Cause of Fibromyalgia is Thyroid Hormone Resistance!
 

http://www.drginahoneyman.com/services/index.htm

For anyone with Fibro check out this website for metabolic rehabiliation and how fibro can be treated with T3 therapy and other things.

Dr. Gina Honeyman runs the centre and is a very knowledgeable doctor.

Please understand the link you are providing.

It is a chiropractic doctor, and not a medical doctor with this "clinic". It is part of the new emergence in "functional medicine"....which at this time is still unproven, and very very expensive. (often not covered by insurances).

Chiropractors cannot give RX medications.

This subject just came up today on PN also, where functional medicine is being promoted for PN treatments:

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread134485.html

This is the bio for Dr. Honeyman:
http://www.drginahoneyman.com/bio/index.htm

I find it very odd that a person from Australia would be recommending this clinic in Boulder, Colorado. Did you go there? Do you know someone who successfully went there?

To my knowledge Peripheral resistance to thyroid hormones is the cause of fibromyalgia.

http://www.drlowe.com/QandA/askdrlowe/resistnc.htm

Their is a lot of information out their regarding this particularly by Dr Lowe.

Dr Gina Honeyman actually ran the centre for metabolic health / rehabiliation but the name has been changed likely to add chiropractor services to the existing facility.

No i have not been their, but i do know someone who has visited her from the U.S. who has had success with metabolic rehabilitation although they did not suffer from fibromyalgia.

I have to disagree with you there about "fibromyalgia".

This disorder is often misdiagnosed, and often the term can be applied loosely.

Within the past 4 yrs or so, new diagnostic criteria are being applied to patients suspected of fibromyalgia.

I have a sticky link above with some of that research detailed, that I received during a medical conference.

Fibromyalgia today, is a thought to be a central pain disorder, and inheritable. We also have a new thread somewhere on PN that had study results showing reduced sensory fibers in patients with Fibro diagnoses. This was done with a skin punch biopsy. I don't have a link to that, but you can search for it over there if you are interested further.

Metabolic problems remain controversial, and clinics run by NON medical doctors, should be viewed with caution.
There are holistic medical facilities in most teaching hospitals, which IMO would be the better choice. That is just my opinion.

I have fibromyalgia. And even though my throid is watched by my
doctor and nurse practioner. I have no issues at this time.

My fibromyalgia, has nothing to do with my throid. I am very glad Mrs. D.
that you posted on this thread.

I personally, wouldn't go to a chriopractor as my first choice for pain
relief. I would chose a pain doctor, and then maybe if he thought
a chiropractor was a choice I would consider. But I would probably
consider a massage therapist first.

I have a flare up going on right now so I'm looking for your link Mrs D.

Thank you
Donna:grouphug:

This is the thread at PN about a possible link between PN and fibro:

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/sh...t=fibromyalgia

How do you know when to see a doctor for fibromyalgia? I mean what are the symptoms? I had a friend with it who did a couple of 'on hands' checks and told me they thought I had it. My skin is sensative to the touch and hurts in numerous places when touched.

Holly, Welcome to NeuroTalk...

I think fibro is way over diagnosed today. You could have an autoimmune peripheral neuropathy, for example.

A fibro specialist should be seen, preferably attached to a teaching hospital. If you get prematurely diagnosed, then that will follow you everywhere, and doctors tend to stop looking for solutions if Fibromyalgia is in your chart!

Come to our PN forum and start reading... many there have painful skin sensations, etc.

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum20.html

There is a post I made on this forum based on the new information I discovered at a medical seminar:

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread20030.html

Fibro is definately over diagnosed. Even I know that when I have been
diagnosed. I am not sure how you know the doctor you are seeing
is a expert.

Donna:grouphug:

Just went tody to a specialist rhemo. Did some hands on tests which led her to believe both osteoarithis and fibro may be conculded. she wants to take numerous tests to make sure so I gave them a galllon of blood =~) (they did actually have to use both armes) and will have the results within a few days. Hopefully it'll be a definative yes or no Imay just have to keep up with the pain regieme I'm presently on...

It reallymakes sense for it to be a combo. I have a chance of having
rheumo arthriits too. But so far I haven't been diagnosed.

Donna:grouphug:

A friend of mine was diagnosed with fibro and she has a thyroid condition also, hmmm

Boy! my last entry was way off base! Don't know where that came from! As a matter of fact I do have peripheral neuropathy. I was diagnosed this year after a year of moving from one foot to include the other. I thought it was probably time to see a doctor. I'll look on the sites you provided and jump around in here to get more info.

As for Chirpractic services, I agree that one should be very careful about what type of specialist they see. some chiropractors aren't all their cracked up to be (no pun intended) =~)

I still look all the time for fibro information.

So Thanks mrsD.

Donna:grouphug:

Well, wonders of wonders - I just found out yesterday I have Myalgia and Myositis. They gave me a large packet about fibromyalgia so I'm thinking the diagnoses they gave me was, in essence, Fibro.

I'm not too surprised to find this out. I've been in pain for a long time and could not understand why my Primary Care Physician didn't have me seek out a Rhematologist sooner. My blood work up said that my C-reactive protein was high. It's got something to do with inflamation within the body. It could mean a lot of things (much worse things) but I guess whith the other blood test results, they were able to rule out some of the worst causes for elelvated CRP (cancer, liver malfuction amoung a few).

I've been on a pain management routine for quite some time now. Morphine (time release) and Oxycodone (for breakover pain). I have several types of bones disorders so was given a visit to a pain management clinic.

I don't know how much it helps because I'm always in pain. I'd hate to stop taking the meds to find out!

****, something else to worry about...

Yes!
 

I have Hypothyroidism Type 2, and I take 125mcg of T3 (liothyronine) in the morning which controls my fibromyalgia. I am following Dr. John C Lowe's protocol. He is Dr. Gina Honeyman's former husband, recently deceased, and they are the research team who discovered the connection between fibromyalgia and thyroid hormone resistance.

It is better to use the new term for "Peripheral Tissue Thyroid Hormone Resistance" which is "Type 2 Hypothyroidism" because many doctors immediately assume that there is no-one on the planet who has Peripheral Tissue Thyroid Hormone Resistance! They are operating under the drug company education they received in medical school that says that Thyroid Hormone Resistance is extremely rare and always genetically inherited, but it is NOT true!

The new information says that Thyroid Hormone Resistance may be genetic, but it also may be acquired just like Insulin Resistance. Furthermore,toxins in our environment may be responsible for causing it. There are also Hormone disruptors such as Florine, Chlorine and Bromine all of which can take the place of thyroid hormones in our body.

If you want to know why so many people are suffering without proper treatment and how to tell if you may have this disorder then read "Hypothyroidism Type 2: The Epidemic" by Mark Starr MD. Hypothyroidism Type 2 CANNOT be determined by thyroid blood tests! My thyroid tests have always been completely normal and consequently I almost died of Coronary Artery disease. With thyroid treatment my CAD is GONE now! I had 2 heart procedures, and now there is no sign of the problem! I did NO major diet or exercise changes either!

Dr. Lowe's website is down right now since he passed away earlier this year from a head injury, but they say it is being reworked and will be back soon. He is the one who worked diligently to find the cause of fibromyalgia. It's estimated that 65% of people with fibromyalgia have Type 2 Hypothyroidism.