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Huntsville, AL

So it's official myself, my Mom and my Grandma have all been diagnosed with Fibromyalgia with the last 14 years. Dr's. say they don't know what causes it. For me it started 2 years to the day of the first car accident I was in. I'm wondering, does anyone else here have family members that have it also?

December 20, 2015 (edited)
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Members shared powerful family patterns in response to someone discovering that three generations of women in their family have fibromyalgia,... Read more

Members shared powerful family patterns in response to someone discovering that three generations of women in their family have fibromyalgia, with many describing similar multi-generational connections among mothers, grandmothers, aunts, and siblings, though earlier generations often went undiagnosed or were dismissed. Several members noted that their symptoms began after specific trauma events like car accidents, cancer treatments, back injuries, or severe chemotherapy, leading to theories that fibromyalgia may lie dormant genetically until triggered by physical trauma or nervous system damage. A recurring theme was the emerging understanding that fibromyalgia could be linked to vitamin deficiencies, environmental toxins in everyday products, and nervous system function, with some members finding relief after switching to non-toxic soaps and personal care products and getting tested for vitamin absorption issues.

A MyFibroTeam Member

Thank you everyone. The Rheumatologist I go to they do clinical studies for Fibro so I go Monday and will take a print out of these to show them. Who knows, maybe once Dr.'s understand it more, it will help us more.

December 24, 2015
A MyFibroTeam Member

No one in my family has been diagnosed but my mom is bipolar. I believe these 2 diseases are related. We have some of the same symptoms.

January 11, 2016
A MyFibroTeam Member

Am pretty sure my mom had it. She always had bad headaches, was very tired, and when she was resting always used a heating pad. She was never diagnosed with it in those days, but have to believe that was one of her main health problems.

December 21, 2015
A MyFibroTeam Member

My mum has fibromyalgia she was diagnosed in 2000 I was diagnosed 2010.

December 21, 2015
A MyFibroTeam Member

I have 1 sister that has fibro & rehumotoid arthritis & 1 brother that has rhumetoid. my mother had osteoporosis and osteoarthritis. not sure about our father having any

December 21, 2015

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