So what is known about fibromyalgia? We know it's not arthritis. Arthritis affects the skeletal system, and fibromyalgia involves your muscular system. We know it's a chronic condition that lasts a long time and can possibly afflict you for your entire life.

It generally develops in 20-50 year olds. Four to six million Americans suffer with it. It disturbs or prevents restful sleep. And we know, thankfully, it isn't a progressive disease.

There is hope though, for the millions who are suffering with the constant pain and muscle stiffness. Researches are ongoing to find the reason for the disease, and once it has been found, then we can start to find a cure.

A few experts are starting to find that the reason for fibromyalgia is due to disturbances in the endocrine system and the autonomic nervous system, specifically, the stress response of both those systems.

The crossing over of the nervous system with the endocrine system, referred to as 'neuroendocrine axis', has been studied closely in relation to the sleep disturbances found in most fibromyalgia patients. Studies have shown that fibromyalgia patients have their non-REM sleep phase disturbed by alpha waves that shouldn't be there, often keeping them from moving to stage 3 and stage 4 of sleep.

During those stages, insulin growth factor is released. Since fibromyalgia sufferers often don't reach those stages, they often have low levels of that hormone.

Artificially created disturbed non-REM sleep have also shown that some of the symptoms of fibromyalgia are produced by it. With alpha waves intruding when they shouldn't, it is not surprising why many fibromyalgia sufferers have night after night of 'non-refreshing' sleep.

Other endocrine and neurological abnormalities they've found include elevated levels of certain neurotransmitters in the cerebrospinal fluid that enhance pain perception, up to three times higher than normal levels. Fibromyalgia patients also tend to have lower than normal cortisol production.

While everything sounds scientific, the bottom line is that they are slowly finding out why people are suffering from fibromyalgia. No one knows how long it may take to pinpoint the cause exactly, but it should give hope to those suffering from it. Of course, then they can start looking for a cure.

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