This is of concern to me due to my low blood pressure issues and dizziness. And it makes me wonder. Especially since my doc mentioned I may have POTS. So the study is looking at…
Fibromyalgia Pain
A comprehensive look at Fibromyalgia pain, its symptoms, triggers, and effective strategies to manage and alleviate discomfort.
Learning About Disability
Introduction Learning about disability is not just an academic exercise or a matter of social awareness campaigns. It is an ongoing process of understanding how human bodies and minds vary, how societies respond to those…
How do fibromyalgia and chronic illness upend your life?
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…
I Survived the Fibromyalgia Flare
There is a particular kind of exhaustion that does not announce itself clearly. It does not feel like ordinary tiredness, and it does not behave like a predictable illness with a neat beginning and end.…
A Woman To Be Remembered for Fibromyalgia
Introduction Some lives become memorable not because they are free of struggle, but because of the way struggle is carried, endured, and transformed into meaning. Fibromyalgia is one of those conditions that reshapes daily life…
Unspeakable Pain but Were you Hurt Most?
There is a book whose title I will not tell, written by an author that will remain unnamed, that everyone in the whole wide world made such a gigantic fuss about. Hollywood even made it…
The Fibromyalgia Spectrum
Introduction: Moving Beyond a Single Definition Fibromyalgia is often described as a single chronic pain condition, but in reality, it rarely presents in a uniform way. People living with fibromyalgia can experience vastly different symptom…
The Stigma of Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia is a condition that sits in a complicated space between visible illness and invisible experience. It is widely recognized in medical settings, yet still frequently misunderstood in social, workplace, and even healthcare contexts. For…
“I Am So Sorry I Have Fibromyalgia”: Living With a Condition That Changes Everything
Introduction Saying “I am so sorry I have fibromyalgia” is not just a sentence. It carries emotional weight, frustration, exhaustion, and often a quiet sense of grief for how life used to feel or how…
I Am Sick of Fibromyalgia Apologizing
There is a particular kind of exhaustion that does not come from pain alone, but from the constant need to justify it. For many people living with fibromyalgia, that exhaustion builds quietly over time through…