A detailed guide to understanding Fibromyalgia symptoms, early warning signs, and how they are diagnosed.
The best way is to accept it and moderate it in a moment-by-moment exercise. The stress of the “fight” will only make the pain worse for most with fibro. My new normal is that I am in pain every second of every day. I avoid unnecessary stressors which include movies and tv shows that are too intense. If a sporting event causes “tension and release” that is excessive for me, I stop watching. If a…
Story of Fibromyalgia Support Group Warrior ABSOLUTELY!!! December 2009 thru January 2010…..I was employed at a Major grocery retail store’s food warehouse (not naming names, but a little hint would be they are based in Germany…I would LOVE to just name the company and give as many bad reviews to them as I could. I HATE this place …they have NO regard for their employee’s health safety or anything else for that matter…all this place…
She can barely get out of bed some days. One day it’s her foot, another it’s her hip. She’s sad and tired and feels like my and my sister I’s lives aren’t what they could be because of her. How do I help her? Patience and compassion are the keys. Your mother isn’t making things up. She’s not lying; she’s not exaggerating. One of the hardest things for “norms” (people without invisible illness) to understand…
In 2003 I started to have pain in the muscles of my legs. A doctor’s visit found nothing wrong. As time went on I started to feel pain in other muscles. Down my back, back of my arms, calves, and back of my neck. OTC pain relievers did nothing. Trip to the doctor got narcotics. They did nothing. Tried muscle relaxers with no results. The pain kept getting steadily worse. The doctor finally me told…
Different sufferers have various opinions related to the term fatso-myalgia, Here we have we warriors who shared their experiences here. My life my way with fibromyalgia I am 5’4”. When my fibromyalgia symptoms started, I was 22 and weighed 140lbs. I was, and still am, an endorphin junky who loved swimming and running. I had to give up running because of pain spreading to all my muscles, particularly after weight-bearing exercise. My weight plummeted to…
I have so many auto-immune diseases going on, I’ll begin with fibromyalgia. When I lived in Vermont, one morning I could hardly get out of bed…all my muscles and joints hurt very much. I thought I’d have to call an ambulance. I lie there a while in bed. Eventually the severe pain eased us. I had what is known as a “flare”. I went to my Dr. She said her office would make an appointment…
Seriously, no two days are the same. I think that is the reality that most people can’t wrap their minds around. I have absolutely no idea what my pain will be like a month from now. The only thing I know for certain is that I will have pain. Every day. For the rest of my life. I’d say it’s like being trapped on a roller coaster and you can only see two feet in…
Chronic pain in the upper and lower aspects of the same body side suggest a musculoskeletal disorder. In cases of fibromyalgia, a constellation of symptoms can exist which reflect simultaneous painful dysfunction of the pelvic and shoulder girdles. My clinical researchers have discovered that females can incur looseness and hypermobility (subluxation) of their pelvic girdle sacroiliac joints (note for physicians: diagnostic criteria are found in the Occupational Disabilities Guidelines). Pelvic instability can become a chronic…
Fibromyalgia Vs Women The reasons that more women develop Fibromyalgia include, but are not limited to, the following physiologies and pathologies: The women’s pelvic girdle is more delicate than that of the men, wherein bigger bones and more massive ligaments provide a stronger platform for the upright post of the spine and a stronger tower for lifting, pushing, and pulling. Women are at greater risk for injury of the soft tissues, ligaments, tendons, muscles, and…
First of all, you haven’t changed. You’re the same person with the same condition, except now you have a label. I found that label very liberating because it showed me that I had a real disability and that I wasn’t “just making it up” or “being lazy” or such. Plus, now you can say “I have fibromyalgia” instead of “well I’m kinda really tired and, like, achy all over”, which sounds more convincing. Other stuff,…