The History of Fibromyalgia

by Jok | Aug 13, 2020 | Support | 0 comments

Many believe fibromyalgia to be a modern-day ailment but in fact it’s been around for centuries albeit with names like rheumatism, neurasthenia, neuralgia, myelasthenia and fibrositis syndrome and are all recorded in medical journals dating back as far as the...

Fibromyalgia and Masking your Feelings

by Jok | Aug 9, 2020 | Healthy Mind | 0 comments

Heightened sensitivities are a common symptom of fibromyalgia and if trying to manage the pain and fatigue is not enough, we also have to manage our sensitivity to noise, light, taste, smell and touch. Hopefully not all of these will be heightened all of the time but...

Andrea’s interview of living with Fibromyalgia

by Jok | May 16, 2020 | The Fibro Chronicles | 2 comments

Where does your story begin and what were the symptoms that concerned you prompting you to see your GP? I had always been a fairly strong fit person and then I reached a point when I had a lot of stress.  During this time I started to notice I didn’t have the...

Beth’s Fibromyalgia Diagnosis

by Jok | Apr 24, 2020 | The Fibro Chronicles | 0 comments

Hi Beth, what were the circumstances of your fibromyalgia diagnosis? It all started in December last year when I started to feel like I had a very bad flu. I was aching all over and felt really out of sorts. I was signed off work and ended up spending Christmas in bed...

Fibromyalgia, the pain in my neck!

by Jok | Apr 22, 2020 | Healthy Mind, Support, Wellbeing | 0 comments

Fibromyalgia is a complex central pain sensitivity syndrome characterised by widespread pain with no obvious cause for the pain, no recent injury, no known source for the pain and medically there is no explanation. Chronic pain is usually diagnosed after several...