Name:   Talullahhound - Subject:   There are many reasons Date:   5/21/2020 9:54:08 AM

I can you that fibromyalgia is not psychosymatic.  The pain is real and can be incapacitating at times.  Just because there isn't a specific test for it, doesn't mean it doesn't exist.  Mine mostly stays under control, but I do get flares when the weather is very damp, very humid or we get fronts coming in.  I regularly see a rhumatologist and they will tell you that fibro is real.  I could write you a book about it, but sufffice to say that I have found it feels better when I stick to a healthy diet and take the Cymbalta.  I've been on Cymbalta now for about 17 years.  I've been offered Lyrica too, but I don't need to have two drugs in my system that cause weight gain.  

I believe I got fibro during a 5 year period when my Cortisol levels were off the chart due to stress.  At first, I thought it was my bones huring, but it is actually the nerves and the pain seems to vibrate off the bones.  I get weird bouts of inflammation.  If only it were psycosymatic - I would be standing on the psychiatrists door step waiting to be treated.