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Fibromyalgia is the name of a painful affliction that can cause mild to severe discomfort throughout the muscles of the body, with the worst areas of diffuse pain and stiffness usually concentrated in the upper and/or lower back. At least ten million Americans, mostly women, suffer from it.¹¹ More and more people are also suffering from closely related TMJ (teeth grinding, painful tension in the jaw). If you are one of them, you can expect good or complete relief within a few weeks. These conditions are unquestionably associated with low serotonin. Fibromyalgia can have other causes, too, including low thyroid, but we’ve found that it usually responds very well to nutrient therapy, as does TMJ.

Raising serotonin levels not only has a powerful muscle-relaxing effect, it can also powerfully stimulate our natural painkillers, the endorphins. That’s part of why the serotonin-specific nutrients I’m about to reveal can be so effective with painful conditions like migraines and arthritic pain, particularly in combination with a good-mood diet, the basic supplements, and the elimination of allergy foods.