Conquering Your Fibromyalgia Podcast

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• When Autism Hides ADHD: 6 Ways It Causes Chronic Pain 19.06.2026 15min

  Text Dr. Lenz any feedback or questions When Fibromyalgia Masks Autism and ADHD: Diagnostic Overshadowing and Neuroplastic Pain The script argues that fibromyalgia’s pain, fatigue, and brain fog can act as “diagnostic overshadowing,” masking underlying undiagnosed autism and/or ADHD. Referencing Dr. Megan Anna Neff’s video on how autism can hide ADHD, the narrator (a physician) connects neurodivergent traits to central sensitization and nociplastic pain, suggesting a nervous system “born” w...
• Navigating the New 2025 Guidelines: A Parents Guide to Cyclical Vomiting Syndrome 18.06.2026 31min

  Text Dr. Lenz any feedback or questions 2025 Pediatric Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome (CVS) Guidelines: A Brain–Gut, Migraine-Based Action Plan The script explains updated 2025 guidelines for pediatric cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS), framing CVS as a disorder of gut–brain interaction and a “migraine equivalent,” with up to 82% of affected children having personal or family migraine history, shifting treatment focus to the central nervous system. It highlights links to nociplastic pain/central sen...
• Is it Depression or Autistic Burnout? Why CBT Fails 17.06.2026 59min

  Text Dr. Lenz any feedback or questions Dr. Megan Anna Neff on Late-Identified Autism, Autistic Burnout, and Self-Care Clinical psychologist Dr. Megan Anna Neff discusses how discovering her child was autistic near the end of her doctorate led her to research autism in girls, recognize her own autism, and create Neurodivergent Insights to translate peer-reviewed research into visuals. She and the host describe gaps in clinical training, frequent missed or misdiagnosed autism and ADHD in adu...
• April: A World Through Neurodiversity 28.05.2026 8min

  Text Dr. Lenz any feedback or questions Autism Acceptance Month Series: Beyond Awareness to Sensory Truth, Masking, and Invisible Illness The script introduces an April autism acceptance month video series aimed at moving beyond awareness to genuine acceptance by explaining the lived experience of autism, especially profound sensory differences, masking, routines as safety, and meltdowns as overwhelm rather than tantrums. It frames autism as a different way of being human in a world built f...
• POTS Guidelines: Missing the Bigger Picture 27.05.2026 15min

  Text Dr. Lenz any feedback or questions 2026 POTS Guidelines: What They Update—and the Biggest Blind Spots (Hypermobility, Neurodivergence, and Root Causes) The script reviews the new 2026 POTS Guidelines, noting improvements such as formalized diagnostic criteria, recognition of symptoms beyond tachycardia (GI issues, chronic pain, cognitive dysfunction), and first-line nonpharmacological strategies (fluids/sodium, compression) with a tiered medication approach before graded exercise. It a...
• The Cholesterol Revolution: New Preventive Rules 25.05.2026 27min

  Text Dr. Lenz any feedback or questions The 2026 Cholesterol Revolution: PREVENT Scores, Hidden Risk Markers, and CAC Scans The script explains how 2026 ACC/AHA guideline changes aim to make heart attacks more preventable by shifting from short-term “10-year risk” thinking to “lower for longer,” precision prevention, and primordial prevention starting earlier in life. It critiques the older Pooled Cohort Equations for underestimating risk in younger people and introduces the PREVENT equatio...
• Rethinking Mind Mody Medicine for Neurodivergent Individuals 17.05.2026 12min

  Text Dr. Lenz any feedback or questions In this enlightening video, we explore the concept of "tension myositis syndrome," a condition where the brain generates chronic pain, challenging traditional biomedical views. We examine Dr. Sarno's groundbreaking work and how he explained the "mindbody syndrome" through a neurodevelopmental lens. Learn how understanding the intricate connection between the brain and pain and the role of emotions and pain can help manage conditions like nociplastic pa...
• Why this OB GYN left medicine to become an ADHD coach 16.05.2026 1h 18min

  Text Dr. Lenz any feedback or questions Navigating ADHD and Chronic Pain: Dr. Kerry Shea's Journey from OB GYN to ADHD Coach In this episode, we welcome Dr. Kerry Shea, an OB GYN who transitioned to working as an ADHD coach. Dr. Shea shares her personal experience living with ADHD and chronic pain, including a diagnosis of trigeminal neuralgia, and her struggles with various other invisible illnesses like endometriosis. Carrie explains how these challenges impacted her career in medicine an...
• A Girl's Chronic Pain Reversal Story 15.05.2026 17min

  Text Dr. Lenz any feedback or questions 00:00 A Mysterious Case 00:59 Years of Unexplained Pain 02:19 The Hidden Connection 03:08 The Breakthrough Diagnosis 04:03 Understanding the Science 04:52 Sensory Processing Differences 06:13 ADHD and Pain Regulation 07:24 Amplifying Factors 08:36 Diagnostic Overshadowing 09:52 The Treatment Breakthrough 10:40 Miraculous Results 11:40 Multidisciplinary Approaches 12:07 Community and Support 12:43 Important Disclaimer 13:07 Final Thoughts Click here for...
• Why Your Doctor is Measuring Your Fibromyalgia Wrong 14.05.2026 24min

  Text Dr. Lenz any feedback or questions Beyond the Pain Scale: Using WPI/SSS and FIQR to Measure Fibromyalgia Severity and Treatment Progress The script explains that fibromyalgia care often relies too heavily on a 1–10 pain scale, overlooking fatigue, unrefreshed sleep, brain fog, and daily function, which leaves patients feeling unheard and clinicians without clear data. It describes how the American College of Rheumatology shifted from the 1990 tender point exam to revised criteria (2010...
• Fibromyalgia or Sjogren's? (How to Tell the Difference) 13.05.2026 19min

  Text Dr. Lenz any feedback or questions Sjogren’s vs Fibromyalgia: Key Differences in Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment The script explains why Sjogren’s disease and fibromyalgia are often confused due to overlapping pain and fatigue, noting studies suggesting over 30% overlap, and stresses that accurate diagnosis guides appropriate treatment. Fibromyalgia is described as a central nervous system disorder driven by central sensitization, causing chronic widespread pain for at least three m...
• She Lost Her OB-GYN Career to Chronic Pain—Then Got into Disability Insurance 12.05.2026 52min

  Text Dr. Lenz any feedback or questions Dr. Stephanie Pearson on Workplace Injury, Invisible Disability Claims, and Disability Insurance Pitfalls Dr. Stephanie Pearson, an OB-GYN, describes how a workplace shoulder injury during a delivery led to chronic pain, failed surgery outcomes, job termination after FMLA, and denial of her hospital disability coverage due to a fine-print work-injury exclusion, followed by a disputed workers’ comp claim and a settlement after litigation. She explains ...
• Small Fiber Neuropathy Doesn't Explain Fibromyalgia — Here's Why 11.05.2026 15min

  Text Dr. Lenz any feedback or questions Small Fiber Neuropathy and Fibromyalgia: Correlation, Not the Cause The script examines why findings of small fiber neuropathy (SFN) in fibromyalgia created hope for an objective “proof” of pain, yet argues this link is often misinterpreted as causation. It explains SFN, diagnosed via skin punch biopsy showing reduced nerve fiber density, and notes studies finding positive biopsies in about 40–60% of fibromyalgia patients, including a 2018 meta-analys...
• 11 Doctors in One Year 10.05.2026 32min

  Text Dr. Lenz any feedback or questions High-Masking Autism, Anxiety, and the Multi-System Pattern of Chronic Invisible Illness Dr. Michael Lenz reacts to Auticate's video on autistic health and connects it to fibromyalgia-like “multi-system” chronic invisible illness, describing 11 doctors in a year before an autism diagnosis and a pattern of persistent symptoms despite normal tests. The script reviews common co-occurring issues in autistic people: skin burning/itching and psoriasis, GI pr...
• These 3 Tests Reveal Your Real Heart Attack Risk 09.05.2026 13min

  Text Dr. Lenz any feedback or questions Three Blood Tests That Reveal Your True Heart Attack Risk: hsCRP, Lipoprotein(a), and ApoB Dr. Michael Lenz argues the standard lipid panel can miss key drivers of atherosclerosis, explaining why some people with “normal” LDL still have heart attacks, and recommends three additional blood tests to better assess risk. High-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) measures inflammation, with higher levels indicating increased risk and supported by the JUP...
• Chronic Pain? Your Heart Could Be at Risk 08.05.2026 22min

  Text Dr. Lenz any feedback or questions Chronic Illness, Hidden Heart Risk, and the Coronary Artery Calcium (CAC) Score Dr. Michael Lenz, a clinical lipidologist, explains that chronic illnesses involving pain, inflammation, or central sensitization (e.g., rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, fibromyalgia) can silently increase long-term risk of heart attack, stroke, and cardiovascular death—sometimes doubling or tripling risk—through systemic inflammation, stress-hormone-driven autonomic strain, a...
• Sleep as the Engine of Fibromyalgia 07.05.2026 26min

  Text Dr. Lenz any feedback or questions Fibromyalgia and the Hidden Sleep Disorder Fueling Your Pain: How Restorative Sleep Breaks the Vicious Cycle The script explains fibromyalgia as a real central nervous system disorder marked by widespread pain, crushing fatigue, and “fibro fog,” driven by central sensitization and neurochemical imbalance (elevated substance P/glutamate and reduced inhibitory neurotransmitters). It argues that non-restorative sleep is a core driver of symptoms, highlig...
• The Diagnosis Gap: Why Fibromyalgia Gets Overlooked 06.05.2026 15min

  Text Dr. Lenz any feedback or questions Making the Invisible Visible: A Longitudinal, Validating Framework for Fibromyalgia and Chronic Illness Care The script contrasts patients’ experiences of chronic pain, fatigue, and brain fog being dismissed despite normal tests with clinicians’ uncertainty in brief, system-pressured visits, framing “medical gaslighting” as a patient safety issue. It proposes rewriting the clinical approach to invisible illnesses like fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, mi...
• Doctor Reviews AG1: Is It Actually Better Than a Smoothie? 05.05.2026 15min

  Text Dr. Lenz any feedback or questions Why I Don’t Recommend AG1: A Cheaper, Higher-Fiber Whole-Food Smoothie Alternative Doctor Michael Lenz critiques AG1/greens powders as expensive, marketing-driven products ($79 for 30 servings) that rely on proprietary blends with unclear dosing, may reduce benefits compared with whole-food “food matrix” nutrition, and provide too little fiber (2 g per scoop). He argues real health comes from a whole-food, plant-based diet that can reduce inflammation...
• Internal Tremors Aren't In Your Head (Here's What They Really Are) 04.05.2026 17min

  Text Dr. Lenz any feedback or questions Internal Tremors and Fibromyalgia: The Science Behind Invisible Vibrations The script explains internal tremors (internal vibrations) as a subjective sensation of shaking or buzzing inside the body with little to no visible movement, often felt at rest and sometimes alongside fasciculations, myoclonic jerks, restless leg syndrome, or periodic limb movement disorder. It addresses fear of serious neurologic disease and emphasizes seeing a doctor to rule...