2/ 🧵Mayo Clinic defines FIBROMYALGIA as “a disorder characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain accompanied by fatigue, sleep, memory and mood issues. Researchers believe that fibromyalgia amplifies painful sensations by affecting the way your brain and spinal cord process painful and nonpainful signals.”
Coincidentally, I saw a college friend, who was based in the U.S.A, post about her health issues on her Facebook wall so I messaged her because we had the same symptoms. She told me she had fibromyalgia. She was also advised that the pain that fibromyalgia gives will be lifetime as there is no cure for it, although t it can be managed. Hearing this was disheartening but I knew I had to help myself.