Neuroscientist Discovers New Way To Treat Fibromyalgia
Michele Ross, PhD, MBA
Kratom Education | Cannabis Education | Chronic Pain Management | Plant Medicine Facilitator | Author of Kratom Is Medicine * Vitamin Weed * CBD Oil For Health * Train Your Brain To Get Thin
It’s been 4 years since I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia and 11 years since I got my PhD in Neuroscience in a Department of Molecular Psychiatry.
To be honest, I’ve never met another neuroscientist who has fibromyalgia. And maybe that’s why my approach to treating fibromyalgia is so different than most clinicians.
When it came to treating my fibromyalgia, I let the professionals take the reins at first. I went through the typical medications like opioids, Lyrica, muscle relaxers, antidepressants, and hormone pills.
When I all I got was dependence on opioids, and side effects like weight gain, nausea, and more pain, the scientist in me said there has to be a better way.
I learned the rules so that I could break them.
As a neuroscientist, I understand the brain, how both emotional and physical pain are processed, how pharmaceutical drugs impact brain chemistry, and how disease harms it.
I also know how to research solutions to complex problems, compare weak versus strong evidence, test hypotheses, communicate my findings, and teach students.
Fibromyalgia is a complex disease that requires a personalized medicine approach and no two cases are the same. It’s a disease that is worsened by stress, and the mind-body connection must be respected.
No wonder why throwing a bunch of pills at it wasn’t the answer.
I did my research. Part reading the clinical research, part talking to alternative medicine experts and caregivers, and part playing guinea pig on myself and other patients.
Plant-assisted therapy (PAT) was the answer.
I have a unique protocol that uses cannabis, kratom, and magic mushrooms to rewire the brain and heal the emotional and physical pain underlying fibromyalgia.
I’m sharing my secret sauce to how I ditched all my pills, got out of my walker, back to work, got my executive MBA, and wrote multiple books, all when my doctor told me my best case scenario was to accept my illness and collect disability checks.
I’m going to teach you how to use plants to heal yourself and give the finger to your doctor.
It’s time to turn Sick AF to Blessed AF. I’m looking for 100 fibromyalgia patients looking to change their life and join my Fearless Fibro Squad. #fibrosquadgoals
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5 年Finally...female cannabis mba stem geek getting a little attention. Go girl! Plus of course focus on womens health and cannabinoids....the next frontier. Can I tell you how many times I have been to "medical cannabis conferences" where the only pictures are diagrams of the MALE endocannabiniod receptor map? What century do we live in again? Why is it that we have to fight the same fricking battles over and over again? In MBA speak? Women=Over 50% of your customers. Um "patients".
Women's Health Advocate/Lobbyist/Artist
5 年Both of mine were removed prior to going into menopause. My body will not metabolize cannabis the way yours will. Your's will do it better.
Women's Health Advocate/Lobbyist/Artist
5 年Did you ever get your blood-level hormones checked? Have you had your ovaries removed, and if they are intact, have you experienced ovarian failure? While I am by no means against cannabis, it will not have the same effect on those whose hormones-producing organs have been removed. I, too have had fibromyalgia, but it goes away when my hormone levels have been re-established.
Médica Neurocirurgi? | FIPP | Diretora Técnica da Clínica NeuroVinci | Fundadora WeCann Academy
5 年I’m curious to know your all protocol. But as a cannabis prescriptor, I have to say that almost 100% of fibromyalgia patients have significant improvements only with the whole plant THC rich oils.
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5 年Michele Ross, PhD, MBA you mention "kratom" . Mitragyna speciosa is indigenous to Thailand where it was often used in traditional healing, but is now banned as a dangerous drug, as it is almost everywhere else. Unlike cannabis, there is substantial evidence of death caused by kratom. I use CBD oil for chronic pain, and I have a personal and business interest in plant-based therapeutics. But kratom isn't one of them because it's lethal. My wife (Thai) was horrified when I asked her if I should try it. https://www.inverse.com/article/51089-can-you-overdose-on-kratom Please clarify this in your article. Thank you.