Michelle Jackson
Fibromyalgia
It's debilitating and depressing
Fibromyalgia has a lot of misconceptions attached to it. What do you wish people understood about fibromyalgia? To be 50 years old and getting out of bed, off a seat, out of a...
Wendy Drennan
Fibromyalgia
I hate it with a passion, my whole world has changed, I am unable to do things that I once took for granted.
Fibromyalgia has a lot of misconceptions attached to it. What do you wish people understood about fibromyalgia? That it is not 'All in the head'; that phrase needs to be clarified...
Cindy Olis
Fibromyalgia
It is horrible. People just don't understand. You look fine, so therefore you are fine to them.
Fibromyalgia has a lot of misconceptions attached to it. What do you wish people understood about fibromyalgia? I'm in pain 24/7, even while on the pain medication and the medication...
Cyndi Wallace-Sipes
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'm not irresponsible. I work twice as hard to do what comes...
Kathy Adatte-Ott
Fibromyalgia
Taming the Fibro Beast
What alternative therapies have you tried? Every day I take cymbalta and flexeril. But what I am finding now is that I can control some of my symptoms or the severity of them....
Kathy Adatte-Ott
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? Because of the commercials, people think if we just take the magic...
Sonja Sutton Bell
Fibromyalgia
Share What Alternative Therapies You Have Tried
What alternative therapies have you tried? NoneHow open is your medical team to your integration of alternative therapies? I dont have a medical teamWhat therapies have you not...
Sonja Sutton Bell
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'll start by saying I can't remember a day that I haven't been...
Cheryl Mowbray
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? Not fast Has any one told you that "you don't look sick? "YesTell...
Deidre Tranter
Fibromyalgia
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Fibromyalgia has a lot of misconceptions attached to it. What do you wish people understood about fibromyalgia? I wish when you try to get disability and you have fibromyalgia,...
Deidre Tranter
Fibromyalgia
Share What Alternative Therapies You Have Tried
What alternative therapies have you tried? I have had massages, heat pads, putting pillows under my knees, soaked in hot water with Epson salts, TENS unit, Physical therapy. What...
Kirsty Harris
Fibromyalgia
Living with an Invisible Illness
Fibromyalgia has a lot of misconceptions attached to it. What do you wish people understood about fibromyalgia? That it affects every single decision you make in a day. Depending...
Vita Maria Letizia Saputo
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 the couse can couse the fibromyalgia and the people will...
sharon amburgey
Fibromyalgia
My name is Sharon Amburgey. My life is a hard and painful life. I've had fibromyalgia since 1998.
Fibromyalgia has a lot of misconceptions attached to it. What do you wish people understood about fibromyalgia? I would love for people to understand fibromyalgia is real, not...
Lita Hall
Fibromyalgia
I feel that no one really understands. I am lonely and always in pain and feel defeated.
Fibromyalgia has a lot of misconceptions attached to it. What do you wish people understood about fibromyalgia? I wish they understood that, just because I look okay, doesn't...
Pascale Desrosier-Hickey
Fibromyalgia
It's like never knowing if you can plan...
Fibromyalgia has a lot of misconceptions attached to it. What do you wish people understood about fibromyalgia? I have anxiety about burdening people with too much pain. . ....
Shaey Anthony
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? Foremost, I wish they understood that my canceling plans, or distancing...
Lorraine Astbury
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 is so debilitating you cannot continue your previous lifestyle....
Tammy Donahue
Fibromyalgia
I feel like there will never be a cure because no one seems to know what it is like to be in pain 24/7
Fibromyalgia has a lot of misconceptions attached to it. What do you wish people understood about fibromyalgia? I wish that people understood that I am in pain at all times....
Shirley Dicks
Fibromyalgia
It's a struggle... You are always trying to act well. It's tiring, on top of the chronic fatigue.
Fibromyalgia has a lot of misconceptions attached to it. What do you wish people understood about fibromyalgia? That you cannot do certain things any more, simple as that. When...
