Listen to this abstract: “Depressive symptoms complicate pain management for people with FM, with adverse consequences such as a greater need for pain medications and
Month: January 2018
Depression is more than emotion
My mood is suffering with this loss of functionality right now. And I am trying to manage this sinking sensation I am having best I
Perks to vertigo? Not so much
Vestibular migraines or whatever vertigo hell I am in has some pretty interesting perks that you would never think of because it sucks so very
Long-term study on fibromyalgia severity
I came across an interesting long term study in Finland on Fibromyalgia spanning 26 years published in the journal of Clinical Rheumatology. Severity of symptoms
Dealing with lower functionality
So things with the vestibular symptoms on top of everything else have limited my functionality and therefore my capacity to distract myself from the pain.
Acceptance of work limitations
I look at my friends and their accomplishments and it gives me joy and happiness for them. I love to see them thrive in new
The unpredictability and downturns of chronic illness
I admit this is a bit of an issue for me. I find a lot of comfort in stability. From making long term goals. Progression
Monday manual: Unpredictability
I have been thinking a lot about the unpredictability of chronic illness. But we can’t change the fact that life and illness and pain changes.
Depression stigma: Taking medication
This has been on my mind lately because I have seen in it several places and it really grinds my gears, as they say. I
Hey… It’s Okay
Airing my Laundry “You can link up any day of the week. All you have to do is make a list of what you’re okay
Making life shine without work
Chronic illness doesn’t eradicate ambition, desires, goals and dreams. But it can limit our capacity to achieve ambitions we have geared our lives for. Careers
Vestibular migraines tricked me
I thought I was getting better. For two days the vestibular symptoms were better for a greater part of the day, and worse at night,
Illness perception and fibromyalgia
Poor Illness Perceptions Are a Risk Factor for Depressive and Anxious Symptomatology in Fibromyalgia Syndrome: A Longitudinal Cohort Study study published online November 1st, 2017 in Frontiers
6 Quick tips for chronic illness
Never let your past define you: Your past healthy self. Your past illness history. All can have some control over you in the present and
