Does Fibro lesson with time

It fluctuates, Sue.  Some times I'm doing better and other times I'm worse.  Overall, it has worsened with time...but not to the point I can't control the pain.  Thanks to malic acid, I could type that last sentence. 

Sherrine

Everyone is different but for me it has gotten worse in the past 16 mos but I suffered a great loss that may be contributing to it. Our bodies don't handle stress well and I have had plenty of that. I don't think anyone can predict the future with fibro.  I like to think there is help right around the corner for all of us.

 

luv and hugs

Marlee

I'm sorry to say that mine has gotten worse over the past couple of years.  I've had it for at least 10 years, but the increasing pain and fatigue drove me to finally get an official diagnosis last year.

 

I know it is different for everyone, and I hope yours goes the other way.

Hi Sue! I guess I have to echo what all the others have said.....it does seem to fluctuate but, overall, has gotten worse with time. I think that natural aging may have something to do with that as well as environmental changes and, most definitely, S T R E S S ! My symptoms have improved greatly since June with glutathione/atp injections (and, possibly, Monavie.....unsure on that one however) and, except for a couple of mild flares, have not approached how I felt before then.

I can trace the beginnings of symptoms all the way back to my teen years......I'm 53 now......so it has been a most uninvited guest in me seemingly forever. I was also dx'd with cfs and cebv at the same time. Most interestingly, cebv (chronic Epstein-Barr virus) seems to be ever-increasingly considered by rheumys as a trigger for both cfs & fibro. Since my first rheumy visit in June this year and through subsequent visits, my active ebv count has remained very high with each round of blood tests verifying the "chronic" part of it (meaning pretty much mono-like symptoms in a continuous, recurring manner...................which just so happens to fall into the same categories and types of symptoms as cfs & fibro.......hmmmmmm!) It's the count in ebv activity tests that determines this, not the count in exposure/contraction tests (almost everyone shows a count in this area). I'm now an ever-increasing believer in a direct tie-in between the 3.

I mentioned all of this about cebv because it might be worth checking out with your doc if you haven't already. I'm sure not that many people can list this as a possible tie to their fibro/cfs.......only the combined ebv tests can show if that is a possibility!

Gentle hugs,
John

Hi Sue

Well I can say that, while my FM hasn't gone, I can certainly manage it alot better than I could in the past.  I couldn't work for a couple of years, and now I'm working full time.

It has taken a lot of hard work, learning how to pace myself, getting my meds right, and understanding my body better, but I can manage a lot better than before.

Good luck

Well, I'm new to this DD, but I woudl say that it is getting worse with time. I had these same symptoms of fatigue, achy legs and pain in my hands about 3 years ago. They all went away until this spring when I started feeling the same symptoms again. Annoying, and leaving me wondering if I shoudl see a doctor, but never enough to really make me go. Until May when my symptoms worsened and I got a bunch of new ones. These last few weeks I'm seeing the pain get worse too.