Tips for the Warrior Caring for someone with CFS or FM can be a stressful experience. You may take on extra responsibilities, experience financial strain, feel frustrated and resentful at times, lose companionship, face uncertainty…
Fibromyalgia Diagnosis
Learn how Fibromyalgia is diagnosed, including key symptoms, diagnostic criteria, and the tests used to rule out other conditions.
Fibromyalgia Couples make Good Communication Difficult due to their Illness
Improving Communication The stresses brought by serious illness can make good communication difficult. To complicate matters, CFS and FM create the additional challenge of cognitive problems. Here are seven ideas for how to improve communication…
Evidence shows that Fibromyalgia and CFS put Couples under Stress
Fibromyalgia and CFS put couples under stress. This chapter offers strategies for addressing three problems faced by couples: sexual difficulties, strained communication, and caregiver burnout. Improving Intimacy When CFS or fibromyalgia enters a marriage, one…
Fibromyalgia Colors: Red + Blue = Purple
Introduction Fibromyalgia is often described in clinical terms—widespread pain, fatigue, sleep disturbance, cognitive dysfunction—but those descriptions rarely capture what it actually feels like to live with it day to day. Many people with fibromyalgia struggle…
Fibromyalgia has Changed all my Relationships
Relationships can be difficult for healthy individuals. They are even harder when you add the complications of being in constant pain, severe fatigue, anxiety/depression and cognitive impairment. There are many types of interpersonal relationships. Some…
That was Then…This is Now Life with Fibromyalgia
Alarm rings at 5 a.m. I jump out of bed to start making fresh blueberry muffins and the evening’s crock-pot dinner. Out the door by 6 a.m. for a full day (up to 10 hours)…
Best Books on Fibromyalgia and Other Resources
Fibromyalgia is complex. If you live with fibro, you know that it’s not as easy as taking a “pill” or any other quick fix and just getting on with your life. Living smarter is about…
Fibromyalgia Research: Cancer Study Provides Hope for Fibromyalgia Victims
Introduction: Why Cancer Research and Fibromyalgia Are Being Discussed Together At first glance, cancer research and fibromyalgia may seem like two entirely separate medical worlds. Cancer research focuses on uncontrolled cell growth, tumor environments, and…
New Discovery in Fibromyalgia Research
Introduction: Why Fibromyalgia Research Is Suddenly Moving Faster Fibromyalgia has spent decades in a frustrating scientific position. It is widely recognized as a real and often disabling condition, yet it has remained difficult to measure,…
Underactive Thyroid and Diet – Chronic Awareness
An underactive thyroid, also known as hypothyroidism, is a condition where the thyroid gland does not produce enough hormones to meet the body’s needs. These hormones—primarily T3 (triiodothyronine) and T4 (thyroxine)—play a central role in…