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…
Fibromyalgia Symptoms
A detailed guide to understanding Fibromyalgia symptoms, early warning signs, and how they are diagnosed.
Brain fog with fibromyalgia and depression
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.…
When pain slows you down
There are times with Fibromyalgia that I exceed my walking limits. It is actually difficult sometimes because the limit changes. It can be a short distance one day and a decent distance the next. There…
Fibromyalgia and Opiates for Pain: Helpful or Hindering?
Introduction Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain condition characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain, fatigue, sleep disturbances, cognitive difficulties, and heightened sensitivity to sensory input. Because pain is often the most disabling symptom, many people naturally look…
Fibromyalgia: orthostatic intolerance
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…
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.…
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…