Adrienne Delwho's Pathway to Remission

Source of the Story

Internet story

Name

Adrienne Delwho

Diagnosis

1. Fibromyalgia

Disease Course Over Time

Adrienne Delwho runs About.com's site on Fibromyalgia. She stated that "After a long, slow build-up, I developed full-blown fibromyalgia in 2006. It knocked me down hard." Check out the triggering incident here: http://chronicfatigue.about.com/od/diagnosingfmscfs/a/off_course.htm

Type of Onset

gradual non-flu like

Treatments That Made A Big Difference

No big winner - instead an array of things that helped

Treatments That Helped

Endometrial ablation, acupuncture, supplements: rhodiola rosea, theanine, Omega 3, carnitine, vitamin D, a vitamin B complex, lysine, magnesium, milk thistle and turmeric. Lifestyle changes including leaving her full-time job as a TV news producer. The drop in stress helped right away. She also learned to simplify, ration my energy, and say no. A sleep study indicated she had sleep apnea and a CPAP machine helped her to get better sleep

Treatments That Made You Worse

Drugs (not mentioned)

Present State of Health

1. Story taken from web - unable to tell

Words of Advice

I hope you understand that no treatment regimen works for all of us -- each case is unique, and it takes a lot of trial and error to find the right combination of treatments. However, the more we share information the better armed we are to fight back against fibromyalgia.

Suggested Resources

http://chronicfatigue.about.com/b/2011/08/31/fibromyalgia-remission-how-i-got-here.htm