A detailed guide to understanding Fibromyalgia symptoms, early warning signs, and how they are diagnosed.
Do you suffer from fibromyalgia leg pain? Pain that is associated with the tender points and trigger points in multiple sites? Although we often refer to them as tender POINTS, they are actually more like tender AREAS. These areas of pain often occur within and around the muscle. Trigger points and myofascial pain in the legs can also contribute to what we often refer to as the “lumps and bumps” in fibromyalgia. I have yet to meet someone…
Can we minimize fibromyalgia flares? If you have fibromyalgia, you likely know the triggers that precede a fibromyalgia flare. You try to avoid the triggers when possible and just get through them when you have to. However, it is never 100%. There can be variables internally and externally. The most important thing to remember is that it is never “all or nothing” when working through a fibro flare. Some flares will be a shorter duration,…
This article is an examination of the more commonly used fibromyalgia medications and a few results of recent studies on the effectiveness of the medications in fibromyalgia patients; ways to reduce the cost of your fibromyalgia medication; and appropriate warnings where warranted. Fibromyalgia is complex. Here at “Living with Fibromyalgia”, we understand that not everyone will walk the same path when it comes to their approach to treating fibromyalgia and all of its complexities. If…
Fibromyalgia pain is unique due to its severity, complexity, and multiple systems involved. If you have fibromyalgia, you know that chronic pain is just one of the myriad of symptoms present within the fibro body at any one time. See, there can be multiple causes to a fibromyalgia headache for example, although the pain itself occurs in the “fashion” we call fibromyalgia pain. It doesn’t matter if the headache started as neck or scapular-thoracic pain…
This list reveals PRIMARY symptoms with secondary symptoms within each direct link… The fibromyalgia symptoms list that we present on this page is an addition to the main Fibromyalgia Symptoms page (our unique perspective on dealing with various fibromyalgia symptoms using our protocol) Why do you NEED an accurate SYMPTOMS LIST? Well, because there are too many generic inaccurate fibromyalgia symptoms listed out there that just state a lot of symptoms, without regard to PRIMARY and SECONDARY, and…
By: Dr. Alexa James This continuum has slid up and down my life’s experience with fibromyalgia. I often spend my energy trying to avoid both extremes desperately. Sometimes I try to stay positive and concentrate on what I can do. I walk over to repeat the words of Hawking, do not look at the stars on your feet. Out of fear that they will bring me down, I avoid fibromyalgia groups like the plague. I…