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FIBROMYALGIA
A CHRONIC RHEUMATIC CONDITON CHARACTERZIED BY WIDE SPREAD PAIN AND FATIGUE.  ACCOMPANIED WITH A WIDE RANGE OF SYMPTOMS.  THE EASIEST EVERYDAY TASK CAN NO LONGER BE TAKEN FOR GRANTED.  THERE IS NO CURE.  FIBROMYALGIA HAS BEEN CALLED THE INVISIBLE DISABILITY.  THIS CONDITION STOPS YOU IN YOU CURRENT,  ENERGETIC LIFE.  IT SHOW NO MERCY BY CAUSING  PAIN ANYWHERE IN YOUR BODY IT FEELS LIKE ATTACKING.
IT IS A MUSCLE DISORDER AND CAN EFFECT EVERY TYPE OF MUSCLE IN YOUR BODY.  FIBROMYALGIA TAKES EVERYTHING AWAY FROM YOU.
FIBROMYALGIA CAN CAUSE SEVERE HEADACHES,  MUSCLE PAIN AND LIMITATION, CERIVAL PAIN AND LOWER BACK PAIN,  SLEEP DISTURBANCE OR NO SLEEP,  STIFFNESS,  FATIGUE,  NUMBNESS IN THE HANDS OR FEET,  IRRITABLE BOWEL SYMDOME,  DIFFICULITY IN CONCERTRATION,  MEMORY LOST, MEMORY IMPAIRMENT,  TROUBLE WITH WRITTING OR SPEAKING,  CAN'T HOLD OR PICK THINGS UP OR DROP THINGS,  LOSE BALANCE,  SENSITIVITY TO LIGHT-COLD-HEAT-NOISE-SMELLS,  EXTREME PAIN IN TOUCHING THE BODY,  DEPRESSION, ANIOXTY, PANIC ATTACKS,  MOOD SWINGS,  MUSCLE SPASMS,  NO ENERGY,  CHRONIC EXHAUSTION, NO ENDURANCE,  SUICIDAL,  INSOMINIA,  DIFFIULITIES IN RECONGNIZING FAMILIAR SURROUNDINGS OR PEOPLE AT TIMES,  EASILY CONFUSSED,  IRRITABILITY FOR NO REASON,  DIFFICULTY IN SWALLOWING,  POST NASAL DRIP,  DIZZINESS,  SHORTNESS OF BREATH,  EARS RINGING,  IRREGULAR HEARTBEAT, RAPID HEARBEAT,  CHEST PAIN,  NAUSEA,  YEAST INFECTION,  DIRECTION DISORIENTATION,  DIFFICULTY IN GETTING OUT KNOW WORDS,  TEETH HURT,  SEVERE ITCHING, BLURRED VISION,   PAINFUL INTERCOURSE,  AND TROUBLE CONCERTRATION.  THERE IS MORE TO THIS LIST,  BUT THIS WILL GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT FIBROMYALGIA IS LIKE.  THESE SYMPTOMS ARE A DAILY BATTLE TO DEAL WITH.
MANY WHO HAVE THIS CONDITION ARE CAST ASIDE,  TOLD THEY ARE CRAZY OR IT'S ALL IN THEIR HEAD.
FIBROMYALGIA IS REAL.  SO IF YOU KNOW OF SOMEONE WHO ACTS LIKE THIS,  KEEP EMCOURAGING THEM TO FIND A DOCTOR WHO WILL HELP THEM,  BELIEVE THEM AND TREAT THEM.
YOU WONDER WHY DO I KNOW OR CARE ABOUT THIS CONDITION.  WELL, YOU SEE,  I HAVE IT AND THE SYMPTOMS LISTED ON THIS PAGE IS MY LIFE.
BY  B. METCALF
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