Fibromyalgia

Sometimes just reading another's fibromyalgia story can help us to feel that we aren't crazy or that our pain and fatigue is a psychological condition. Also, even those of us who have lived with this condition for years can find support and comfort in the reading of others' stories.

There is no cure, but there is one thing that each one of us can do in order to help our symptoms of pain and fatigue, and that is to exercise. That is, if we don't have any other conditions which prevent us from following an exercise program.

Creative visualization can heighten immune functions, lower blood pressure, speed healing, alleviate depression, reduce perception of pain, lower fatigue, increase relaxation, just to name a few.

Tactile allodynia, or hyper-sensitive skin, is just one of many bizarre conditions associated with fibromyalgia. Weird conditions trigger pain in the fibromite, which do not bother 'normal' people. For example, have you ever felt as if your clothes were attacking you?

It's been called a medical mystery, a phantom illness, and other names that make it sound less than real. But anyone who suffers from fibromyalgia can tell you that the pain of this disease is all too real.