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To: gamesmistress who wrote (18191)	1/7/2000 12:32:00 PM
From: Rande Is	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 57584

OT> Gina, the idea behind prednisone is to shut down your bodys immune system, so that it stops showing symptoms and trying to fight disease. Then other drugs are used for remedy. But with fibromyalgia, there is no known remedy, so you are risking being susceptible to illness. . .and all the terrible side effects. . . for nothing. Amitryptiline is the leading recommended drug for getting deep sleep, but after two months of taking it, symptoms continued to get worse. There are several schools of thoughts behind what actually causes fibromyalgia. . . the interesting part is that they are totally unrelated. One [the primary] is that the patient never reaches the 3rd or 4th? sleep level, so the largest muscles don't get their needed rest. . . add physical stress or heavy work to this and you have a body in desperate need of rest. . emitting pain signals in dozens of points. A university in Philly deprived a healthy group of that lowest sleep level over a period of time and all subjects developed fibromyalgia-like symptoms.. . so it would appearthere is something to this. There are doctors that believe it is hormone related and tied to the thyroid somehow. . . so they prescribe artificial hormones. There are doctors that believe that there is a physical impairment at the stem of the brain. . .caused by pressure or physical accidents involving the head or neck. There are doctors that believe it is caused by aluminum toxicity. So cleansing the body is another consideration. And as you can imagine, there are plenty of remedies for each . . .as well as books, etc. The desperation felt by the patient leads them to run here and there for this remedy and that. . . many just take a little of EVERYTHING in hopes something works. Quite frustrating. . .and there is still little that is truly known about this illness. I monitor every detail of effectiveness of various remedies and combinations of such. We will get through it one way or another. . and not just with some drug to treat symptoms but with a CURE. I have now been served lunch 2 days in a row with her taking the regimen of herbs I bought last weekend. That never happened in 4 months of taking traditional medicines. In fact, that barely happened when she was totally healthy! <g> So there is certainly some improvement going on here. . . doubling the melatonin seemed to have a terrific effect. . .now at 2 mg per night. . . may step down gradually to find the critical mass that makes the difference. I will report progress now and then. Thanks again to everyone for the wonderful ideas, solutions, for sharing your experiences and for the well wishing. . . I printed out each page to give to her all at once. That is sure to bring smiles. Rande Is