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1. gadfly says:

   January 4, 2009 at 5:59 pm

   Dan …

   Having lived with someone who has suffered from Fibromyalgia for over 20 years, I can tell you that the condition is debilitating and painful. My wife awakes from short stints of sleep screaming in pain. I do not and I know that she does not agree with your description, “A physical response to stress, depression, and economic and social anxiety.”
2. AWB says:

   January 4, 2009 at 6:03 pm

   Gadfly,

   That’s not “my definition. It’s a quote from Dr. Frederick Wolfe, who originally defined what fibromyalgia was, and has since changed his mind. From Wiki:

   Several controversial issues exist with regard to fibromyalgia that range from questions regarding the validity of the disorder as a clinical entity, to issues regarding primary pathophysiology and the potential existence of fibromyalgia sub-types. Dr. Frederick Wolfe, the lead author of the 1990 paper that first defined the classification criteria for fibromyalgia, has been since quoted as saying he has become cynical and discouraged about the diagnosis and that he now considers the condition a physical response to stress, depression, and economic and social anxiety..
3. C says:

   January 4, 2009 at 6:30 pm

   Gadfly, AWB, patients associated with fibromyalgia or TMJ,

   Is stress real?
   According to Dr. Hans Steles it is. He labeled it.

   Myself, having worked with patients diagnosed with fibromyalgia or TMJ (temporomandibular joint dysfunction) for over 30 years, I definately see a pattern. As the stress and dysfunction in their life disappeared so did their symptoms. No drug(s) actually made the problems disappear—they just masked them.
   I am not a doctor, but my prescription to those patients would be to think positive! Slow down your lifestyle, exercise and reduce any pressures in life, which is sometimes hard to do. Enjoy life! Party On!
4. AWB says:

   January 4, 2009 at 6:41 pm

   Good point on temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMJ). I’ve had it for years, and it increases whenever my stress levels rise. There were times that it actually bothered people eating at my dinner table. Mine was never painful, just irritating.
5. Bob G. says:

   January 5, 2009 at 12:00 pm

   Painful…irritating…stressful…

   Yepper, sounds EXACTLY like my neighborhood!!!
   (Ask Phil Marx, too)
   And those are it’s GOOD qualities!

   (BTW… *A* IS a good choice)

   Still, I do agree with the physical results and complications of such a “lifestyle”, whether it’s by design or fate as well as how it’s thrust upon a person, and to what intensity & repitition.

   Having that “quiet place” WILL help (a lot)…that’s why I’ve got my “shootin’ gallery” in the basement.

   (the “neighbors” have NO idea how fortunate THEY are)

   
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