I am currently enrolled in a Health Behavior Change class with Dr. Keith Karren. During our class discussion, Dr. Karren mentioned a colleague who has successfully treated fibromyalgia with vitamin B treatment. The doctor's name is Jacob Titlebaum and is an "expert on successfully treating chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia", according to Dr. Karren. Jacob Ttitlebaum is the director of The Annapolis Center for Effective CFS/Fibromyalgia Therapies. For those of you interested, he has a book out titled "From Fatigued to Fantastic". He also has a very helpful website where you can learn about studies done on effective treatment for CFS and FMS as well as learn about other health conditions related to FMS.
While exploring Dr. Titleman's endfatigue.com website, I discovered a free online questionnare that analyze your symptoms and lab results (if available) and design a treatment protocol for individual cases. The questionnaire that takes only 20-30 minutes to fill out. It will determine which treatments are most likely to help you and supply detailed treatment instructions. The result is a list of the suspected underlying causes of your CFS/FM and a detailed treatment plan, tailored to your specific symptoms. I am not sure of the effectiveness of the "indivual" treatments. However, I guess it wouldn't hurt to give it a shot. If you do try it or refer someone to try it out, please leave me a comment or email me about its effectiveness.
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