Angie Macintyre
Fibromyalgia
Lifestyle Changes Since Diagnosis
What lifestyle changes have you made since your diagnosis? Not going out as much always tired and exhausted. Anxiety and depression interferes with family life. What impact have...
Lisa Beer
Fibromyalgia
How Your Life Has Changed with Fibromyalgia
Do you feel like fibromyalgia has changed you as a person? Fibro has changed me as a person, being in pain constantly dampens your spirit. You start not looking forward to days...
Lesley-Ann Ashbridge
Fibromyalgia
How Your Life Has Changed with Fibromyalgia
Do you feel like fibromyalgia has changed you as a person? Yes, I’m too tired and achey to do anything. I get depressed about never going anywhere. Has fibro limited your physical...
Vicki Jo Eaton
Fibromyalgia
Share Your Coping Strategies
What do you do when you're feeling upset? Whenever I get upset my first reaction is to go off and be alone. Usually, I am alone already so I press my lips together, clinch my...
Kerry Gadsby
Fibromyalgia
How Your Life Has Changed with Fibromyalgia
Who were you before you were diagnosed with fibromyalgia? Hap-hap-happy, creative, active, and worked physically full time. Now I struggle to keep up with my washing and daily...
Kathy Hummel
Fibromyalgia
I find fibro to be really a misunderstood disease. I knew nothing about it until I was finally diagnosed.
Fibromyalgia has a lot of misconceptions attached to it. What do you wish people understood about fibromyalgia? I wish people would realize that it can be different for each person....
Geraldine Cassidy
Fibromyalgia
Share What It Is Like to Live with an Invisible Illness
Fibromyalgia has a lot of misconceptions attached to it. What do you wish people understood about fibromyalgia? I wish people could understand, we who suffer from fibromyalgia...
Nicola Readman
Fibromyalgia
Share What It Is Like to Live with an Invisible Illness
Fibromyalgia has a lot of misconceptions attached to it. What do you wish people understood about fibromyalgia? Everything. Has any one told you that "you don't look sick? "Yes,...
Maria Lang
Fibromyalgia
If You or Someone You Love Were Able to Be Symptom-free for One Day, How Would You Spend the Time?
What would you do that you aren't able to do now? I would clean my home the way it should be cleaned and go out to do something fun, like take a walk. Loved to take a walk for...
Danel LaRose
Fibromyalgia
If You or Someone You Love Were Able to Be Symptom-free for One Day, How Would You Spend the Time?
What would you do that you aren't able to do now? I want just ONE day of fun with my kids! I want to take them to Disney World and Harry Potter World and not be tired, not have...
Danel LaRose
Fibromyalgia
Share What It Is Like to Live with an Invisible Illness
Fibromyalgia has a lot of misconceptions attached to it. What do you wish people understood about fibromyalgia? It is NOT that I am lazy, unmotivated, or don't WANT to do things....
Vicki Jo Eaton
Fibromyalgia
What It Is Like to Live with an Invisible Illness
Fibromyalgia has a lot of misconceptions attached to it. What do you wish people understood about fibromyalgia? I have lived with an invisible illness for a long time. In 1993,...
Carole Hall
Fibromyalgia
Share Your Feelings on the Awareness of Fibromyalgia
Is there more awareness in the world of fibromyalgia compared to when you first got diagnosed? No, it's the same. Everyone still thinks that it's in your head, and they all say...
Carole Hall
Fibromyalgia
Share What It Is Like to Live with an Invisible Illness
Fibromyalgia has a lot of misconceptions attached to it. What do you wish people understood about fibromyalgia? That it takes over your life and that everything is a struggle....
Colleen Weber
Fibromyalgia
What It Is Like to Live with an Invisible Illness
Fibromyalgia has a lot of misconceptions attached to it. What do you wish people understood about fibromyalgia? No matter what meds or natural remedies or treatments that might...
Robyn Jimenez
Fibromyalgia
I feel like my body has decreased my quality of life
Fibromyalgia has a lot of misconceptions attached to it. What do you wish people understood about fibromyalgia? I wish that people understood that fibromyalgia affects my whole...
Susie Simpson
Fibromyalgia
What It Is Like to Live with an Invisible Illness
Fibromyalgia has a lot of misconceptions attached to it. What do you wish people understood about fibromyalgia? That it can be debilitating; one day you are normal then your...
Vicki Jo Eaton
Fibromyalgia
Your Support System for Fibromyalgia
Discuss the support system you have to help face the challenges of FibromyalgiaAll of my life I have depended on God, my family, and church family. All of them have helped me...
Jill Mason
Fibromyalgia
Awful, exhausting, mentally challenging.
Fibromyalgia has a lot of misconceptions attached to it. What do you wish people understood about fibromyalgia? That it always sounds like the person is a hypochondriac, always...
