by Cort Johnson | Dec 21, 2016 | Exercise, Supplements, Treatment
Experiencing a “crash” or “flare” from too much activity (or whatever) in ME/CFS and fibromyalgia is a given. Most people react by reducing their activities, canceling plans, removing stimuli and going into rest mode. Most of our attention has...
by Cort Johnson | Dec 17, 2016 | Fibromyalgia, Homepage, Treatment
In the end it all comes down to treatment, and that generally means treatment trials. Until a drug or approach is validated in treatment trials most doctors aren’t going to know about it, and insurance companies sure aren’t going to pay for it. In this...
by Cort Johnson | Nov 20, 2016 | Cannabis, Fibromyalgia, Homepage, Treatment
The Nov. 2nd announcement by Cannabis Science that it was developing a cannabis pain patch for fibromyalgia sent a wave of excitement rippling through the FM community. A short Nov. 4th Fibromyalgia News Today (FNT) blog received so much interest (20,000 hits, 1,500...
by Cort Johnson | Nov 19, 2016 | Homepage, POTS, POTS, Recovery stories
Infection Fells Teenager In August 2014, a formerly very healthy and active Jack Schlanger entered the realm of the chronically ill. The thirteen-year-old’s story began with three days of high fever followed by eight days of lower-grade fever and extreme...
by Cort Johnson | Oct 24, 2016 | Holtorf, Homepage, Thyroid, Treatment
Fatigue, lethargy, mental sluggishness, difficulty tolerating heat and cold, depression, joint pain, headaches, morning stiffness…the list goes on and on. It’s almost a perfect match for chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) or fibromyalgia (FM) but it’s not either – it’s...
by Cort Johnson | Oct 17, 2016 | Antivirals, Fibromyalgia, Homepage, Pridgen, Treatment
Nobody mentioned viruses and fibromyalgia in the same sentence until Dr. Pridgen had the gall to assert a virus was causing FM, and that he had the patient