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Progressive?

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I've had FM for nearly 17 years & it has steadily worsened over that time. I'm in a lot more pain, have greater trouble sleeping and the brain fog has turned me into a gibbering idiot. I forget everything, have trouble in conversations, etc. that I never had before. The Dr.'s say its not progressive. If that's true, why is it getting so much worse?!?
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I disagree with your Dr.
I have had it noticably progress on me twice now...once in 2004...and again recently...both in new symptoms and the worsening of older symptoms...frequency in flares...all of it...so I totally disagree with him...

Bonnie
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i definately disagree. as ive got older it has got much worse.
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my doc also told me it didn't progress. I have to disagree. It has gotten worse as time goes by. My symptoms gets worse and I have more symptoms that I did not have before.
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I just keep getting new things on top of the old.
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I agree that it frequently is progressive especially if you have FM from undiagnosed Lyme disease or another biotoxin disease like mold exposure. If you are a certain genotype you may not be able to excrete toxins without toxin binding drugs even if you are treated for Lyme. Many doctors don't understand this concept. It makes it hard for me to get help.
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