What happens if Fibromyalgia is left Untreated?
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What happens if Fibromyalgia is left Untreated?

Although fibromyalgia symptoms are often written off as being sleepy, it’s really a much more serious disorder than it seems. With over 5 million Americans over the age of 18 diagnosed with Fibromyalgia, fibromyalgia requires…

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How do I make my husband see, that his lack of belief and support in my Fibromyalgia Condition is damaging to our relationship?
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How do I make my husband see, that his lack of belief and support in my Fibromyalgia Condition is damaging to our relationship?

There’s only one thing you can do: educate, educate, and educate. Show him websites about it, tell him about it, explain to him how it influences your life. There’s only one thing you can do…

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Why is Fibromyalgia so poorly understood by the Medical world?
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Why is Fibromyalgia so poorly understood by the Medical world?

IMHO, I blame two things. Misogyny, and a lack of high-tech diagnostic tools. Misogyny: 95% of sufferers are women over “a certain age”! A lot of the medical cohort, particularly the senior ones were and…

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How come the Doctors say that patients who claimed to have fibromyalgia were just unhappy in their lives?
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How come the Doctors say that patients who claimed to have fibromyalgia were just unhappy in their lives?

Maybe the doctor you followed some patients with the presumptive diagnosis of fibromyalgia. And maybe after years of following them, and checking for objective signs of disease- lab abnormalities, physical changes, etc. your doctor never found anything…

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What does Fibro Fog feel like in Fibromyalgia?
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What does Fibro Fog feel like in Fibromyalgia?

Like you have the flu constantly. Affecting your concentration and memory. And the pain itself is very distracting and tiring. Generally just feeling physically tired all the time. Sometimes worse than others. Numerous fibromyalgia symptoms…

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Do you find it difficult to solve problems when your Fibromyalgia Flares up?
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Do you find it difficult to solve problems when your Fibromyalgia Flares up?

I have lived with Fibromyalgia for 30 years. The answers to this question are true and help to explain some of the new symptoms I’m experiencing. For example, when I stand up, I’m dizzy and…

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Is Central Sensitization the same as Fibromyalgia?
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Is Central Sensitization the same as Fibromyalgia?

Let’s remember that despite all of our great science, we don’t fully understand either central sensitization or fibromyalgia. So the question is cute but unanswerable. Central sensitization means that there is altered processing of sensation…

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Why is it that every sufferer that I’ve met that has fibromyalgia also has a controlling personality or bipolar problem, including me?
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Why is it that every sufferer that I’ve met that has fibromyalgia also has a controlling personality or bipolar problem, including me?

Multiple doctors have told me I very likely have fibromyalgia (but my mother never took me to a rheumatologist), and I would say that I only am controlling to protect myself from being harmed…  So…

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My Doctor Diagnosed me with Fibromyalgia but refuses to put me on any medication for it.
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My Doctor Diagnosed me with Fibromyalgia but refuses to put me on any medication for it.

I ask this question in our fibromyalgia support group, Many people are responding to this issue. Here we have collective knowledge on this question. SAM-e. I started with 200 mg once a day. I increased…

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