks the pain will lessen. Great forms of exercise to do be gentle with your body, such as swimming, easy hiking, walking, yoga. Hard exercise such as skiing, running or kickboxing might not be beneficial in healing Fibromyalgia at the beginning. Fatigue is one of the biggest challenges of Fibromyalgia, so make sure you get enough sleep. It helps to read a book one hour before going to bed and then meditating immediately before retiring. When I was sick with Fibromyalgia I put myself on a consistent schedule and stuck to it. I retired at the same time and got up at the same time each day. Your body will thank you for the routine. I drastically reduced non-beneficial stress and totally eliminated TV and stayed away from computers and cell phones for a while. Perhaps you can pick up yoga or gentle stretching exercises and definitely learn how to meditate.

Other approaches for healing Fibromyalgia might include alternative ways such as accupuncture, accupressure, lymphatic massages (stay away from the hard types of massages for a while). Other alternative methods might include a visit to a chircopractor, Reiki treatments and so forth. For more alternative healing tips visit my blog or my website.

Chaszey (pronounced Cha~zay) is the author of Inspiration to Live - a Spiritual Step-by-Step Action Guide to Healing Fibromyalgia. She has been Fibromyalgia free for over 10 years and teaches new Fibromyalgia healing strategies that promote natural health. Get her book for immediate download.