Fibromyalgia is a pain syndrome of chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain and fatigue. Although it is a chronic disease, fibromyalgia is not a progressive disease, meaning it will not usually worsen over time, and taking steps…
Fibromyalgia
An in-depth guide on Fibromyalgia, covering its symptoms, causes, treatments, and tips for managing this chronic condition effectively.
Who’s At Risk for Fibromyalgia?
There’s a lot that’s not known about fibromyalgia. Doctors aren’t sure what causes it and why it affects certain people instead of others. But experts continue to learn about the disease and who may be…
8 Inspiring Reminders When Fighting Fibromyalgia Fatigue
Was this helpful? “To fall is not to fail. You fail when you don’t try.” – Superchick, “Get Up” Click Here to Visit the Store and find Much More…. It’s easy to think of yourself…
How to Face the Day During a Fibromyalgia Flare
When you wake up in a fibromyalgia flare—with that feeling that you can’t move, as if a 500-pound weight has been dropped on you in your sleep—you can’t help but wonder how you can possibly…
Hypersensitivity to Non-Painful Events and Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia is often described as a pain condition, but that description only captures part of the picture. Many people living with fibromyalgia experience something broader and more disruptive than pain alone: an amplified sensitivity to…
Cognitive Dysfunction and Fibromyalgia
When the Mind Feels Slower Than It Should Cognitive dysfunction in fibromyalgia is often described using the term “fibro fog,” but that phrase can make it sound softer or less disruptive than it actually is.…
How to Explain Fibromyalgia Fatigue to Other People
Anyone who lives with fibromyalgia has struggled to try to explain the chronic pain and fatigue they experience to their friends and loved ones, and even to strangers. Explaining fibromyalgia is no easy task. Sometimes…
Fibromyalgia Pains and Allodynia in Fibromyalgia
Understanding the Nature of Pain in Fibromyalgia Fibromyalgia is best understood not as a condition of damaged muscles or joints, but as a disorder of how the nervous system processes pain. This distinction is important…
Tips for when you are in the Fibro Flare
I am in a Fibro Flare. The pain arching through me right now is difficult to describe, to be honest. It is a deep, bone-deep, throbbing ache that is at around an 8 on the…
10 things I would tell the newly diagnosed with Chronic Illness
I wish I had been prepared for the impact of what was going to happen in my life from chronic illness being newly diagnosed. Realistically. I had a firm belief back then that I could…