How does Dr. Speight treat fibromyalgia and or chronic fatigue syndrome?
Fibromyalgia is a complicated illness with multiple influencing factors. We endeavor to look at all of them in a systematic fashion. In some patients the cause of fibromyalgia seems to be a Vitamin D deficiency. In other patients, it is due in part to a hypercoagulable state (thickening of the blood) due to environmental factors playing upon a person’s own genetics. We have also seen fibromyalgia respond to the use of medications such as SSRIs, but also respond to the use of amino acids that the body then takes and converts to neurotransmitters to help with pain and fatigue. Other sufferers respond to testosterone replacement therapy ( when it is appropriate to give). Our approach is to evaluate each person based on their symptoms, our experience, and what the medical literature has to offer. This may include testing of blood clotting factors, assessment of urinary neurotransmitters, an overall nutritional evaluation including vitamin and mineral panels, and in some cases even chronic
