How Fibromyalgia is Diagnosed: Symptoms, Tests & Criteria

Lessons From Both Sides: What This Nurse With Fibromyalgia Learned From Her Patients

There’s a unique intersection where compassion meets personal struggle. As a nurse diagnosed with fibromyalgia, I found myself standing on both sides of the hospital bed. I had always believed…

chronicillness 05/15/2025

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Giving Through the Pain: Discovering the Value of Volunteering When You Have Fibromyalgia

Living with fibromyalgia often narrows your world. Pain, fatigue, and unpredictable flare-ups can make it difficult to maintain regular routines, pursue career goals, or engage socially. Over time, it’s easy…

chronicillness 05/15/2025

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Young But Real: I Am 18 and Fibromyalgia Ill, and My Pain Is Just as Valid

Being eighteen is often described as a time of new beginnings, independence, and endless possibility. For many, it marks the start of adult life with dreams waiting to unfold. But…

chronicillness 05/15/2025

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7 Honest Truths About My Preferred Pain Scale as Someone With Fibromyalgia

My Preferred Pain Scale as Someone With Fibromyalgia Living with fibromyalgia is a lesson in endurance, adaptation, and radical honesty with yourself. Over the years, I’ve learned that standard pain…

chronicillness 05/15/2025

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Alone in the Ache: What It Really Means to Not Have a Support System When You’re Fibromyalgia Ill

Fibromyalgia is more than a diagnosis. It is a constant companion of pain, fatigue, and fog that weaves itself into every corner of your life. But while managing the symptoms…

chronicillness 05/15/2025

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The Pain Beneath the Pain: When Trauma Leaves You With Fibromyalgia Illness

Trauma has a way of settling deep in the body. For some, it leaves scars that are visible and understood. For others, it weaves itself into the nervous system, slowly…

chronicillness 05/15/2025

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Infection is Root Cause by Fibromyalgia: Exploring the Link Between Chronic Illness and Pathogens

Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain disorder characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain, fatigue, sleep disturbances, and cognitive dysfunction (brain fog). Despite decades of research, the exact cause of fibromyalgia remains unknown.…

Dr Alex Robber 05/15/2025

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Denied and Dismissed: When a Doctor Turned Down My Fibromyalgia Referral and Said I’m ‘Not Sick Enough’

I walked into that appointment with hope. It had taken weeks to build up the courage to ask for a referral to a specialist, and even longer to convince myself…

chronicillness 05/14/2025

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Beyond the Pain: I Have Fibromyalgia and Yes, I’m Disabled—Here’s What That Really Means

I have fibromyalgia, and yes, I'm disabled. That sentence often surprises people. There’s an uncomfortable pause, a moment of disbelief, and then the all-too-common response: But you don’t look disabled.…

chronicillness 05/14/2025

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12 Truths No One Tells You About Fearing New Symptoms With Fibromyalgia

When You Fear Developing New Symptoms With Your Fibromyalgia Living with fibromyalgia means living with unpredictability. Each day, your body might speak a different language. Pain, fatigue, brain fog —…

chronicillness 05/14/2025