What is fibromyalgia?

@TheMoonlightMage 1 year ago

It's like living with a full body toothache

@HeatherReid9876 1 year ago

Even lying in bed is painful. 😢 I usually say I wake up feeling like I've been run over by a bus in the night 😢😢

@EDYN15 2 months ago

Sometimes the breeze from a fan feels like tiny knives slicing my skin.

@suzyashby8777 10 months ago

I have it too. Sucks on weather changing days for me. Luckily I have a great team of doctors. Mine really flares up with stress. It isn’t fun. I so understand how you feel ❤❤❤.

@Desert_girl520 2 months ago

This is the best way I’ve ever heard the symptoms to described correctly- thank u 🙏🏼

@sruthykrishnan4882 1 year ago

I have it too 😔 But my family doesn't understand. They think that I'm being lazy and overdramatic. I too want to have a normal life.

@Eeveelutions2417 11 months ago

It’s like having the flu with body aches & fatigue 24/7. And having a full body sunburn.

@janetphillips2875 1 year ago

It's hell is what it is. Then, you have little pharmacy techs looking down their nose at you

@barbc.3093 9 months ago

I've been up all night with a migraine 😩. No matter what I take it wasn't working so I gave up on sleep and made some coffee. It helped quite a bit along with advil i had to take 3x through the night. I'm so glad this question was asked and answered well! I'm in pain all the time and I can't stand loud noises. Chronic fatigue, pain, insomnia and joint stiffness etc etc gets exhausting.

@kristieangel5682 1 year ago

It’s like being beaten with a whip every single day till your too exhausted to function or think straight. 😢

@alexandrahalaby438 11 months ago

Well said!! I've had it for about 8 years, and it feels worse. Misunderstood as an imaginary pain 💔

@gallen2101 5 months ago

Just opening the door to colder temp can trigger pain

@thehighpriestess8431 11 months ago

I have a friend who has it. I want to understand better how they feel. This explanation makes it a bit more clear to me. Two days ago I woke up with pain all over my body. Laying down was painful, or even sitting. It turned out that I caught a smash bug. Huge headache. I wonder if my friend feels that generalized body aches every single day. This is a very shitty illness. 😢

@bjsmith3695 9 months ago

I totally agree! Sometimes it feels like my pain sensors are on overdrive. Small stimuli for normal ppl are amplified for me. 3 requirements are in my world: adequate sleep; consistent low impact exercise regimen & stress avoidance. The latter is difficult of course but I try to avoid it if possible.

@patriciahogan4705 9 months ago

I've had it for over 20 years and it has gotten worse over the years. Then 6 years ago I caught Lyme disease and all symptoms have doubled. It has completely removed me from everyday life. The pain I feel 24/7, 365 has me screaming and crying quite often, begging for relief. Some days I think of checking ending it all but then my two wonderful dogs would be alone.

@annam1905 4 months ago

3 days of this rain has put me straight into a flare-up

@hamzemohamed3581 5 months ago

I have lived with fibromyalgia for 8 years, I am tired of life, but I never give up hope, I managed to recover.

@annaburns2865 7 months ago

I’m really sensitive to light and noise. It’s exactly like listening to the radio turned up way too loud. Everyone else says it’s fine, but you just keep reaching your limits. It doesn’t matter what anyone else says, if it’s all you can take, then it’s all you can take.