Useful link to a great Fibro website and the page this link takes you to discusses Diagnosing Fibromyalgia. It is quite short and concise & there is a link within the post which takes you a diagnostic survey specifically for diagnosing Fibromyalgia that you can print out to take to the consultation with you. There… Read More Article/Blog Post: Diagnosing Fibromyalgia by Fibro Files
Personally speaking I find this to be an interesting read regarding chronic pain and diagnosing depression, especially the discussion about patients not recognising that they may be depressed because their focus is mainly on their pain levels. Also, the fact that many doctors don’t screen for depression so many of us can go untreated, and… Read More Article: Diagnosing Depression in People with Chronic Pain – Arthritis Health
This article is with reference to Rheumatoid Arthritis but in my own opinion it could easily be applied to many other illnesses such as Fibromyalgia, Hypermobility, EDS, MS and many other Invisible Ilnesses which involve Chronic Pain. The opening lines of this short article explain the sequence of the basics: pain > tired > depressed… Read More Article from Arthritis-health: How Chronic Pain May Sap Your Motivation
Another great post courtesy of Julie Ryan at Counting My Spoons 🙂 Chronic Pain Is like… – Counting My Spoons. Julie discusses two posts regarding chronic pain in this write-up and decides, ‘yeah, chronic pain is like a nagging child’. post – Life without remission post – by blogger: chronicmom Click the link above to… Read More Chronic Pain Is like… – Counting My Spoons – Julie Ryan
Hi everyone Here’s an opportunity to help the direction of future research studies into the ‘Priorities of Adults with Fibromyalgia.’ This text is taken from the James Lind Alliance: Adults with Fibromyalgia Survey this explains the basic details of the study that can be found on the link given below: ‘The CIHR Institute of Musculoskeletal… Read More Research study: James Lind Alliance – Determining the Research Priorities of Adults with Fibromyalgia, their Caregivers and Clinicians: A Priority Setting Partnership for Fibromyalgia
This article that was originally printed under the headline ‘revitalised’ dicusses the possibility of a new way using medications that are usually used to treat conditions such as Lymphoma and Arthritis may be the way forward to understanding CFS/ME and how to treat it. CFS first entered the medical lexicon in 1988 to describe a… Read More Article: Chronic fatigue breakthrough offers hope for millions – health – 02 July 2015 – New Scientist
via Housework – Doing Housework With Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. By Adrienne Dellwo Fibromyalgia & Chronic Fatigue Expert on http://www.about.com – health > home page Again as with their ‘gardening with chronic fatigue‘ article Adreinne Dellwo provides us with some brilliant hints and tips for reducing the physical strain on our bodies, but regarding… Read More Article from abouthealth.com | Housework – Doing Housework With Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome By: Adrienne Dellwo, Chronic Fatigue Expert
This article which was published in Fibromyalgia News Today on June 18th 2015 and written by Patricia Inacio, PhD discusses ‘an open-label pilot study’ – ‘The Effect of a Novel form of Extended-Release Gabapentin on Pain and Sleep in Fibromyalgia Subjects: An Open-Label Pilot Study‘, which tried out an extended-release form of Gabapentin called G-GR… Read More Article from Fibromyalgia News Today: Novel Form of Extended-Release Gabapentin Improves Fibromyalgia Patients’ Pain Symptoms and Sleep Disorder Fibromyalgia News Today
10 Amazing Health Benefits Of Green Tea | DIY Health Remedy. DIY Health Remedy Home page For those of you who know me, you know that I love my green tea. When we have debilitating illnesses like Fibromyalgia that means we are not as mobile as before, things like Green tea can be a useful… Read More 10 Amazing Health Benefits Of Green Tea | DIY Health Remedy
Skin Rashes and Fibromyalgia Syndrome By: Suzanne Elvidge BSc (hons), MSc – Updated: 23 Sep 2018 | Fibromyalgia Syndrome – Skin rashes & fibromyalgia syndrome Shared via: Fibromyalgia Syndrome The FibromyalgiaSyndrome website was designed and written to help support people with fibromyalgia, and their families, friends and colleagues. It provides an approachable and easy-to-read introduction to… Read More Skin Rashes and Fibromyalgia Syndrome
