When Fibromyalgia Takes Control
When I am under an immense amount of stress, be it physical, mental or emotional my Fibromyalgia symptoms intensify. When the weather is brutal cold my Fibromyalgia symptoms intensify. Sometimes for no apparent reason my Fibromalgia symptoms intensify.
In the past few weeks, I have felt pain and exhaustion that I have not felt in several years. I wake up, and feel like I never slept. No, I feel worse in the morning than I did when I went to bed. The pain throughout my entire body is so deep that I can’t find comfort anywhere. My mood is down. My patience is shot. My outlook on life is not what it should be. I am not a fun person to be around, and I don’t even like being around myself when this happens. If I could get up and walk away from myself, I would.
When Fibromyalgia takes control, it takes everything I have to make it through the day. I can only do the bare minimum. It takes everything in my being to get up in the morning and go to work. You can forget being any help or support to my family when I get home from work. They are lucky to get frozen pizza for dinner on a bad day. Laundry, cleaning, writing and playing are not an option. Relaxing isn’t even on the table because that is how much it hurts and how exhausted I am.
Don’t get me wrong, there are times when I can fight it and push the pain and exhaustion away, but it’s been a long time since I’ve been able to fight back. When, Fibromyalgia takes control, I’d rather be somewhere else – somewhere far away from where I am now, far away from me.
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Been there. I have had bouts of fibromyalgia since high school when I broke my C2 vertabrae in my neck. Chiropractic has helped a LOT – and regular massage. My mom has it much worse than I do and its helped her too, along with a heavy metals detox/chelation. My mom has been sick for 2o years and was nearly in a wheel chair. She had some treatment at a place in Tahoe – I did too – that made a huge difference, but it takes good followup to avoid a relapse. The place was Integrated Wellness Center in Lake Tahoe – Dr. Maricel and Dan Brady.
Its so awful though….I feel for you and I hope you can get some relief soon.
Ouch. I hope you able to find a good pain reliever soon!
I hope you are feeling better soon. I know I get very frustrated with myself when I can no longer tolerate the pain and exhaustion. Even though I’ve learned how to ease my pain through diet and exercise, these really cold days aggravated my joints. I’m way too young to be feeling this way.
You said it all, kiddo….
i’m so sorry renee. if it makes any difference, you have lots of people who care about you and pray for you. if you need dinners or a playdate or a cleaning crew (or just one person) let us know…seriously. it’s something i’ve recently been forced to admit-just b/c i can ‘deal’ with something doesn’t mean i should. i was amazed at how much stress was reduced when i finally took someone up on their offer to help out:)
Hopefully, with the days lengthening now, your symptoms will ease up soon. (Jan 25th was supposed to be the bleakest day of the year.) Also I hear ALOT of wonderful things about Dr. Avatar here in Lexington. Ani happens to work for him. Love you SO MUCH!!
Have your symptoms improved? It sounds so hellish……….I worry.
Do you have members of your church close by who can help???
There is a fantastic massage therapist in Lex, her name is Lindy Felix and she has helped me a lot with my migranes. She’s a little out there, but she does fantastic work. Check her out, I know she’s in the phone book, she lives out in South River and does work from her house out there. I don’t know what her rates are for that type of thing but she works out payment plans etc.