0_Apprentice
Since I have fibromyalgia , the harsher winters here in pa will be rough on me.
1_Wizard
As I understand it fibromyalgia is a condition that causes chronic widespread pain and increases with pressure, so you should move to a low pressue area on a coast.
0_Apprentice
What else do you recommend I should do to help me with this disease? Moving right now is out of the question.
1_Wizard
Since it is often associated with depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder some common treatments are physical exercise, talk therapy, and stress reduction.
0_Apprentice
Are there any medications that can help alleviate my symptoms?
1_Wizard
Yes, there are treatments to help ease symptoms of depressed mood and anxiety, ones that help relieve pain, ones that block pain caused by damaged nerves, and also muscle relaxants to help relieve pain and discomfort.
0_Apprentice
Okay, I will be sure to ask my doctor about those. Is this a widespread disease, or am I just one of the few unlucky people that got it?
1_Wizard
This is a condition that typically runs in familes and there are many genes believed to be involved, sorry to let you know.
0_Apprentice
Oh God, as if I didn't need another reason to hate my parents. When was Fibromyalgia first discovered?
1_Wizard
Although not well known, it was actually discovered way back in the 1800s. It wasn't until the 1970s and 1980s that researchers specifically identified it.