Fibromyalgia Symptoms
Before you can understand the treatments used for fibromyalgia you must have an understanding of the disease. Fibromyalgia is a disease that is not well-known throughout the medical profession. It is linked to arthritis but the symptoms are different. Unlike arthritis which affects the body’s joints this disease affects the muscles. Parts of the body can become tender and sore to the touch due to the muscles in these areas not receiving enough oxygen.
Fibromyalgia symptoms are different for each individual and can seem to disappear completely only to return at a later date. Many times the symptoms will be worse at certain times of the day like in the mornings and during the late afternoon. The weather conditions can also increase your symptoms; damp rainy weather or extreme cold can increase the pain a person feels. The amount of stress that you deal with contributes to the symptoms along with the amount of physical activity you encounter.
Fibromyalgia Symptoms
There are a lot of symptoms that are associated with fibromyalgia which is the main reason it so difficult to diagnose. Below is a list of a few of these symptoms.
• Muscle pain, spasms or leg cramps
• Insomnia or waking up still feeling tired
• Always feeling tired and having little energy
• Being sensitive to one or more of the following, light, sound, noise, odors, foods, cold and medicines
• Dizziness
• Headaches
• Upset stomach
• A feeling of anxiety or depression
Fibromyalgia Treatments
Finding a treatment that works for a person suffering with fibromyalgia may be rather difficult. Everyone is affected differently and what works for one person may not benefit another at all. In looking for a treatment you want to find something that will help to reduce the pain making it easier to function. You also need a treatment that will help to decrease the feeling of fatigue and one that will help increase your sleep. Some of the treatments used are listed below.
• Medications
• Exercise
• Diet
• Rehabilitation
If you suffer from fibro the best way to treat this condition is by setting up a program that allows you to get enough rest, avoid as much stress as possible and eat right. Understanding your condition and having a set program as part of your fibromyalgia treatment will help you deal with this disease easier.
It is important that you speak to your doctor to get a correct diagnosis of your fibromyalgia symptoms and to enable you to receive proper treatment.
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i have severe burning feet for 3 months no amounto f changing shoes , exercise x.rays B12 shots nothing can show a reason do you think fibro may be a cause thanks karen any advise would be helpful it’s driving me nuts.
Hi Karen, I have been dealing with health problems for last 20yrs and in my travels have learned that burning feet is caused by the liver. Ask a good herbalist for herbs for it or ask at your local health food store as they always have a professional there to help. I hope this helps you. Take care, regards, Heather
I have been told i have FMS for over 8 years now. My first doctor said she was sure i had PMR/TA – polymyalgia rheumatica with temporal arteritis. Although she sent me to a rheumatologist within 24 hours he refused to even listen to my symptoms becuase of my age. I was 29 at the time. PMR/TA is taught to doctors as only occuring in over 50 year olds. After years of suffering and being ignored I have determined that FMS really is untreated PMR/TA in under 50 year olds, but an associated unclassified form of gout is active at the same time. This gout is what causes Karen’s burning pain in her feet. It is also the cause of the stabbing, piercing pain that is felt in the muscles and joints. I have found the only way to remedy the gouty symptoms [and this works if you are strict and follow it] is to eat a very low purine diet. Pretty much exclude all purines in your diet. The rapid onset fatigue that feels like it is drugging you after eating, is caused by a moderate load of ingested purines. You can take guaifenesin 300mg/day to help excrete the gouty crystals. Dr Paul St. Amand of UCLA-California has been treating FMS patients with this medication for over 40 years. It causes some symptoms in the detox period [1 mth for every year of illness] but when you get past this, there is no morning stiffness, not stabbing pain and a great degree of increased energy. The gouty symptoms of this double layered condition are very much part of the daily difficulty in functioning. Take calcium and multivitamin supplements daily with a meal, and use melatonin at night if sleep disturbance is bad.
Hi I have had FMS for over 15 years now and am on medication to help the pain and sleeping pills to get a bit of sleep. I have found it very hard to take it all in and also have had many of my friends turn their backs on me saying it is all in my head and only want the pain relief and sleeping pills plus other ones I also take as a addiction like a drug addict. Does anyone else have this problem I am alone in this and have found myself more at home rather than going out as hate the remarks I get from these people. What do other people with FMS think about this?
Bye for now.
D Gibson
i am 38 y.o and have suffered for 8 years,going to a rheumatoid specialist didnt even want to know me,,i think alot of people think it is in your head…..believe me they are all wrong …let them feel the way i do everday and then have an opinion!! i dont sleep ,tired all the time ,cant lift anything and cant take any medication for it because i am allergic to everything… only us sufferers know how we feel ,it just gets a little tough trying to prove something you cant see…….
After almost 4 years of being undiagnosed researching this disease makes me think I might have it. I would love to know if anyone can recommend a doctor who spealises in Fibromyalgia in NSW. Please contact me if you can offer suggestions
Having initially contracted Ross River Virus and having symptons and ongoing blood tests over 2 years the R/R no longer showed up in any blood tests but many symptons persisted.
After seeing doctors again ,going to a rheumatologist and undergoing bone density tests,blood tests etc the diagnosis guessed i think as nothing shows up in tests was Fibro ,the specialist who seamed very uninterested then prescribed a couple of tablets Mobic & Diopethen to help.
These tablets appeared to help for a while with the sleep & aches & pains associated but now don’t seem so good .
Anyone have some secret weapons they can suggest because if i feel like i do sometimes now at 45 what the hell am i going to feel like at 55-65.
Hi Gavin
I too was diagnosed with Ross River Virus and Barvon Forest Virus about 5 months ago and I too had blood tests and Xrays. I was given Mobic,they helped for awhile but i don’t take them anymore. If you find some secret weapon please let us know the outcome. I feel like c..p all the time. Tired,cramps,lethargic,burning feet,aches and pains and swelling of the feet.
i have suferd fibro for some time and at 43 was sick of the pain ,lack of sleep swollen joints etc but still have to work ,going to see rheumatologist next feb is the firt avail apointment doc tried me on just about every thing . about 3 week ago started taking panadol ostio and that definitly has helped not a fix but least it gets me through the day
I have had the following symptons for nearly 15 years, 59 years old. Wake up feeling tired and lethargic nearly every morning, even if I get a good sleep. Muscles feel very tired and heavy and in the arms have a slight burning feeling. A lot of the time my head is thick and dizzy and I find it hard to concentrate. Previously I was a body builder but even when I have a few good days and try to do a very light workout the next few days I am very tired and unable to sustain any sort of reasonable program except for walking, which still requires me to push myself. What do you think?
stop eating purines. they are implicated in gout diets. also avoid salicylates in medicines and topical creams/beauty products.
My rheumotologist who initially diagnosed me with lupus (SLE) about 7 years ago prescribed 10mg of amitriptyline for me when I later reported getting pain in my shoulders at night which was preventing me from getting comfortable enough to sleep. He told me that I had fibromyalgia and the pain I was getting in the shoulders was a result of sleep deprivation as was the fibromyalgia. Anyway, the amitriptyline worked brilliantly for me. I’m still on it years later, now on 25mg per day but it definitely does help me with sleep and I have not had that awful pain in my shoulders at night since. I still have other fibromyalgia symptoms at times but getting enough sleep is a big key to minimising this.
Hi, My name is Christa and I have been suffering fibromyalgia since the year 2000. It has changed my life forever as I am constantly in pain and suffer fatigue, which is effecting any social life I may have otherwise enjoyed. I have no labido, and sometimes the pain is so severe I take a cocktail of medication, without the consequences of possible death, just wanting the overall muscular pain to go. I am at times suicidal, but I have found that if I eliminate stress from my life, the pain improves, but I do take a sedative daily to allow me to deal with lives daily dealings. I am more sentative than I used to be, and not many people understand the symptoms we endure daily. I know I should exercise but with my fatigue and living alone, it provides no incentive to attempt to cook or otherwise lead a more positive life. I listen to my body and it requires approx 12 hours sleep a night. For all of you, I do understand your pain.
Hi my name is Joanne and I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia in 2000 after 5 years of me continually going to my doctors and complaining of fatigue and consent pain. After being diagnosed I requested a second opinion. Dr Stephen Hall from Cabrini (Melbourne) confirmed that I have fibromyalgia. He suggested that I go to Cedar Court rehabiliation where I learnt alot of things like pain management, meditation. When I get burning in the legs from the change in weather,I find that when I ice them they settle down. Only when I get a severe flare up do I take any medication. I also have a massage once a fortnight to help keep me moving. The best thing that I have do is to research and try to understand what fibromyalgia is. A good book is Fibromyaligia and Chronic Myofascial Pain a survival manual by Devin Starlanyl and Mary Ellen Copeland. It is very interesting but you might need a medical dictonary to help you out. I actually thought I wouldn’t be able to ontinuing with my ballroom dancing or any exercise. But I found that if you pace yourself you can do anything you want.
hi crista, reading your story helps me by knowing im not insane as i feel very much the way you do, i have no quality of life, i dont enjoy my life as its full of pain, tiredness, i sleep alot as i get tired just doing the smallest things, i take medication as well at any time not caring if i wake up as what do i have to wake up to another day of pain, depression ect,,, i also have no labido, i dont enjoy my life, but i dont want pitty of anyone i just wish i had a normal life. take care crista… and thankyou…
Hi Crista, I can totally empathise with you. I have had fms for 20+ and know only too well how the constant chronic pain affects ones life. I have gone from it affecting my body in certain areas and my life sometimes to it affecting all my body and spending most of my time in my room and feeling trapped as it is so painful to do anything. I take no medication these days as I felt that it only caused further complications. I do now though use a cpap machine at night and am actually sleeping properly for the first time in 30 years. I feel so frustrated that the medical profession are so ignorant on the subject and just want to prescribe drugs to people. I have become quite cynical and trust neither the doctors who I see as mere script writers and the drug companies who I feel are only interested in the mighty dollar. If only they could look beyond pills and try alternatives, run some trials using other ways to heal and regenerate. I suffer from post traumatic stress disorder. I wont go into the whys and wherefores, suffice to say that I am starting to feel that those who suffer from fms somehow have lost the ability to let go of pain….I am talking here about pain on all levels. I feel that the trigger in our brain that allows us to let go of pain has somehow been interrupted and that we store all our own painful memory (and for some, that of the world… its’ sadness and injustices,) in our bodies and it then presents as inflammation and pain. Am I making sense to anyone. I would love to know how many sufferers have been abused, how many feel that they are empaths,- meaning that you are affected physiologically by others’ pain,and how many of those who fit this description, find it difficult to let go of painful situations and events.I would love feedback, am I the only one who feels this way? I sometimes want to scream and lead a mighty crusade of all us fms sufferers that society and family for that matter ignores. I would love to scream loud enough that people would hear me and maybe take a real look at this and start doing something about it. For you Crista and all of you who suffer, know that you are not alone, that there are others who feel as you do usually people with “A GREAT CAPACITY FOR FEELING” I wish you all some relief no matter how it comes.
Hi does any one know of a support group in Perth wa
Is there a support group in Victoria?
there are several FMS support groups in and around Melbourne. the best place for a list of them is to call Arthritis Victoria and they will give you the groups and the contact phone numbers for each. good luck. the FMS groups are well worth attending.
Hi Mick,
I was diagnosed after 2 yrs (4 yrs ago)after every test possible to see what was wrong with me. I used to be full of life and very active with sports. All my life I have been filled with abuse starting when I was very young but had the ability to overcome and think I was becoming stronger all the time, this seemed to pull me through, so when I grew into an adult I had learnt to take anything. I am a firm believer that stress is the main cause of this illness. I suffered a messy divorce and my second life was filled with lots of love but a hell of lot of work as my partner had his children with him. I looked after 7 boys and worked full time, after a few yrs of this my body started to ache all over, sleep deprived, loss of memory, rash, dry mouth and my liver readings were sky high and not one test could tell me why. Finally I was diagnosed and have tried every natural method going, I am nearly 50 now and just want to give up, everything seems to be such an effort and I am sick of pretending I am fine when I am hardly coping (this is taking all my engeries up). I am going to go to my doctor (Who just wants to prescribe medication) and need to talk to her. I am in Brisbane so would love to hear from anyone who could point me to a person or doctor who is experienced with FMS. Whilst I appreciate the above reading, it does help knowing that our symptons are real and some people do understand.
After reading all the symptoms of fm i know i have it .Evertime I go to the doctors and talk about the pain (which is chronic and debilitating), he tells me it is unrelated pain due to my arthritis, and osteoporosis.I feel like its all in my head. I walk my dogs regularly and when i arrive home I am exhausted and aching. I always thought exercise was good for you. As i drive a lot for my job and if I am in the car for more than an hour my knee’s and elbows ache, I have had ex rays on both and told there was nothing wrong with them. I take lots of medication and need an anti-depressent to sleep.
I also get sick of knocking back social activities because I know how I will feel later. I do feel sorry for anyone that has this, its dreadful!
Thank you everyone for your stories. I have suffered from fm since my heart attack 2 years ago. I had spoken to my doctor about my problems but she had thought it was related to my new heart meds. A girlfriend (who has a friend with fm) suggested I may have fm and when I spoke to my doctor about this, she gave my a few pressure point test and said it looks like it. The new sleeping tabs and pain killers do help. I have remedial massage once a week as I am a dance teacher with 5 classes a week. Last year I tried a course of acupunture. 2 days after the first treatment I woke up pain free and was jumping out of my skin. I was so excited. Unfortunately the pain came back within a couple of days and even though I had another 7 treatments I never got the relief again.
After now having regular massage treatments I am giving the acupunture another go as my body has lossened up a bit and hopefully will respond to the treatment better. I will let you know how I go. I take every natural remedy available, so I know I am trying everything to help my body.I don’t want to give up my dancing but if I don’t get any relief soon it may be my only option.
Following ross river, glandular, brahvs & After 10 yrs of neck, shoulders, back being smashed up, cant get dressed, make a meal, drive a car, have any normality am diagnosed with fms. Drinking to try to kill the pain, no help from drs with the pain or sleep. Continuing to eat everything I was allergic to resorting to alternatives for any diagnosis or pain relief. All made it worse. Everything about life made it worse. Cfs kicked in hard. Still the unrelenting pain, wish Id never heard of fms, all the drugs or naturals to help it made it worse. All the trite comments, dropped by family & friends, abuse by boyfriends, mcs kicked in REAL hard, tried to make the houses after houses after houses OK to live in, now living in a car, I cant control one thing about my life, lie in a car screaming in pain all day, now doctors do think I should have some pain relief, 60 mg ms contin doesnt even make a dent in it, because of the mcs very difficult to get food, to weak to cook it, not that I have a stove in the car, theres no point to this. No government assistance at all & theres not a friend or family who care that Im lying in a car almost starving to death. I can take vits, after excruciating lessons that I couldnt take any herbs or any of the other rubbish naturopaths give you. To say nothing of the fms drugs including antidepressants.
Meditation doesnt work & besides that after 17 yrs Im sick of it. Suicidal doesnt even come close. How do you have no stress when you live in a hot car & have to keep the windows wound up because of the smell of petrol, grass, trees, people.
Hi,
My name is Narelle and I have had FMS for as long as I can remember. Can anyone give me the name of a Rheumatologist specialising in FMS in Brisbane?
Hi
My name is Susan I feel for you all. I have been in pain for 19 years I am now 46 was first told I had a curved spine in 1991 had xrays to confirm went to a chiro for 12years with no stop to the pain gave up figered better to save the cost because I never got any relief anyway friends and family gave up on me kept saying I was faking.
The only support I have had is from my husband he has been my angel for a long time funny thing is this all happend at the same time we married 2 weeks before actualy march 1991 I was a very fit cycled and walked 8 km each every day.
I gave up a full time job I loved and started driving busses less hours more money cant work full time any more having trouble driving by the end of a shift 2hrs in so much pain across my shoulders back down the backs of my legs can hardley move co workers not very understanding been going to doctors for years was told I might have PMR but I think I have FMS because of my age and your comments have had tests but waiting on results doctor gave me PREDNISONE 25mg to try they helped for a couple of days I get electric prickles all over my back from the top of my head to my butt down both arms to my elbows head aches / swollen feet / pain every were and very tired on the weekend i dont go any were or do any thing just sleep for 12 hrs straight please leave comments
KIND REGARDS SUSAN
hi there
30 years ago I broke my neck when diving into the murray river.. I did not snap my spinal cord BUT did fracture 3 vertebrae and ruptered two dics..
I have several surgeries.. one gp had told me it was all in my head.. when i went to the reumetoligist he said i was lucky not to be in a wheel chair..they operated and fused my neck..
I have suffered pain ever since..and after a car accident 18 years later which i did the same to my lower back..i continued to get pain.. i went to the same reumotoligist after my massage therapist suggested I may have fm..the specialist said..NOOOO you have chronic pain.. fm is for people who we cant find anything wrong and it’s all in their head.. so we give them that name instead of throwing them in the too hard basket….
now what’s the difference between chronic pain and fybromyalgia? I have all the same symptoms as fm..
there’s a support group for fm but none for chronic pain..is this the same illness..?? is it a disease or illness or condition??
I take oxycontin anti inflams and anti depressants.. my doc even prescribed anti pshycotics to calm me at night when i cant sleep. But no-one has actually diagnosed fm..
I walk daily and I also have an inactive thyroid which i’m on thryroxine for…
who can I see to help me diagnose one or the other..??
I’m in vic..
thanks
also like to add that I’ve been diagnosed with ross river..menopause..bi-polar.depression and chronic pain among other things..
BUT all I know Is I have little energy and alot of pain..
night and day..and i have a seven year old son who is missing out on his mum..
i want me back to how I used to be before pain..
it’ very debilitating..and if someone comes to visit and I’m in bed, they think i’m just lazy..
I hate it and often think suicidal thoughts to end the pain..
I’ve got “chronic pain” and I feel like I’m a “chronic pain” to everyone.. I try to be happy and make the best of things and think of people who are worse off than me BUT It just makes me sadder…
wow its so good to find others who are going through same thing as myself i find it a bit difficult to explain my fms to others as i look fine and im not too old
sometimes i feel 80 and cant get enough rest my body screams but i have so many comittments its hard to slow down plus a young son who keeps me busy on a good day i can do most things with a push but when things get bad i dont even want to go to work i have found taking magnesium helps and i am fortunate that my doc is good she knows a little about fms and offers me meds that can help like cant sleep without pills and has allowed me to get my pain meds more often i look forward to summer seems to help more the heat also found good hot bath helps must soak for long time 
Fibromyalgia is a type of chronic pain but not the same as CRPS (complex regional pain syndrome). Having said that, I think I’m in a similar situation as Painful except that a knee ‘injury’ started my widespread pains. What was wrong with my knee has never been diagnosed though I went to a couple of orthopedists, had X-rays and MRI. Physio made it worse so I started getting massage for my leg. Then the pain spread to my buttocks making muscles so stiff that I can’t sit. I’m wondering if its just a complex pattern of myofascial trigger points (which I learnt to temporarily deactivate by pressing) or FMS. Not sure of the 11 of 18 tender points because I have them in all sorts of areas mainly on one side of my body and they come and go and come again, they are not so much painful as tender giving a stinging sensation when pressed hard. But muscle stiffness is what bothers me most, especially when I don’t have time to self-treat. I find that relaxation and massage helps for a while but it’s been so long and I’m getting tired and increasingly hopeless and depressed. I feel that any treatment needs to have a holistic approach. Does anyone know some good therapists in Wollongong or South Sydney?
I Live in Brisbane and have deteriorated over the years.have cut down on work and people just dont understand, therefore my social life is nill and bank balance is close by. I,m at the end of my tether and dont know what I can do. I will be 50 soon and feel soo alone. I used to be very active and get so frustrated. Is there any support out there, please help.
Hi Narelle
I have an appointment for a rhuematologist in Redcliffe next year. I can’t remember her name but my GP (who has been brilliant) said that she’s fabulous. The practice is at 2/93 Marine Parade Redcliffe and the number is 32845035.
I’d love to talk to anyone who lives in Brisbane with FMS. If you are interested please email me at KrisD1979@hotmail.com
Kristy
I too have been diagnosed recently with Fybromyalgia.
In 1989 I was diagnosed with Hashimotos disease after 3 years of being ill.
Then I injured my back and needed back surgery in 2003. In 2007 I again had an injury to the supraspinatus tendon in my shoulder and had to have very painful surgery and months of physio to regain the use of my arm.
By late 2007 I started to feel so unwell, pain all over, muscles locked in and wouldnt release, painful to walk for more than 30 minutes or so..chronic tiredness etc etc.
My GP tried acupuncture for weeks I also went to Physio to get relief nothing helped. My physio person suggest I may have fybromyalgia so i asked for a referral to a Rheumatologist… I have been told I have fybromyalgia, psioratic arhritis and also now have type 2 diabetes.
All this to contend with some days I can tell you its hard.
I try to not let it get to me but I do get upset when I know everyday I am going to wake up I am going to be in pain…The rheumatologist works with my GP to manage me and suggested predisolone to help with the pain my GP was reluctant as it can elevate blood sugars…but finally has agreed to 5mg daily…the first week I was so sick taking it but i thought if I just bear with it I will get use to it…now I experience a little nausea form time to time but it has taken the edge of the symptoms (masked them) for me to be able to function.
Every day is a challenge. yesterday I went to the library to do research for 2 hours and came home and spent the next 5 hours in bed exhausted.
Today I went to the pool thinking it might help but tonight my legs are just throbbing.
The simple everyday tasks are hard for me to do …I am on an antidepressent as well not for depression but because they have found it helps with fybromyalgia symptoms.
i take fish oil as well.
I have to keep a positive outlook, My hope one day they will find out what causes fybromyalgia and a cure wouldnt it be wonderful
I have had to comes to terms with the fact i can’t work..I have always had good work ethics often working two jobs ot raise my children so this has been hard to take.
Financially its a struggle ..at first Centrelink only gave me newstart with doctors certificate for 18 months but then finally they assessed me for the pension which has alleviated some of the financial strain I was under, I was barely living.
My daughter is the best blessing I have in all of this and greatly supportive to me . I hardly drive anymore I get to fatigued and just want ot go to sleep so the Rheumatologist has limited my driving.
chrissy
Hi, would like to know if anyone knows of a doctor that specilises in Fibromyalgia in the Sydney or Wollongong area please
wow. dont know where to start….I’ll say first I can really relate to all of your situations. Luigia, I understand exactly what you are saying. I have trouble letting go. I also have c-pap machine which I rarely use, because my nose is continually congested. I tried a mouth piece but it was awful, pumping my stomach with air. I take zoloft for depression & anxiety, have done years of counselling, I had an abusive childhood. I feel chronically tired all the time no matter how much I sleep, & muscular pain all over. I never want to get out of bed, I can only last a couple of hours then I need a rest. I have talked to my GP about it, & he says ‘yes I’m tired too’, so I end up feeling like I’m just lame & cant put up with things that everyone else does. Last time I saw him, I got a blood test, covering iron, thyroid, sugar etc etc. all was good bar being low in vit D. the guilt is terrible, feeling like I’m so pathetic that it’s too hard to get up in the morning & too tired to do things. Is it just stress or what? I’ve felt like this for years & I’m sure it’s getting worse.
I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia in 2000 about two months ago I seen my rheumo. As I also have depression, both my rheumo and I discussed going on cymbalta. So I discussed it with my psychiatrit and slowly change over. Since changing my medication from zoloft to cymbalta there has been a huge improvement. Kills two birds with one stone. It has really taken the edge off the pain which is great. Now I have a bit more freedom doing things. The fibromyalgia seems to get worst with humidity, and this summer we have had a lot of humidity in which I struggled with. But it was a lot better this year than it was last year. I was in so much pain last year that everyday I was in tears. So I thank god for changing over to cymbalta. I coped so much better this year.
after seeing 9 gps now, number 10, and a bone specialist, finally this last gp is investigating if i have fibromyalgia. have suffered for 18 months with pain all over my body, even my head is sore to touch. tried bowen therapy, helped at first but not now. doctor is taking me off zoloft and going to try another antidepressant shortly. just started taking gabapentin prescribed for doctor for pain. early days yet will keep u posted. go to bed in tears, cant get comfortable in bed, even sitting is painful. the worst thing is my 17 year old son, says i am just lazy and dont want to work, that i am happy just watching tv. i am 55, female, single. and ready for more out of life. will write again later
it frustrates me reading about all of your posts submitted here. i have lived through the same issues and pain but as a fms sufferer and as a scientist i believe it is two separate diseases that cause the presentation of fibromyalgia. i write about it in my book SILENT PAIN. the problem with the illnesses i propose is that doctors believe that one of them only happens in the elderly [over 70]. the other problem with diagnosis of the illness i propose that make up fms is that neither of these illnesses can be diagnosed via a basic blood test. i propose some advice in the book as i now have my life back after 7.5 years of hell living with chronic pain and fatigue. my two diseases that make up the fms presentation of symptoms are under control and i live with less than 1-2% of my original symptoms. my life has been transformed again into who i was before i got sick and that is all that any of us ask for.