Hey everyone,
New to the forum and apparently, this is the place to post about how Fibromyalgia impacts my daily life.
I was diagnosed about 20 years ago with fibromyalgia and it's pretty wild to type that and see it in print. It's a diagnosis that I don't share with too many people, as they either don't understand it. Or they have heard of it and think it's not a real thing.
My biggest trigger is stress. When under a lot of stress from work, school, family, and friends, then I'm in consistently more pain and find it difficult to move. My biggest stress relievers have been yoga, swimming and running. However, I find that I need to watch how much I do of each. I can push past my limits and it actually causes even more damage.
Recently, my partner asked when I'm in pain and the response was, "I'm really never not in pain." It's always there, like a constant hum that either dials up really loud or goes a little softer at time.
New to the forum and apparently, this is the place to post about how Fibromyalgia impacts my daily life.
I was diagnosed about 20 years ago with fibromyalgia and it's pretty wild to type that and see it in print. It's a diagnosis that I don't share with too many people, as they either don't understand it. Or they have heard of it and think it's not a real thing.
My biggest trigger is stress. When under a lot of stress from work, school, family, and friends, then I'm in consistently more pain and find it difficult to move. My biggest stress relievers have been yoga, swimming and running. However, I find that I need to watch how much I do of each. I can push past my limits and it actually causes even more damage.
Recently, my partner asked when I'm in pain and the response was, "I'm really never not in pain." It's always there, like a constant hum that either dials up really loud or goes a little softer at time.