Guest guest Posted December 29, 2011 Report Share Posted December 29, 2011 Hi - I'm very pleased that Joanne researches what helps people feel better and gets some of the chemistry too. For me, the breakthrough came when a nurse online 3000 miles away cracked my 25-yr mystery of fibromyalgia, cluing me in that I had acquired a bacterial infection known as Lyme disease from a known tick bite in 1981, just prior to the commencement of my symptoms, which turned into full-blown fibro 18 months later. The spiral-shaped bacteria, called spirochets, get into the brain in 12 hours and inflame the nerves. They can also corkscrew into tissue anywhere and cause inflammation. When I found out, I did test positive - not everyone does who has this, for many reasons - went on clindamycin antibiotics around the clock and a week later, my fibro symptoms had gone to zero! The antibiotic worked for me for 5 years, then stopped being effective, and now I'm doing teasel root tincture and curcumin capsules for anti-inflams, as well as other treatments. Anyone can watch the Lyme documentary " Under Our Skin " for free at www.hulu.com and you will see many people say they had fibromyalgia symptoms, along with many others. Lyme and co-infections can be transmitted by infected ticks, other insect bites, and through human tissues and fluids, including congenitally, via breastfeeding, etc. - Robin what is going on with fibro  I do not agree with this doctor when he says a cocktail of drugs is the answer to getting well with fibro, we do not need any medication, but I do agree with his description of fibro you will first need to watch the video to understand this what I say next He says we are high is glutamate and high in substance p he says we are low in dopamine, seratonin and noradrenalin, and other neurons This above is correct when we go into ketosis, the glutamate is turned into GABA. when this happens immediately substance P is lowered. Substance P is the neuron making us feel all of our pain, so pain goes down The GABA then helps the brain make dopamine seratonin and noradrenaline, plus any other neurons we are short of Love joanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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