Sick and Tired: A Doctors Perspective
Sick and Tired By: Dr. David Saul Reprinted from FMOnline I feel ashamed to be a member of the medical profession when I hear from my fibromyalgia (FM) patients that they left in tears from a doctor's office after [...]
Anticipatory Grief in a Nutshell
By: Nancy Gordon, LCSW, CLC © 2020-2022 All Rights Reserved Anticipatory Grief We might say loss and grief have become a global pandemic in and of itself. No one is escaping it. Truly, loss and grief have always gone [...]
FM and Negative Medicine Side Effects
by Elisabeth Deffner Dianna Graney has tried dozens of medications in the search for ways to manage her fibromyalgia and temporomandibular joint disorder (TMJ) symptoms. Some have helped and some have hurt, like one prescription intended to reduce the [...]
1st Set and Achieve the Right Goals
As we start the new year, we talk a lot about setting goals and accomplishing new things in the coming months. In order to achieve your goals here are a few “tips” that can help you in achieving the [...]
Not Enough Time… And a Good Reason Why
Not enough time... It’s 8:15 pm and I was just going to leave the office and head home. We had been talking today about my “Good Grief” blog and someone said, “Lynne do you realize that you haven’t posted [...]
Pampering Yourself!
Pampering Yourself! by Joanne Kabak What have you done lately to treat yourself luxuriously? Did you fulfill a desire that just came into your head? Have you humored yourself by doing something you like, just because you like it? You [...]
I am a Human Being. A Living, Breathing, Feeling Person
Fibromyalgia and Chronic Pain By Lynne Matallana Yes, I am a fibromyalgia “patient”, but more importantly I am a human being. A living, breathing, feeling person who must face, on a daily basis, a constellation of distressing symptoms that [...]
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Winning Disability in Three Words
By: Scott E. Davis, Esq. Reprinted from FMOnline In a disability case, almost any symptom or limitation can be disabling; but to determine whether they preclude work, the relevant questions are how frequent, how severe, and how long do [...]
Nine Additives to Avoid With FM
Some of today’s foods contain many additives for coloring, flavoring and preserving our food. Some of these additives are harmless, some questionable and others are downright dangerous. These nine items should be avoided if you are a fibromyalgia patient. [...]
Cannabidiol (CBD) Use for Fibromyalgia (Official Study)
What is CBD? Cannabidiol or CBD is a non-intoxicating compound found in Cannabis sativa that has become widely available since 2018 and is advertised to help with pain, sleep, and anxiety. However, little is known about how CBD interacts [...]
Fat: The Truth Is Out There
By: Harvard Health Publishing, Harvard Medical School All fats have a similar chemical structure: a chain of carbon atoms bonded to hydrogen atoms. What makes one fat different from another is the length and shape of the carbon chain [...]
