Fibromyalgia is a condition which presents with symptoms of chronic widespread pain, fatigue, depression, lower abdominal pain, and other cognitive symptoms. Dr Irene explains the possible causes of this condition including the latest research, and details some of the available treatments.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Sensitivity to pain is a variable factor influenced by the genetics, environment, stress hormones, sleep disturbance and previous life experiences such as accidents or injury.
• Fibromyalgia is described as a disorder of painprocessing due to how pain signals are processed in the central nervous system differently in each patient.
• In patients with fibromyalgia their spinal fluid has more Substance P, a neurotransmitter and a modulator of pain perception which alters cellular signalling pathways.
• Psychological treatments including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy help as well as lifestyle treatments such as increased exercise, relaxation and treatments for anxiety and depression.
• Vitamin treatments of benefit include Magnesium Glycinate, Coenzyme Q10, Boswellia, and Melatonin.
• Medications such as Amitriptyline, SNRI’s and Tramadol can also be effective.

BEST MOMENTS

‘We know in fibromyalgia there are familial predispositions.’

‘Our brain also has another pain switching off system as well. So when it’s too heightened we’ve got a system that slowly inhibits by bringing it down.’

‘One of the major things about fibromyalgia is that it is really related to sleep dysfunction.’

‘When people do not go into stage 3 and stage 4 they do not get the restorative sleep where you get a lot of healing process going on.’

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Dr Irene Ching is a medical practitioner who specialises in Family Medicine, Wealth and Life Coach, Property/ Business Investor, Speaker, and Podcaster : Be Happy, Healthy and Wealthy. Dr Ching speaks on health, wellness and wealth in talks, workshops and events. She has her own coaching programme on money mindset - Quantum Wealth Creation Accelerator (online course with weekly coaching). She approaches health and well-being in a holistic way and encourages people to look at all the areas of their lives. In her coaching sessions, she works with emotional freedom techniques, energy works, NLP, Intuition/ Superconscious mind, Inner child healing, Timeline therapy, Self love works, behavioural change, goal settings and money attraction healing. Her motto: Reset Your Mind, Reset Your life.

The podcast Be Happy Healthy and Wealthy is aimed at people who wants to be high achievers who perform at their peak performance in all aspects of life. It is about how we could be happy regardless of our circumstances, and to understand the secrets to real health and wealth; especially how to live a prosperous long life. She has been interviewing successful entrepreneurs, keynote speakers, influencers and millionaires on this important subject. So stay tuned to get the deep dive on how to be happy, healthy and wealthy- the million dollar questions!

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