The present invention provides methods for determining whether to provide an inhibitor of sympathetic nervous system activity to a human being suffering from an autoimmune disease and/or fibromyalgia. The methods of this aspect of the invention each include the steps of: (a) measuring the heart rate variability of a human being suffering from an autoimmune disease or fibromyalgia, to yield heart rate variability data; (b) analyzing the heart rate variability data to determine whether there is excessive sympathetic nervous system activity in the heart of the human being; and (c) providing an inhibitor of sympathetic nervous system activity to the human being if there is excessive sympathetic nervous system activity in the heart of the human being.
Methods for determining whether to provide an inhibitor of sympathetic nervous system activity to a human being suffering from an autoimmune disease or fibryomyalgia