Fibro

lisab88

Regular Member

Joined : Sep 2012

Posts : 191

Posted 9/24/2012 6:48 PM (GMT 0)

So I was diagnosed with fibromayalgia and was told that it isn't progressive. I have noticed that my symptoms are getting worse. I have also spoke with others that have this and they say the same thing. I don't know what to make of it. I don't know if it is due to the things I do in my life or not. for example the other day I painted the family room, It's been two days and I am still in a huge amount of pain and so tired I feel like someone just came and took every bit of energy that I had left. I don't want to stop doing things that need to be done because of this. If anyone has any advice I would love to hear it. I also thought I should mention that my husband is also injured and so he is unable to do things like painting or cleaning so that is why I go ahead and do it myself.

MyselfRedux

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Joined : Dec 2009

Posts : 6232

Posted 9/24/2012 7:09 PM (GMT 0)

You have to learn to listen to your body. Fibro is not progressive in the sense that it gets quantitatively worse, but if you do something (painting the family room) that impacts your condition, it takes a while to recover. You would feel less fibro symptoms if you took a week to paint.

So, you don't have to give up things, but you do need to do them differently.

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