Living in constant pain can make a person lose hope. Not everyone can understand how much harder regular tasks can be when you have a chronic illness like fibromyalgia. I recently found myself in a…
Fibromyalgia
An in-depth guide on Fibromyalgia, covering its symptoms, causes, treatments, and tips for managing this chronic condition effectively.
Improving Fibromyalgia Symptoms With An Elimination Diet
The biggest lesson I have learned from my experience with elimination diets is that food can help and hurt your body. For so many years I have used food to fulfill my emotional needs. I…
How To Re-Create Your Life After A Fibromyalgia Diagnosis
We talk a lot about how fibromyalgia affects women, but did you know than men can have it too? I want to introduce you to Ted Hutchinson, That Gaming Dad! We had a really good…
The Weight of Fibromyalgia on My Body and Soul
Fibromyalgia is such a complex condition. It affects you physically, cognitively and emotionally. Sometimes, if forces us to change who we are or suffer the consequences. This is where I have a hard time because…
Secret Weapons For Fighting Fibromyalgia
You don’t live with chronic symptoms such as pain, fatigue, brain fog, insomnia and the like for over 15 years and not develop any tricks. For my teenage and early adult years my symptoms were…
How I Let A Pandemic & Fibromyalgia Break Me and How I Fixed It
It has been awhile since I sat down to write. Life has been overwhelming, wouldn’t you agree? I’ve been contemplating my place in the world and what I want that place to look like. I’ve…
College Student With Fibromyalgia? Here Is How To Stay Organized.
At the age of thirty-nine I decided to go back to college and finish my degree that I had started over 20 years prior. If I thought college was hard at eighteen, I had no…
The Emotional And Physical Toll Of Raising A Child With Mental Illness
Staring down at my beautiful new son I am filled with love, so much love. I practically imagine his whole life in front of me. How wonderful his life is going to be and how…
Joint Health And Fibromyalgia
Joint health concerns are not uncommon for those with fibromyalgia and many have joint involvement of some kind. More people with fibro are exhibiting joint or bone density issues and a tendency towards any of…
13 tips to make your Fibromyalgia comfort and helps you sleep better
Sleep should be restorative. It should ease pain, reset the nervous system, and restore energy. For people with fibromyalgia, sleep often does the opposite. Many wake up feeling just as exhausted—or worse—than when they went…