In a lot of ways, Lady Gaga’s new Netflix documentary, Gaga: Five Foot Two, is your standard pop star documentary, in the vein of Madonna’s Truth or Dare or Katy Perry’s Part of Me. It follows her around as she’s writing and recording songs and music videos for her album Joanne, and preparing for concert appearances (including her performance at Super Bowl XLI). There are…
To the Family Members of Fibromyalgia Warriors
This post is aimed at the family members and the close circle that surrounds people with fibromyalgia. You are the cure. Although fibromyalgia is not noticeable, its existence is real. Because many people think that a person is not really sick unless he looks sick. When a person has fibromyalgia, the person can be full…
Why there are so many different symptoms of fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia cause chronic pain to its patients for their entire lifetimes. This pain can be in different parts of the body. It has many symptoms but the fibro symptoms list is different for different people. Although a large population is affected by it, the consistency of symptoms is rare. Curious about this, we asked our Facebook community “Living…
Hope for millions with fibromyalgia as new gut bacteria test could diagnose condition faster
There is a chance that Lady Gaga, Kirsty Young and Morgan Freeman are suffering from Fibromyalgia. But a great number of people are suffering from it. Fibromyalgia has affected 4 percent of the world’s population but sadly no cure for is has been devised. But one of the cause of fibromyalgia might have been mentioned in a new…
How Weather Affects Fibromyalgia
Recently, I asked people what weather they thought was the worst for people dealing with chronic pain. Most people answered with winter. And, while they aren’t wrong, they aren’t exactly right. If you had to ask me the perfect time of year for my fibromyalgia, I’d have to quote one of my favorite movies, Miss…
25 Ways to Imagine What Fibromyalgia Feels Like
Most of people don’t believe on fibromyalgia, they say its all in your head. You also have faced such people in your life. Sometime people ask from you about your illness, so that is our time to explain what fibromyalgia is like because they have not experience what we are experiencing. Fibromyalgia is the hardest…
25 ‘Taboo’ Symptoms of Fibromyalgia
When anyone hear the word fibromyalgia, the first image which comes to their mind is that it is “just” chronic pain and fatigue. However in reality, those living with fibromyalgia know how much more it is. Fibromyalgia has more than 250 symptoms. Sometimes fibromyalgia can even cause symptoms that others may see as “taboo”. We asked on…
Abuse is the leading cause of fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia is a pain disorder, with symptoms ranging from muscle pain and numbness in the extremities to sleep disturbances. Inflammation and the body’s reaction to stress via the complex interactions between the brain and other organs play a role in fibromyalgia. It may be difficult to avoid the stresses that modern living throws at us,…
Fibromyalgia Mystery Finally Solved!
Researchers have found the main source of pain in Fibromyalgia patients, and contrary to what many believe, it does not stem from the brain. The findings mark the end of a decades-old mystery about the disease, which many doctors believed was conjured in patients’ imaginations. The mystery of Fibromyalgia has left millions of sufferers searching…
How Fibromyalgia Affects Your Ability To Work
Fibromyalgia is an incredibly painful, debilitating condition. The symptoms are often so bad that even the most simple tasks can become a struggle, having a hugely negative impact on the lives of sufferers. In fact, many fibromyalgia sufferers are unable to work after being diagnosed and, as a result, suffer a loss of income and can even develop…