When someone you love lives with fibromyalgia, the illness doesn’t affect just one person, it impacts the entire family. Fibromyalgia is a chronic condition marked by widespread pain, exhaustion, brain fog, and heightened sensitivity to…
Fibromyalgia Awareness
Raise awareness about Fibromyalgia by understanding its symptoms, impact, and the importance of support for those living with this chronic condition.
Being a Doctor With Fibromyalgia: 10 Important Things I Want You to Know
When people hear the word doctor, they often imagine strength, stamina, and resilience without limits. What they rarely imagine is chronic pain, crushing fatigue, or a nervous system that never truly rests. I am a doctor…
What Stress Does to a Woman With Fibromyalgia
Stress affects everyone, but for women living with fibromyalgia, stress can feel overwhelming, relentless, and physically devastating. It doesn’t just live in the mind. It seeps into muscles, nerves, sleep, hormones, and pain levels, often…
Formication in Fibromyalgia: What It Means & How to Treat It Effectively
One of the most unsettling symptoms people with fibromyalgia report is a sensation that feels like bugs crawling on or under the skin. This sensation is known as formication, and while it can be frightening and…
6 Hidden Aspects of Fibromyalgia Doctors Don’t Always Share
Fibromyalgia is one of the most misunderstood chronic illnesses in modern medicine. While many doctors acknowledge its existence, patients often feel there’s much left unsaid, details learned only through years of lived experience. Below are…
Lady Gaga Speaks Out on Fibromyalgia: “My Pain Is Real”
When Lady Gaga revealed that she lives with fibromyalgia, the world paid attention. For millions of people who have struggled for years to have their pain believed, her words carried enormous weight. Fibromyalgia is often invisible, misunderstood,…
22 Bras for Costochondritis & Fibromyalgia
Community-Recommended Fibro-Friendly Brands For people living with fibromyalgia or costochondritis, something as simple as wearing a bra can become a source of daily pain. Tight bands, underwires, seams, and shoulder pressure can trigger chest pain, nerve irritation, muscle…
The Challenges of Weight Loss With Fibromyalgia
What to Know Before Making Weight-Loss Comments Weight loss is often discussed as a simple equation: eat less, move more. But for people living with fibromyalgia, that narrative can feel dismissive, frustrating, and deeply unrealistic.…
Sleeping Better With Fibromyalgia
13 Tips for a More Restful Night (and Fewer Flares) Sleep should be restorative, but for people living with fibromyalgia, it often feels like another battle. Pain, heightened nerve sensitivity, racing thoughts, temperature intolerance, and…
Explaining What Fibromyalgia Feels Like
Fibromyalgia is often misunderstood because its symptoms are invisible, inconsistent, and difficult to measure. For those living with it, the condition is not “just pain”, it is a full-body experience that affects the nervous system,…