People are well meaning, and they want
to help. So I get constant suggestions about how to cure my
condition. “My friend tried this and their symptoms went away.”
“I read that if you just cut this out of your diet that solves the
problem.”
Unfortunately, fibromyalgia is a lot
more complicated than that. There simply is no widespread treatment
that works for a wide range of people. Even the approved drugs have
limited effectiveness- helping some but doing little for many.
The idea that there is a dietary link
keeps coming up again and again. There have been instances where
people have cut out caffeine, or artificial sweetener, or MSG and
their symptoms improved. Sure, I have tried that approach as well. It
did nothing for me, but there does seem to be a better understanding
of why it actually does work for some.
Fibromyalgia is a condition in which
your body over responds. If you have allergies, they become much
worse. You become significantly more affected. My allergies can be
awful now, when before they were insignificant.
What some are beginning to believe is
that some symptoms may actually be caused by a heightened allergic
response. What might have been unnoticeable before now makes you
sick. Cut it out of your diet and you will feel better. The problem
that gets better is not a fibromyalgia symptom, but an over response
caused by the fibromyalgia. That is why some people get such good
results when others have no response. It is variable from person to
person.
Yes, cutting something out of your diet
may make you feel better. It is not making the fibromyalgia better,
though. I have seen no research that shows any actual cause and
effect, nor any that shows that there is strong evidence for a
chemical link for a cause for fibromyalgia.
We still just don't know what causes
it, and the condition is tricky and elusive. It gets better and worse
seemingly at random, and I have tried mightily to spot any patterns.
I've had horrible stress and been better, and I have had things
humming along happily and suddenly gotten much worse. The only
absolute sure trigger for me seems to be the weather. When the rain
comes in, that is my kryptonite.
Everyone is desperate for an answer. So
far, though, I have not seen many.
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