I've seen several people comment that they (or their doctors) think they may have fibromyalgia, but they're just not ready to go there. While I can understand the reluctance to accept a diagnosis of fibromyalgia, there are significant benefits to acknowledging it and starting treatment as early as possible. A new thesis from the... Read more
You may have noticed that I sometimes recommend keeping a pain diary. Basically a pain diary is a daily log that tracks your pain intensity as well as medications, therapies and other activities that may impact your pain. The pain diary can be a very useful tool in the diagnosis and treatment of chronic pain. Read more about the... Read more
This Friday, October 23, one of the segments on The Dr. Oz Show is scheduled to be on fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome. His guest will be Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum, who has battled these illnesses himself and has written two books about them. In the past, I've heard Dr. Oz say that it was Dr. Teitelbaum who first convinced him that... Read more
Have you ever told your doctor that you rarely drink alcohol, when you actually have a drink every day? Have you neglected to mention that you take St. John's Wort every day? Or have you reported taking your medication as prescribed, when the truth is you take it when you feel like it or when you remember it? It's not unusual for... Read more
I suspect every chronic pain patient has been asked to rate their pain on a scale of 0 to 10. But if you're anything like me, you've struggled with what you should say. If I say a 6, will the doctor think my pain is not that bad? If I say a 10, will she think I'm exaggerating? I've long wondered what the different numbers... Read more
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