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...

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...

Brenda’s Fibromyalgia Story

by Jok | Mar 27, 2020 | Healthy Mind, The Fibro Chronicles | 0 comments

I’ve suffered with anxiety for a long time and about five years ago it was at its worse and I was prescribed medication. During this time I began to notice pains in my arms and legs and knew this was more than anxiety. After several visits to my doctor I was...

Fibromyalgia and the Affects of Worrying

by Jok | Mar 26, 2020 | Healthy Mind | 0 comments

We all worry from time to time and it’s difficult not to worry when you have to cope with an unpredictable illness like fibromyalgia.  Occasionally a bit of a worry is helpful, especially in the process of recognizing a problem and then finding a solution....

A Fibromyalgia Flare Up

by Jok | Mar 13, 2020 | Healthy Mind, Support, Wellbeing | 2 comments

Living with fibromyalgia can be a very isolating experience. It’s a complex condition characterised by wide spread chronic pain, fibromyalgia brain fog, fatigue, heightened sensitivities and a host of other symptoms that fluctuate on a daily basis, not to...

The Fibromyalgia Chronicles

by Jok | Mar 7, 2020 | Healthy Mind, Support, The Fibro Chronicles | 0 comments

Thank you to Jane for her interview, here is her story Where does your story begin and what were the symptoms that concerned you prompting you to see your GP?  It was ten years ago and during a very stressful time in my life, I was in my fifty’s and had been a...