RE: Pain Across upper back

[Guest guest]

Hi Rita,

I had fibro & cfs for a few years. I found that mine was caused by allergens to certain things. If I ingested things my muscles would hurt (kind of like how they feel when you're in the middle of a stretch all the time) and they would feel weak, my grip would be gone and my skin would burn.

When I removed my allergens, it stopped. If you have allergens, you might want to keep note of it. See if your symptoms occur when you eat certain things or what not. I have found a couple of articles that you and others might find interesting.

http://www.gsdl.com/home/assessments/finddisease/fibromyalgia/allergies.html

http://www.fmaware.org/fmOnlineNewsletter/2005/vol5_no4/article_food.htm

http://www.321recipes.com/fibromyalgia.html

http://www.betterhealthusa.com/public/222.cfm

I changed my diet and 2 years later I am still pain free. Occasionally if I eat something that I'm allergic to and have really bad reactions, I will feel some of the same symptoms I had before. If I do, I get plenty of rest, take naproxen (rarely now... and I used to need 550 x 3 daily or more) and I drink bottle of water after bottle of water.

The reason why this works is because when you have allergies your body is constantly sending messages to your adrenal glands to send out hormones to block the allergic reaction (this is why inhalers, benedryl creams, etc. all have some form of cortisol). Over time if you are subject to the allergy long enough, your body will come into the cfs/fibro state. If you look at the relationship to cfs/fibro symptoms and really bad allergic reactions, they are absolutely the same. Doctors can't figure out what causes cfs/fibro and I believe this is why. It isn't something that is easily charted except by the feelings.

As a result of always having your adrenals fighting reactions, it doesn't allow it to go anywhere else it is needed, then when there isn't enough to go around, you start developing sensitive skin, breathing problems, lack of energy (adrenals control this), sore muscles, painful tendons, body swelling, etc.

When I was a kid around 13 I had allergy tests, determined I was allergic to mold, mildew, yeast, milk, yogurt, many many other things... I kept eating them and being around them. When I was 19 my body couldn't handle it anymore and it crashed.

I started developing cfs after my gall bladder surgery before I was diagnosed as hypo, then when my thyroid hormones got screwed up, my adrenals followed (already stressed remember). Then I noticed if I ate organic foods or certain types of food combinations, I had a few hours of relief... then I ate more and more, and felt more relief, I had chemical allergies, detergent allergies, and you know the more your fibro/cfs goes untreated the more allergies you have.

You know the great thing... if you can mellow your hormones and get them adjusted, your adrenals will actually prevent you from having certain allergies again, or having such bad reactions.

I knew I was on to something when my husband (healthy as an ox.. and as stubborn to) started having THE SAME reactions I did. I would ask him how he felt, if he felt certain ways and the answer was always yes. Several people have also done this because of what I told them. Now they're all pain free to.

I hope this information helps everyone. Many people are resistant to change and to proper health because the idea of being healthy is scary, but I'm telling you, I would bet almost everything I have, that THIS is the cure for fibro/cfs patients. I know that, because I was one.

good luck,

Pain Across upper back

Sorry I don't contribute more, but I'm not an expert in any of this. Actually, I'm Hyperthyroid, Graves Disease but now I have gone Hypo. I am wondering if pain across my upper back from shoulder blade to shoulder blade is a Hypo thing. I just ache in that area. I have other Hypo symptoms but this aching between shoulder blades is really most uncomfortable.

Thanks for any help

Donna J.

Ontario, Canada

[Guest guest]

Hi Rita,

I had fibro & cfs for a few years. I found that mine was caused by allergens to certain things. If I ingested things my muscles would hurt (kind of like how they feel when you're in the middle of a stretch all the time) and they would feel weak, my grip would be gone and my skin would burn.

When I removed my allergens, it stopped. If you have allergens, you might want to keep note of it. See if your symptoms occur when you eat certain things or what not. I have found a couple of articles that you and others might find interesting.

http://www.gsdl.com/home/assessments/finddisease/fibromyalgia/allergies.html

http://www.fmaware.org/fmOnlineNewsletter/2005/vol5_no4/article_food.htm

http://www.321recipes.com/fibromyalgia.html

http://www.betterhealthusa.com/public/222.cfm

I changed my diet and 2 years later I am still pain free. Occasionally if I eat something that I'm allergic to and have really bad reactions, I will feel some of the same symptoms I had before. If I do, I get plenty of rest, take naproxen (rarely now... and I used to need 550 x 3 daily or more) and I drink bottle of water after bottle of water.

The reason why this works is because when you have allergies your body is constantly sending messages to your adrenal glands to send out hormones to block the allergic reaction (this is why inhalers, benedryl creams, etc. all have some form of cortisol). Over time if you are subject to the allergy long enough, your body will come into the cfs/fibro state. If you look at the relationship to cfs/fibro symptoms and really bad allergic reactions, they are absolutely the same. Doctors can't figure out what causes cfs/fibro and I believe this is why. It isn't something that is easily charted except by the feelings.

As a result of always having your adrenals fighting reactions, it doesn't allow it to go anywhere else it is needed, then when there isn't enough to go around, you start developing sensitive skin, breathing problems, lack of energy (adrenals control this), sore muscles, painful tendons, body swelling, etc.

When I was a kid around 13 I had allergy tests, determined I was allergic to mold, mildew, yeast, milk, yogurt, many many other things... I kept eating them and being around them. When I was 19 my body couldn't handle it anymore and it crashed.

I started developing cfs after my gall bladder surgery before I was diagnosed as hypo, then when my thyroid hormones got screwed up, my adrenals followed (already stressed remember). Then I noticed if I ate organic foods or certain types of food combinations, I had a few hours of relief... then I ate more and more, and felt more relief, I had chemical allergies, detergent allergies, and you know the more your fibro/cfs goes untreated the more allergies you have.

You know the great thing... if you can mellow your hormones and get them adjusted, your adrenals will actually prevent you from having certain allergies again, or having such bad reactions.

I knew I was on to something when my husband (healthy as an ox.. and as stubborn to) started having THE SAME reactions I did. I would ask him how he felt, if he felt certain ways and the answer was always yes. Several people have also done this because of what I told them. Now they're all pain free to.

I hope this information helps everyone. Many people are resistant to change and to proper health because the idea of being healthy is scary, but I'm telling you, I would bet almost everything I have, that THIS is the cure for fibro/cfs patients. I know that, because I was one.

good luck,

Pain Across upper back

Sorry I don't contribute more, but I'm not an expert in any of this. Actually, I'm Hyperthyroid, Graves Disease but now I have gone Hypo. I am wondering if pain across my upper back from shoulder blade to shoulder blade is a Hypo thing. I just ache in that area. I have other Hypo symptoms but this aching between shoulder blades is really most uncomfortable.

Thanks for any help

Donna J.

Ontario, Canada