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Searching for cause & hoping to find others
I am searching for the cause of my fibromyalgia.
In 1958 I let the doctor give me a vaccination or flu shot for something called pig flu.
Back at that time, it was a flu that was quite scary. The doctor came to the house & gave me and my husband both the shot. We both got sick, but my husband was only mildly sick. I was bedfast for about a week and was so sick in bed that I would pass out and wake up drenched in sweat repeatedly. It took me almost a week to recover.
I had an identical relapse about 7 years later & ended up in bed for about a week. I went back to work and 3 days later I ended up in bed again terribly sick for an additional week.
No one in the house was sick but me. My husband & 2 children were not sick.
Ever since then I have had fibromyalgia. I wonder if it was the shot (vaccination?) that gave me fibro???
Wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience?
Also wondering if anyone can remember having a bad experience from one of the yearly flu vaccinations?
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Betty
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From my understanding about fibromyalgia, it is usually due to something like a car wreck or something along the lines where something traumatic physically happens to your body. And the other way is through a trauma. My example is living in a situation with my family that was emotionally traumatic and you get into like a fight or fight situation that never stops. So it kind of wrecks your nervous system. I have never heard of any research or work that comes from vaccines. But the trauma of being in the hospital could surely kick something like that off. Anyway, I’ve had it for 25 years and haven’t read a study on that yet. Doesn’t mean it can’t happen just not something there’s been any study that shows where something like that comes from.
Thank you so much for your reply.
I am wondering if having trauma & or emotional problems would lower a person's immunity to the point that they could not fight off a virus that was circulating in the community?
I have had this almost 77 years. It's hard to remember a time when I wasn't in pain.
I am grateful that I found this site.
Are there any more helpful sites?
I am open to any information. I am searching.
And I am so very thankful for your reply.
Right under your post, If you go to where is says “interested in more discussions like this…click on fibromyalgia you will see the responses from this group to my question “Why do I have fibromyalgia?”. It’s very revealing. I found I had a couple of similar experiences. I guess I felt maybe if you find the cause maybe you can get a quick cure. Personally I’ve had many vaccines even hepatitis vaccine as a child when siblings contacted hepatitis. I havent ever had an over reaction to any vaccines. However I did get a virus when my son was about 3-4 months old. We both got it. I was breastfeeding. We were so lethargic we just stayed in one position. My son wouldn’t suckle because he didn’t have the strength. My sister put her daughter (about 8 months old) to my breast so I could release milk as I was engorged from him not eating AND nobody else got sick. Not even my little niece, thank God. I can’t believe we didn’t think of possible consequences if my niece got the virus. Doctor never saw us so as not to spread the “virus”. I often wonder about this virus as a possible cause of the fibromyalgia although I have many other possibilities as I compared responses to my post.
@tin555 I found this fibro link very helpful! The American Fibromyalgia Syndrome Association:
https://www.fibromyalgiafund.org/
May you find something that gives you some relief!
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