Fibromyalgia Pains & Allodynia in Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia comes with three major types of pain sensations. Hyperalgesia: this is our major pain as part of the syndrome itself. It is an abnormal sensitivity to pain. The crux…
Our relationships and fibromyalgia
Musculoskeletal Care, November 21, 2012 of 40 multiple choice questions was posted online with the objective to poll a large sample of adults with fibromyalgia about the impact on their…
Tips for when you are in The 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…
Remission in Fibromyalgia?
A 2-year long study In the Journal of Pain regarding Fibromyalgia has found results that suggest that Fibromyalgia ebbs and flows. Makes me wonder. There are years where I wonder…
10 things I would tell the newly diagnosed
I wish I had been prepared for the impact or what was going to happen in my life from chronic illness being newly diagnosed. Realistically. I had a firm belief…
Brainfog, when it isn’t just about the pain
I have been struggling with work lately. And by lately I mean always. Always struggling to function through the pain. Always not quite doing it. My psychologist said well I…
Lack of continuous sleep in Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia has some pretty distinctive sleep disturbances associated with it not to mention comorbid sleep issues. It is one of the key factors in the syndrome… our inability to attain…
Fibromyalgia Problems #2
1- Since you had a good nights sleep… 2- People get together to do something active while you are on the sidelines watching… 3- Your medicine cabinet is starting to…
In a Flare
The Flare up (see here for my article on it) is one of the worst fibromyalgia experiences. I fell into it sometime last night and woke up with the most…
How much fibromyalgia awareness is out there?
There is this impression that a lot of people do not know about Fibromyalgia or understand it in the general public. I wrote an article in 2012 about How Much…