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Old September 2nd, 2004, 12:27 AM
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The talk here about fibromyalgia reminds me of when I got diagnosed with
depressio years back. Physical pain was one of the symptoms of my
depression.

And then I read on here that depression is one of the symptoms of
fibromyalgia.

I wonder if fatigue, depression, and fibromyalgia are really all part of
the same syndrome. Whether it's in the mind or the body or both doesn't
really matter. The mind is in the brain and the brain is part of the body,
so it's all connected anyway. Studies show that a good attitude improves
cancer survival rates, and that depressed people catch more viruses, so
even if fibromyalgia turns out to have a non-physical cause, that doesn't
mean it's not a real problem.



Some people with fibro have chronic depression. I don't think much more than
the ratio in a normal population.

Most of the rest of us have situational depression.

When we have our job, life, and everything else taken away from us, we become
depressed; anyone would. This is usually resolved when we are able to reach a
better quality of life (usually when sleep/pain issues are resolved or
lessened).

Yvonne