Understand Fibromyalgia flares, their symptoms, common triggers, and effective strategies to manage and reduce flare-ups for a better quality of life.
Understanding the Intersection of Fibromyalgia and Pregnancy Pregnancy is a period of profound physical, hormonal, and emotional change. For women living with fibromyalgia, these changes can interact with an already sensitive nervous system, often intensifying…
Doubt tends to arrive early in most public careers, especially in entertainment. It shows up in reviews, interviews, industry expectations, and sometimes in the casual judgments of people who feel confident predicting what will fail.…
Lady Gaga has opened up about having Fibromyalgia and is going to be candid about it in her documentary. Fibromyalgia is a syndrome that needs this sort of representation. Someone visible is seen to be…
Fibromyalgia is widely recognized for its hallmark symptom of chronic widespread pain, but one of its less understood and often overlooked features is heightened sensitivity to non-painful stimuli. This means that everyday sensations—sounds, lights, smells,…
So there are a lot of issues with sleep and fibromyalgia. I also have other chronic pain and vertigo, but seriously since I was young sleep and I have not been on speaking terms. Yes,…
It is fibromyalgia awareness month once again. Remember fibromyalgia awareness day falls on May 12th. I’d like to start the month with a little fibromyalgia humor. Sadly, it is also all true. When you have…
When Pain Leaves a Trace in the Brain Fibromyalgia has long been defined by what it feels like: widespread pain, persistent fatigue, disrupted sleep, and cognitive difficulties. For many years, because there were no clear…
Living With an Invisible Condition I am a fibromyalgia patient, and that sentence carries more weight than it appears to on the surface. It is not just a label or a diagnosis. It is a…
The Spanish study in the Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology called “Cognitive complaints in women with fibromyalgia: Are they due to depression or to objective cognitive dysfunction?” recurited105 women with fibromyalgia for their analysis.…
You’re sitting in the doctor’s office, being told you have an incurable illness. Maybe you have to leave your career, or pull back on your workload, with set accommodations. You can’t live up to being…