I have fibromyalgia. I've been working with NEW for a while and I'm finding that while it is helping with the pain, it's actually increasing the fatigue. I'm just doing the basic NEW program, and trying not to push myself too hard with it, and it does seem to be helping. I view the increased fatigue as a side effect that I will eventually get past.
This is my own theory, based on having done a fair bit of reading into research on fibromyaglia, but it's a condition that's related to a malfunctioning limbic system, that is, it's closely associated with anxiety/panic disorder, with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and with other similar disorders where your own body is bascially going into overdrive with the "fight or flight" thing. After a while, it gets to where you "over interpret" pain and fatigue the same way you "over interpret" danger or fear. Which is not to say you're "imagining" it or anything else. The pain/fatigue is definitely REAL. It's just that I believe that what would be a normal mild twinge in a person with a normally functional limbic system is, in a fibro sufferer, a very significant pain. (As I said, this is my theory, though it is based on study and experience).
One thing I can recommend for fibromyalgia that I KNOW works (at least, it does for me and has for other chronic pain sufferers) is brainwave therapy. Brainwave Entrainment has been extremely helpful for me, and combined with NEW, I think I may make a real breakthrough here, soon. The software I use is from Transparent Corp, you can Google it (I don't want to link to it because while I have enough posts to not break the rules, it IS a commercial site; Google will get you there ).
Oh, also, I highly recommend magnesium and calcium supplements for help in easing the symptoms of fibromyalgia, and cut out ALL use of aspartame (phenylalanine), which has been linked in more than one study to worsening symptoms of FMS. When I stopped taking aspartame, I was SHOCKED at how much better I felt! And then a couple months ago, I mistakenly consumed some of it (didn't realise it was in what I was having) and had a very significant relapse, so I'm very sure that there's a definite tie-in, at least for me.
I'd also say give the acupuncture a try. I've certainly considered it, and haven't yet ruled it out (I'm just trying other stuff first). I've heard a lot of good things about acupuncture as a treatment for chronic pain.
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