Fibromyalgia Is NOT in Your Head — Here's the REAL Cause
In a Nutshell
Fibromyalgia is an immune-driven condition triggered by latent viruses, adjuvants like aluminum, and stress, not a psychosomatic disorder, as proven when patient antibodies induced pain hypersensitivity in healthy mice. Core problems include vitamin D/magnesium/zinc deficiencies, mitochondrial damage causing severe energy loss (only 2 ATP vs 36-38), nerve hypersensitivity, and poor deep sleep with lactic acid buildup. The most effective treatment is prolonged fasting to generate ketones that bypass mitochondrial damage and reduce inflammation, supported by high-dose vitamin D3 with cofactors, 600-2400mg magnesium malate, low-carb diet, stress reduction, and avoiding overexertion.
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Fibromyalgia is not in your head. Scientists took antibodies from fibromyalgia patients and then injected them into healthy mice. All the mice developed pain hypersensitivity, aka fibromyalgia. This demonstrates that fibromyalgia is not a psychosomatic illness. Fibromyalgia is not a pain disorder.
There are triggers or root causes that typically occur before developing fibromyalgia. One trigger is a latent virus. A latent virus is a virus that is no longer necessarily active all the time, but it can come out of remission. Examples include Epstein-Barr virus, herpes simplex virus, and Lyme disease. Certain types of mold can also trigger the situation.
Adjuvants are another trigger. An adjuvant is something added to vaccines to make the vaccine hyperreactive. Aluminum has also been linked to more inflammation in the neurons going right into fibromyalgia. Certain stress events can trigger fibromyalgia.
There are also factors that make a person vulnerable to developing fibromyalgia. Certain genes can set a person up for inflammatory conditions down the road. Genes can be affected by epigenetics, which is lifestyle.
It is very common in people with fibromyalgia to have low vitamin D. Vitamin D literally controls almost every part of the immune system, especially the NK cell, the natural killer cell in the immune system, which is dependent on vitamin D. The viruses mentioned shut down the vitamin D receptor to make the person not be able to absorb vitamin D. This could be the reason why the immune system is not working.
Fibromyalgia is an immune problem. Vitamin D is one of the most powerful anti-inflammatory natural vitamins. This is why exposure to the sun, especially in the summer, and getting enough vitamin D is super important.
Low magnesium is another deficiency that sets up problems with fibromyalgia. A lot of people are deficient in magnesium and they do not even know it. Low zinc is another factor that makes a person more susceptible. Existing autoimmune diseases also contribute to vulnerability.
There is a certain immune cell called the macrophage that eats up stuff. One of the things it will eat is aluminum. It then crosses the blood-brain barrier and brings it into the brain.
In addition to a low immune system, certain parts of the nerves, the tiny nerves, are damaged and hypersensitive. This is what is felt with fibromyalgia.
There is destruction in the mitochondria, the little energy factory of the cells. Inside the mitochondria there is an assembly line factory that makes energy. The inflammation created blocks the door to this energy. There is a backup energy system that mitochondria use called glycolysis. It is an ancient system that the body can make energy from, but not very efficiently.
With full capacity of mitochondria, the body makes 36 to 38 units of energy or ATP. With fibromyalgia, only 2 ATP units of energy are made. It takes energy to repair. It takes energy to heal. The nervous system needs energy.
Once someone develops fibromyalgia, they are often not able to get the deep delta wave sleep. There is poor sleep. There is also a buildup of lactic acid because that is one of the byproducts of the backup energy system. This leads to poor sleep, lactic acid, fatigue, no endurance, and no repair.
Part of the energy factory goes into coenzyme Q10, but that is only a very tiny piece of the puzzle.
If you have fibromyalgia, the first thing to do is reestablish the fuel to the nerve cells. The body is dependent on the plan B way of getting energy, which does not provide a lot of energy. The alternative fuel to bypass the closed door is called ketones. Ketones bypass the damage and start feeding the neurons immediately.
The most powerful way to get ketones in the body is to fast. In a study of 176 fibromyalgia cases, participants went from a 3 to 12-day fast and showed significant lowering of pain and inflammation and fibromyalgia symptoms even 3 months after the fast. Fasting also increases BDNF, brain-derived neurotrophic factor, that helps regrow the nervous system. Fasting is the most powerful thing to drop inflammation deep in the cells.
Prolonged fasting is the most important therapeutic approach for fibromyalgia.
Going on low carb generates ketones. This is another way to get energy into the neurons. It is super important to start increasing capacity to feed the neurons more energy.
Do not do a lot of exercise. More resting is needed. A lot of exercise will push over the edge and make things worse because it adds more stress to the cells. There is not the capacity to repair and there is not a large capacity of energy, so running out of fuel and feeling worse will occur.
If the environment is off, everything else struggles. It is like a fish tank. Pollute the water and the fish gets sick. The best food could be fed and every symptom could be treated, but if the water stays toxic, nothing recovers.
The body runs on 10 signals like insulin, cortisol, inflammation, sleep quality, and gut function. Every one of them affects how a person feels, but there is always one signal that is more broken than the rest, and until that one is fixed, everything else stays stuck.
Focus on reducing stress by changing the environment in a way that makes things very low stress. On a physical level, there are other things that can be done to reduce stress.
Take high doses of vitamin D3 at about 50,000 IU. This raises vitamin D levels up to between 60 to 80 nanograms per milliliter. If feeling good begins, then it is working and that is the area to focus on.
When taking vitamin D, additional cofactors are needed to allow vitamin D to work and to prevent calcium from building up. These cofactors are vitamin K2, magnesium, and zinc.
Vitamin D cannot work without magnesium. Magnesium is another super important cofactor in getting the energy factory to work. Three of the nine steps are dependent on magnesium. The RDA for magnesium is a joke. Four times the amount is probably needed just to start to rehab the energy factory.
In fibromyalgia cases, there are a lot of tight muscles and a lot of spasms, and magnesium can help calm that down. Magnesium also helps with sleep. There are studies that show taking malate in higher amounts can help with fibromyalgia cases.
The amount of magnesium malate recommended for fibromyalgia is between 600 and 2,400 mg. Do not take that all in one dosage. Spread it out over time. The goal is to flood the body with enough magnesium to start getting into a healing mode and start balancing things out with the energy, the sleep cycles, and the repair.
Magnesium is needed to allow vitamin D to work, vitamin K2 to work, and also B1 to work. Vitamin B1 cannot work without magnesium. B2 and B6 are also dependent on magnesium. A lot of other nutrients are dependent on magnesium, and so many people are deficient, especially if they have fibromyalgia.
There is a receptor called NMDA. If there is a problem with that, pain is going to be amplified. Magnesium blocks that, so it helps reduce pain. The malate part gives direct fuel right into the mitochondria.
Coenzyme Q10 has been known to help people with fibromyalgia feel better.
Vitamin B1 is necessary if there is a history of drinking alcohol or eating a lot of carbohydrates. It helps clear out the lactic acid and helps switch the fuel from the backup system to the primary system.
Palmitoylethanolamide has been researched to help calm neuroinflammation and help with sleep.
The gut microbiome is super important in supporting fibromyalgia. Consume fermented foods, especially kefir and sauerkraut.
If exposure to aluminum from a lot of vaccines or other sources is suspected, one of the best remedies is silica water. It must be consumed over a few months, but it is a great way of detoxifying aluminum and finally healing.
Getting enough sun exposure without becoming sunburnt is really important because vitamin D is obtained from the sun, as well as infrared, which is super healing for building up the cells and antioxidants, as well as increasing serotonin.
Since prolonged fasting is the most important and powerful therapeutic, additional details on exactly how to do that are available in a linked video.
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