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Living Under Stress With Fibromyalgia & Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (Dellwo,about)


MediNewsDigest: Dellwo’ blog discusses a common conundrum. CLICK HERE for link. Of the article de-stressor suggestions:
“… yoga, Tai Chi, meditation, supplements, massage, acupuncture, a relaxing hobby. ..” I would say: all of the above that your time/money can afford without adding stress to the stress.
I doubt that all this grinding stress can be 100% remedied, but, hey, we will take what we can get….

1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by infocus - May 14, 2010 at 3:31 pm

Categories: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CPRS), Fibromyalgia, Uncategorized, antidepressants, caregivers, depression, mind and body, pain, psychology, stress   Tags: , , , , , ,

Fibromyalgia: Another study shows that some types of exercises may be beneficial (pubmed)


MediNewsDigest: Beats medications with low effectiveness and lots of nasty side effects.

1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by infocus - May 11, 2010 at 10:17 am

Categories: Chronic Pain, Fibromyalgia, mind and body, neuroscience, pain   Tags: , , , , , ,

Popular anticonvulsants [Pfizer's Neurontin and Novartis' Trileptal] drugs raise suicide risks (reuters)


SJCRG:
Neurontin is generic Gabapentin
Trileptal is Generic for Oxcarbazepine
Note that Neurontin/ Gabapentin is often prescibed for Fibromyalgia

Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by infocus - April 14, 2010 at 1:53 pm

Categories: Alert, Drug Safety, Fibromyalgia, brain, epilepsy, mind and body, neuroscience   Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

Mind and Body: Central role of cognitive processes in the perpetuation of CFS [chronic fatigue syndrome] Pubmed


SJCRG: Paper talks about influencing or decreasing symptoms severity. It does not say that CFS in mind caused.

1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by infocus - March 21, 2010 at 10:16 am

Categories: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), Fibromyalgia, mind and body, neuroscience   Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

Antidepressants can help people with physical ills (Reuters)


SJCRG: Antidepressants are not without side effects. Looks like the route to feeling better is trial and error with a health provider willing to play along…

Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by infocus - March 17, 2010 at 10:13 am

Categories: Arthritis, Fibromyalgia, Your Doctor, antidepressants, autoimmune diseases, cancer, care quality, depression, mind and body, neuroscience, pain, stress, wheelchairs   Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

Antidepressant drug Paxil may interfere with breast cancer treatments (Reuters)


SJCRG: Paxil and Tamoxifen don’t mix!

1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by infocus - February 9, 2010 at 5:10 pm

Categories: Uncategorized, antidepressants, anxiety, breast, cancer, sleep problems, stress, women's health   Tags: , , , , , ,

Are antidepressants effective in fibromyalgia? (sciencedirect)


SJCRG: No direct impact of antidepressants on fibro…

Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by infocus - January 26, 2010 at 3:14 pm

Categories: Fibromyalgia, antidepressants, mind and body   Tags: , , , , ,

Mastery of Physical Goals Lessens Disease-Related Depression and Fatigue (ScienceDaily)


SJCRG: Nothing is as exhilating as victory! But the goals have to be meaningful to the fighter….

Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by infocus - December 17, 2009 at 2:56 pm

Categories: Uncategorized, anxiety, depression, disability, elderly, mind and body   Tags: , , , , ,

associations between neuroticism, stressful life events and asthma (reuters)


SJCRG: Some might say that telling you that stress is not good for you add to the stress…
Considering the possible damage of the “grin and bear it” approach, people might need therapist to help them handle the stressors…

Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by infocus - October 23, 2009 at 10:11 am

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