Fibromyalgia - Managing the Pain

Nobody enjoys pain.

I read once, where someone said that those that suffer from Fibromyalgia simply must "accept the fact that they will arise each morning feeling tired". That is sad. That sounds to me like a depressing statement of a quitter to me.

There ARE ways to deal with the pain, or even remove the pain entirely. So let's take a look at some of those ways...

Pain is simply the brain getting messages from a reaction to injury, physical illness, or mental disease. In the medical industry, pain can be divided into two basic categories, acute and chronic. While acute pain can be severe, it only lasts a short time in response to a specific injury, such as falling off your bicycle and hitting the ground. A chronic pain persists over time, such as migraine headaches, arthritis, diabetes, or shingles. Fibromyalgia is a chronic disorder involving chronic muscle pain, fatigue, and painful joints.

Pain Management

The following statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This article is my personal writing, and nothing in it is meant to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Now, I would like to say that my mother worked as a nurse in the hospitals and so I respect doctors very much and I appreciate what they do. But let's face it; the medical industry is wonderful at surgical repair and assisting with acute pain, but when it comes to chronic conditions, there is really not much hope offered. Drugs can be given to alter the patient's emotional state, so that the chronic pains are not really noticed...but the long-term side effects of the medications can be devastating.

An alternative method, is nerve blocking, where a drug is used to block the nerve that is sending the pain messages to the brain. This is the equivalent of hearing the fire alarm go off in the middle of the night and just "turning the alarm off". Going back to bed without putting out the fire, would be the equivalent of pain management.

Since the causes of fibromyalgia are still not clear, the medical industry has only been able to develop drugs that will deal with hiding the "symptoms", and advancements have not yet been able to find any medication that can target the specific malfunction. This is what I refer to as pain management.

Finding Hope in Glyconutrients

Recently, science has shown nutritional therapy as an aid to many people with the symptoms of fibromyalgia, although it has not yet become widely used or even known about. In the last 3 to 5 years, there have been studies from the medical community that have shown that those who supplemented their diet with a new nutritional therapy known as glyconutritionals (or glyconutrients), have had symptoms start to diminish after time.

The recently discovered glyconutrients (mannose, galactose, fucose, glucose, N-acetylgalactosamine, N-acetylglucosamine, sialic acid, xylose), and the new supplement form of getting these into the body naturally, now allow the cells the proper glycoforms on the cell walls so that the cells can communicate with each other. When the cells can communicate more effectively, not only are the tissues in the body going to be healthier, but proper levels of hormones can be synthesised or transferred to correct locations, along with many other health benefits.

For example, medical findings suggest a deficiency of serotonin metabolism in fibromyalgia patients...resulting in less efficient sleep. "...when serotonin is depleted, there is a decrease in restorative non-REM sleep and an increase in somatic complaints, depression, and perceived pain." 1

In fact, it has been found that the "N Glyconutrients" (the ones that attach to the nitrogen atom), are essential for the body's ability to maintain proper levels of norepinephrine and serotonin. There is only one glyconutrient manufacturer that creates a glyconutrient supplement that contains all 8 of these life-changing glycoforms.

Other benefits of the glyconutrient supplementation include decreased chances for bacterial infection and a stronger immune system. Studies have shown that many of the 8 glyconutrients prevent bacteria or viral growth. And there is a plethora of information and findings on how the immune system was improved.

A Happier Life...

I have a neighbor friend who tried the glyconutrients technology after she was almost to the point of giving up on life, due to the pain, depression, and other physical barriers that fibromyalgia were giving her through the years. She is a completely different person now. She is a bundle of energy, and without the muscle pains and depression symptoms that she had before. I have shared the science of glyconutrition with many doctors and fibromyalgia sufferers alike, just hoping to help more people to become aware of their options, rather than just pain management.