Although fibromyalgia symptoms are often written off as being sleepy, it’s really a much more serious disorder than it seems. With over 5 million Americans over the age of 18…
There's only one thing you can do: educate, educate, and educate. Show him websites about it, tell him about it, explain to him how it influences your life. There's only…
My Age is 43 years and suffer from Fibromyalgia since 2004 I was twenty-two when I noticed pain in both my wrists and forearms during typing on my laptop. I…
IMHO, I blame two things. Misogyny, and a lack of high-tech diagnostic tools. Misogyny: 95% of sufferers are women over “a certain age”! A lot of the medical cohort, particularly…
Maybe the doctor you followed some patients with the presumptive diagnosis of fibromyalgia. And maybe after years of following them, and checking for objective signs of disease- lab abnormalities, physical changes, etc.…
Like you have the flu constantly. Affecting your concentration and memory. And the pain itself is very distracting and tiring. Generally just feeling physically tired all the time. Sometimes worse…
I have lived with Fibromyalgia for 30 years. The answers to this question are true and help to explain some of the new symptoms I’m experiencing. For example, when I…
Let's remember that despite all of our great science, we don’t fully understand either central sensitization or fibromyalgia. So the question is cute but unanswerable. Central sensitization means that there…
As a Nurse Practitioner, patients presenting with chronic pain problems to the ER are problematic. During this so-called opioid epidemic, guidelines were put in place for patients seeking narcotics. Also…
I've had two difficult pregnancies. Two boys were born healthy This is going to sound awful. It hurts just to say it. It’s the silver bullet, though, against fibromyalgia. Exercise.…