An Essential Oil Blend For Fibromyalgia & More

Fibromyalgia can kick you from here to the end of the block and back again. Boosting serotonin is one way to help deal with pain, sleeplessness, depression, gut motility, endocrine function and a slew of other issues faced by those of us who suffer from Fibro. 

Lately there is a lot of hype about essential oil usage, namely because of the marketing skills of a certain company whose name sounds a lot like Toe-Derra. I take personal issue with their tactics and even some or their recommendations. I won't get into them in any great detail here, however, I have always believed in the power of natural medicines and am happy to provide this information for a blend that works for some of my Fibro issues. I feel it is a good option for relief of some of my own issues and thought it might be appropriate for others.

Your mileage may vary of course-please do not take what information I am giving here as set in stone and certainly do not use it in place of your own physicians advice or prescription for your health. 

How I "Caught" Fibromyalgia Part 2

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And so the "saga" continues...


Where was I?

Oh yeah! The next event that was a big tipping point.

How I "Caught" Fibromyalgia

How it all started...

While fibro is not something you can contract from another person or persons there are links to it being hereditary. I believe my paternal grandmother, my mother and father all suffered from it but it was at a time long before anyone ever thought to diagnose this syndrome. 


My sister also had fibro. She was the first diagnosed person that I knew who suffered from it and it was that diagnosis that first brought my attention to this chronic condition. Because she had the illness I researched it, trying to find something that might help her. I recognized that I probably had a "touch of it" but did not want to admit that I was experiencing the same illness she had because it seemed to anger her that I would say such a thing. She told me I could not possibly have fibro because my symptoms were not completely the same as hers. Had she only known then what I know now, but she never will as she has passed on.

My Fibro Symptoms

How fibro has reared it's ugly head...

Every case of fibromyalgia is different. One person may experience a whole array of symptoms that another does not. So far there have been over 200 of them linked to this illness and I have a feeling there will be more in time.

I actually feel like I am what is termed a "hypochondriac" by many people because I have so many symptoms that seem totally unrelated. The other issue is that they can come and go-one day I may have debilitating pain and the next it can be quite a bit less. Itching is another that seems to come and go and I cannot relate it to any other cause-I will have problems with deep itching that lasts for hours, it will subside then come back again for days or weeks then disappear for several months, only to start again.

Fibromyalgia

An Intro-so to speak 

Can you imagine going through your day with your back on fire while you still keep going and doing and taking care of all the regular things that you have to do in a normal day? I don't mean a slight burning sensation either. I mean you actually are ON FIRE. Instead of running or dousing yourself or stop, drop and rolling,  you just keep plugging along while that fire just keeps burning on and on and on.