Yeah, I've got my eye on this drug development for fibro. But who knows. Phase II is just a small human sample trying to get the dosage right....
anger ruminations in fibromyalgia https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/pmh.1445 My personal experience with fibro is that the pain is...
I ain't no scientist, but I know from experience that the brain runs on glucose. And the brain's in charge of everything, so I need a certain carb...
Here's some info about the 2016 changes: https://acrabstracts.org/abstract/2016-revisions-to-the-20102011-fibromyalgia-diagnostic-criteria/ And...
I hate spending two hours trying to decipher why bogus science is bogus.
Parsing it down: Pappollo proposes that insulin resistance causes fibromyalgia. That metformin is highly effective in reducing fibromyalgia pain....
My critique of this study: Nowhere does it mention how long each participant has had fibro. The longer one has it, the less likely one is to be...
I'm reading about it now and it's like CBT crossed with mindfulness. Kind of a rehash. Really can't see how it can be therapeutic for ME/CFS....
Couple of points of reference about the concept of psychological flexibility. However, I fear it's widespread use and waste of research dollars....
I came across this https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/amp-a0035623.pdf It's about CBT and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) in...
CBT was originally developed by David Burns to treat self-defeating thoughts in depression. Interesting and probably useful. Then in 2005 or so,...
Interesting about: increased level of oxygen (but by how much, it's not a hyperbariac oxygen chamber--that, is another Israeli research study on...
Long way to go for spa therapy. Plus having to endure the invasive customs search making sure you and your friends don't have anti-Israeli...
Thanks, @Trish, that's exactly what I needed to hear. Thinking I need to change my life according to my worst day/week/month ever may be...
Whoops here. I'm having another catastrophizing session (i.e. bad week). OK, I'm exaggerating = I'm catastrophizing. It's just that Saturday, I...
CDC website has good info on the risks of feces, mainly when cleaning the cat box, new kitten, etc....
And further: pain behaviors concept comes from operant conditioning, a la BF Skinner. That if you extinguish these pain (or fatigue) behaviors...
To add to "fatigue behaviors." Looked at PubMed and couldn't find anything for chronic fatigue syndrome and fatigue behaviors. Pain behaviors...
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