Fibromyalgia is often discussed in terms of pain, fatigue, and sleep problems, but one of its most profound impacts is psychological. Not because fibromyalgia is “all in the mind,” but because the mind and nervous…
Fibromyalgia: Living with Chronic Pain
Living with fibromyalgia means living with a type of chronic pain that does not behave in predictable or straightforward ways. It is not limited to a single injury or a specific joint, and it is…
Fibromyalgia and Brain Fog: Stop, Breathe & Think
Introduction Fibromyalgia is widely recognized for causing widespread pain, fatigue, and sleep disturbances, but one of its most frustrating and often overlooked symptoms is brain fog. Many people living with fibromyalgia describe moments when they…
Fibromyalgia and Unnecessary Tests: More Care Is Not Better Care
Introduction: When More Testing Does Not Always Mean Better Treatment For many people living with fibromyalgia, the journey to diagnosis is long, confusing, and emotionally exhausting. Widespread pain, overwhelming fatigue, sleep disturbances, cognitive difficulties, and…
Fibromyalgia and Nurses: Understanding the Challenges, Responsibilities, and Importance of Compassionate Care
Fibromyalgia is a chronic condition that affects millions of people worldwide, causing widespread musculoskeletal pain, persistent fatigue, sleep disturbances, cognitive difficulties, and heightened sensitivity to physical stimuli. Although it is increasingly recognized within the medical…
I Have Fibromyalgia Again
When Symptoms Return and It Feels Like Starting Over Hearing or saying the words, “I have fibromyalgia again,” can carry a mixture of emotions. For some, it reflects a return of symptoms after a period…
Fibromyalgia and the tendency toward anxiety
“When anxious people anticipate something bad about to happen- such as being confronted with creepy pictures of snakes or spiders- their right frontal insulas go into overdrive”, Blakeslee and Blakeslee Many of us with fibromyalgia…
Fibromyalgia and Living in a Chaotic World
Understanding the Challenge of Fibromyalgia in Modern Life Living with fibromyalgia is challenging under any circumstances, but navigating the demands of today’s fast-paced and often chaotic world can make the condition even more difficult to…
Fibromyalgia and Foot Pain: Understanding the Connection, Symptoms, Causes, and Management
Introduction Fibromyalgia is a chronic condition that affects millions of people worldwide, causing widespread pain, fatigue, sleep disturbances, and cognitive difficulties. While many people associate fibromyalgia with pain in the back, shoulders, neck, and hips,…
Fibromyalgia: the mosaic of treatments
“To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom”, Bertrand Russell I believe that those of us with central sensitization, that is, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue, or to call it by another name -“post-traumatic stress disorder”, all…