Fibromyalgia as a syndrome is characterised by poor sleep. Almost everyone with Fibro will experience sleep issues at some point; ranging from disruptive sleep to insomnia to non-restorative sleep. It’s one of the most frustrating symptoms as it negatively impacts our quality of life.
Fatigue has always been my worst and most challenging symptom. It’s the main issue that stops me from being able to live a somewhat normal life. My muscles fatigue easily and I need to be careful with regards to what I do in a day. For me, fatigue does not just result from physical exertion. […]
I remember when I was first diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). The fatigue I was experiencing blew anything I held felt before completely out of the water. I’d fall asleep, remote in hand, mid-channel surfing. Or I’d be so spent that I was too exhausted to sleep, which of course did not help the situation […]
Updated: 12/06/19 I am part of a great blogging network called Chronic Illness Bloggers and this month we were set a writing challenge to discuss our three worst symptoms and to share how we manage them.
I first became aware of medical foods as a treatment for fibromyalgia a few months back via an online webinar, which had been promoted on social media. I was immediately intrigued. As much as I have moved forward in my recovery from fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue, I have this niggling feeling that there is more to […]
How many times have you heard that to improve your fibromyalgia you need to improve the quality of your sleep? I’m guessing that it’s more times than you care to count. The reason being that sleep is the absolute number one thing that is going to help you to feel better.
You may remember that back in October I spoke about re-evaluating how I pace. I decided to go back to establishing my baseline, i.e. what I could do in a day without making my symptoms worse. I did this because I felt as though I had plateaued in my recovery. I had reached a stage […]
Yesterday I turned 29, though admittedly I’m a little bit in denial about the fact I’m now into the last year of my twenties! I always get reflective around my birthday and this year it’s really made me think about my health; how far I’ve come and what I still want to achieve. It’s been […]
Learn why I’ve been supplementing with d-ribose for fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue and how it can help to improve symptoms… I have made a lot of progress over the past year in terms of improving my fibromyalgia symptoms. However, the symptom that still persists is chronic fatigue.
I have previously written two blog posts on the importance of pacing when you have fibromyalgia (see here and here). At the time I wrote these posts, I said that I was far from mastering pacing but that I was beginning to learn what pacing truly meant. I have been working hard to build up […]
I have made some great progress in this past year in terms of my health. However, the main symptom that persists is fatigue. Though much improved (given I was essentially bed bound at one point), I am still limited in how much I can do each day as my stamina remains quite poor. I also […]
Sometimes in life, you have a problem that you have been meaning to do something about but just haven’t. For me, that issue was my mattress. We have had our current mattress for a few years now and it’s recently started to become problematic for me. It is a spring mattress with a memory foam […]
How often do you stop and do nothing? In a society that is so switched on and constantly moving, this can actually be really difficult. Often we think that we are resting when the truth is we are actually still doing activities that are potentially energy draining. I can be so guilty of this. Having […]
Motivation is a funny thing. Sometimes it is there in abundance and other times it up and leaves you completely. I think being motivated is very important when you have a chronic illness such as fibromyalgia. It is the driving force that keeps you carrying on, even when you’d rather not. When you are motivated, […]
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