Fibromyalgia – Beyond the Misery

by Jok | Jan 25, 2021 | Healthy Mind | 2 comments

When you live with fibromyalgia and having to juggle your life around it, it’s understandable that you will have times when it can make you feel pretty miserable. This type of misery, albeit something we’d rather not have, is intermittent and something...

Fibromyalgia – Vitamin D and Treatment of Anxiety

by Jok | Aug 19, 2020 | Healthy Mind | 0 comments

Treating the anxiety of fibromyalgia the natural way Many people turn to medication as their first line of defence to treat anxiety but there is a great deal of evidence to show that with the help of mind-body awareness therapy along with the right diet, vitamins and...

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 which has no obvious cause, injury, or any medical explanation. Chronic pain is usually diagnosed after several months of experiencing out of proportion sensations of pain. In...

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...

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...