Migraine Awareness Month Campaign Poster from – Counting My Spoons

Shared via Counting My Spoons |  Julie Ryan, a health coach, advocate for chronic illnesses and Founder of Chronic Illness Bloggers. Home page for  BLOG – countingmyspoons.com/ – Julie Ryan Find out about Chronic Illness Bloggers via this link – Chronic Illness Bloggers “Connecting You to the Chronic Illness Community”   Updated June 2017 Save

May12th |Fundraising – FibroFlutters 4 FMAUK

Hi everyone Please can you help FibroFlutters with our May12th Fibromyalgia Awareness Campaign and help to #fightfibro? I have setup this Just Giving fundraising page in honour of International Fibromyalgia Awareness Day May 12th 2017 on behalf of my Support Group FibroFlutters that I grew with Co-Founding member Vicky Green & our other Founding members… Read More May12th |Fundraising – FibroFlutters 4 FMAUK

Hyperparathyroidism Sometimes Misdiagnosed as Fibromyalgia | edsinfo.wordpress.com

edsinfo.wordpress.com – hyperparathyroidism sometimes misdiagnosed as-fibromyalgia   “The two illnesses have a number of symptoms in common, including musculoskeletal pain, fatigue, headache, cognitive dysfunction, and mood disturbance.” Quoted from script These kind of misdiagnoses are likely to occur as Fibro stmptoms are the same as many other illnesses too. If you don’t feel you have… Read More Hyperparathyroidism Sometimes Misdiagnosed as Fibromyalgia | edsinfo.wordpress.com

Medical News | An Update on ME/CFS Research with Dr. Ronald W. Davis

An Update on ME/CFS Research with Dr. Ronald W. Davis  |  Published on Feb 21, 2017  |  produced by Ashley (Davis) Haugen at the Stanford Genome Technology Centre… Read More Medical News | An Update on ME/CFS Research with Dr. Ronald W. Davis

Migraine Again | Why Painful Light Sensitivity Affects Many with Migraines

Do you have problems with light sensitivity? I was diagnosed at 16 with light sensitivity and then I had the realisation, as an adult later in life, that it was the cause behind my headaches whilst I was at school.  It’s amazing really the things we figure out 5/10/15/20 years later after being  diagnosed, or… Read More Migraine Again | Why Painful Light Sensitivity Affects Many with Migraines

This Is Your Body On Anxiety

This is your body on anxiety shared by Lifehack writer Link to the original via this link: About the Poster: This Is Your Body On Anxiety This poster shared by Siobhan Harmer is fantastic and easy to follow and displays what Anxiety does to our bodies, such as how we look paler due to elevated… Read More This Is Your Body On Anxiety

Julie Ryan – The effect of health goals on health outcomes (study) – Counting My Spoons

via The effect of health goals on health outcomes (study) – Counting My Spoons. This is an interesting read by Julie Ryan based on a study re: health goals & health outcomes. Where do you fit in? I have been through them all 1>2>3>2  up to date and am currently being in control of my… Read More Julie Ryan – The effect of health goals on health outcomes (study) – Counting My Spoons

Medical news Article: How Muscle Relaxants can Benefit People Suffering From Fibromyalgia | Welcome to Fibromyalgia Symptoms

The article discusses the relationsip between Fibro and why we have muscular spasms as well as the differing types of muscle relaxants which are currently being used so it’s a good place to find out about medications for your spasms.… Read More Medical news Article: How Muscle Relaxants can Benefit People Suffering From Fibromyalgia | Welcome to Fibromyalgia Symptoms

NHS Choices: Ten ways to fight your fears – Stress, anxiety and depression – NHS Choices

The following information document/article is from NHS Choices and discusses how we can combat our day-to-day stress, anxiety and depression. This article may help you to develop a ‘Coping Strategy’ for dealing with your mental health issues hat you can keep and refer to at all times.   When things start to get tougher or… Read More NHS Choices: Ten ways to fight your fears – Stress, anxiety and depression – NHS Choices

How does Chronic Illness / Pain affect your Sleeping Habits

Having a Chronic Illness that causes severe pain means we often develop other conditions as a result of the Chronic Pain.  Sleeping problems appear to be high on the list of those ‘other‘ condtions that we are susceptible of developing, alongside CFS/ME, Anxiety, Depression and Stress, all of which, also, affect sleeping habits. When we’re… Read More How does Chronic Illness / Pain affect your Sleeping Habits