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Fibromyalgia

What are your opinions, nurses? Is Fibromyalgia a justified condition or just a basket term ? I am interested in your feedback. It seems like we see a large number of patients (usually women) with "fibromyalgia" and the numbers are getting larger and larger.

I even had a patient tell me that fibromyalgia patients were predisposed to trigeminal neuralgia. :eek:

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20 years ago we never saw that as a diagosis

now everyone it seems has it

The only steady fact about it is that there is a 99% correlation associated with clinical depression.

FM aka muscle fiber pain

another dx we see all the time in the ER that makes us :rolleyes:

every single one of them are on anti depressants and anti anxiety agents.

Is there any single test that confirms it????

Why is it so common now ?????

Maybe its in the water??????

20 years ago we never saw that as a diagosis

now everyone it seems has it

The only steady fact about it is that there is a 99% correlation associated with clinical depression.

FM aka muscle fiber pain

another dx we see all the time in the ER that makes us :rolleyes:

every single one of them are on anti depressants and anti anxiety agents.

Is there any single test that confirms it????

Why is it so common now ?????

Maybe its in the water??????

I agree, Tom. There is an incredibly high coorelation to depression. It makes most of us in anesthesia :rolleyes: as well.

KM

I agree, Tom. There is an incredibly high coorelation to depression. It makes most of us in anesthesia :rolleyes: as well.

KM

OMG. He actually agreed with me once...

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

I wont let it go to my head, Probably will never happen again. Oh well such are the vagaries of life

Live long and prosper

OMG. He actually agreed with me once...

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

I wont let it go to my head, Probably will never happen again. Oh well such are the vagaries of life

Live long and prosper

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It does seem to be the diagnosis of the day. Here in central Illinois - we have the guru of fibromyalgia - an MD that "discovered it" and treats it agressively! I'm with the above posters - think it has more to do with depression than a true physical diagnosis.

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It does seem to be the diagnosis of the day. Here in central Illinois - we have the guru of fibromyalgia - an MD that "discovered it" and treats it agressively! I'm with the above posters - think it has more to do with depression than a true physical diagnosis.

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I gotta go along with these posters. I'm not saying that the symptoms aren't real, but that calling it this is a disservice to those who are experiencing them, and likely precludes them getting adequate treatment.

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I gotta go along with these posters. I'm not saying that the symptoms aren't real, but that calling it this is a disservice to those who are experiencing them, and likely precludes them getting adequate treatment.

i believe the symptoms are there. i believe the pain is real to the patient. afterall, who am i to say otherwise? but i believe that labeling the 'muscle fiber pain' as fibromyalgia and tossing some neurontin at the patient isn't the right approach to dealing with it.

after a 12 hour shift, my muscle fibers ache. happens after every shift and since i'm full time, that would mean that more than 50% of the time i have 'muscle fiber pain'. FM? no. lack of rest and excercise and improper diet.

but instead of having the patient start a regimen of proper exercise, sleep patterns, and improved diet it is easier to throw a pill at it and call it cured.

JMO.

i believe the symptoms are there. i believe the pain is real to the patient. afterall, who am i to say otherwise? but i believe that labeling the 'muscle fiber pain' as fibromyalgia and tossing some neurontin at the patient isn't the right approach to dealing with it.

after a 12 hour shift, my muscle fibers ache. happens after every shift and since i'm full time, that would mean that more than 50% of the time i have 'muscle fiber pain'. FM? no. lack of rest and excercise and improper diet.

but instead of having the patient start a regimen of proper exercise, sleep patterns, and improved diet it is easier to throw a pill at it and call it cured.

JMO.

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