Take back your energy: here are 31 ways to control the pain and exhaustion of fibromyalgia

AS A KID, Lynne Matallana recalls telling her mother she hurt--a lot. "I was told to rise above it," she says.

She tried but wasn't always successful. "In my teens, I had a lot of problems with my period," she says. "In my 20s, I was diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome. In my 30s, I had infertility problems." During a laparoscopy, she woke up during the surgery, which seemed to trigger even more distress, including migraines, sleep problems, restless leg syndrome, and overall pain and fatigue.

After seeing 37 doctors, from internists to neurologists to psychiatrists, Matallana was diagnosed with lupus, treated for eight months with steroids--and got worse. Finally, a young physician fresh out of medical school told her she had fibromyalgia, a chronic condition characterized by fatigue and pain in the tissues of the muscles, ligaments, and tendons.

Fibromyalgia affects between 3 million and 6 million Americans, according to the American College of Rheumatology. Matallana, now 50 and the president and co-founder of the National Fibromyalgia Association based in Orange, Calif., puts the figure as high as 10 million.

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