Fibromyalgia Support Group

You're not alone in your pain. Fibromyalgia is a condition that can be difficult to diagnose and manage. If you're trying to cope with pain throughout your body, sleep problems, general fatigue, or other common fibromyalgia symptoms, you're in the right place. The community is here for you to talk about therapies and share your challenges.

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Shakota6 01/26/2015

This is a fascinating lecture (it's down the blog a bit) from a ME/CFS and fibro researcher, Jared Younger on his hypothesis that leptin is responsible for the pain and fatigue in several syndromes.

Shakota6 01/26/2015

Whoops, forgot the link: http://www.cortjohnson.org/blog/2015/01/26/getting-younger-leptin-chronic-fatigue-fibromyalgia/

PeaceN2You 01/27/2015

It will be interesting to see what the bigger study (which hopefully will be conducted more scientifically) reveals. I don't get excited anymore until there is a larger study, because the pattern has almost always been "small study produces promising results" and then "large study doesn't produce anything."

All research is good research - they always learn something, whether it's what they set out to learn or not.

AnnNY 01/27/2015

That's a really surprising finding, especially in only happens in people with fibro and CF. It will be interesting to see if it holds up.

Shakota6 01/27/2015

The video of the presentation Younger made is interesting in how many inflammatory molecules he tested for. Huge number.

It made me understand (if his hypothesis is correct) why the microglia cells make us feel so bad.

Oh well.

twinmomab 01/28/2015

Thanks for the link and sharing this with us!

Every new study helps and will eventually develop into something great. I have hope!

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