Fibromyalgia Pain and Medical Symptoms That Say I Hurt
Pain, yes I'm in pain.
Suffering chronic pain, like Fibromyalgia and its symptoms, are no fun.
If you don't take the necessary actions to do something about it, whether your doctor does or not, your pain may increase.
I hurt, I feel like I have the flu but my doctors are unable to find anything medically wrong except I hurt.
This is a common statement from people who suffer from the medical symptoms of something called Fibromyalgia.
Until recently, most doctors said, "It's all in your head.
" I said, "No, it's in my body, my head doesn't hurt!" If you take action to deal with your Fibromyalgia you have a greater chance that you will get better and regain your health.
If you spend most of your time trying to convince others you have it, I promise you, you will get worse! Using an acronym of the letters PAIN I will show you one way to deal with your Fibromyalgia.
P-Pills Pills, or medication, may or may not work for you.
It is not out of the ordinary for the medical community to give you medication for the symptoms that does not work.
You are frustrated.
They try more and more medications with little to no results.
If the medication works, it may work for only a little while.
If it does not work, what should you do? Keep reading! A-Actions This is one of the most crucial aspects of dealing with your pain.
You need to take action.
The best action is to physically do something.
Yes, take action especially when you hurt.
When I was in so much pain that it felt as though baseball bats had been taken to my arms I got up, lifted weights, and then was able to go back to sleep for about one more hour (going for a total of 4 hour at least).
You need to push through the pain.
Not always, but many times you need to push through it.
My doctor told me that I knew my body better than he did.
If I did too much, I knew it.
If I did too little, I knew it.
One of the best ways to get through a pain-filled night is to get up and move.
Take action.
Light lifting increases blood flow and will often decrease the pain for a short period of time.
I-Insight This is where the brain plays tricks on you.
Don't trust your thoughts! You think that moving while in pain will cause more pain.
Realistically, the muscles hurt, the tendons and ligaments hurt, and if you stop moving them you actually hurt more.
While in a great deal of pain I had to do something to get the blood flowing.
Massages worked, but not always, warm showers and baths helped but not always, and eating whatever I wanted never worked! Here's the trick.
At times reliving the pain is a mind game.
Your health and well being is often based on what you think.
Mentally, I had to distinguish between good pain and bad pain.
You know what good pain feels like.
Good pain occurs when you haven't exercised in awhile.
It feels good to hurt a little.
Bad pain is the deep, bone pain that leaves you nauseated, exhausted and needing to lie down.
Know the difference and treat each one differently.
When you know the difference, you have insight and can act more quickly to slow or ease the pain before it gets full blown.
N-Now You must take action immediately.
When the pain sets in, whether from a low pressure (a storm is coming in, usually two days out), the temperature is changing, or stress is building up, you must act! Don't do what your brain thinks and stop moving.
Fibromyalgia pain can become more intense producing more pain if you stop and do nothing.
Reduce or Stop Your PAIN! Keep these things in mind when you have a pain-filled day or night.
You have a better chance of relieving the pain by doing something than telling everyone around you that you hurt! Sadly enough, not all people care, but you do--it's your body, stop the pain!
Suffering chronic pain, like Fibromyalgia and its symptoms, are no fun.
If you don't take the necessary actions to do something about it, whether your doctor does or not, your pain may increase.
I hurt, I feel like I have the flu but my doctors are unable to find anything medically wrong except I hurt.
This is a common statement from people who suffer from the medical symptoms of something called Fibromyalgia.
Until recently, most doctors said, "It's all in your head.
" I said, "No, it's in my body, my head doesn't hurt!" If you take action to deal with your Fibromyalgia you have a greater chance that you will get better and regain your health.
If you spend most of your time trying to convince others you have it, I promise you, you will get worse! Using an acronym of the letters PAIN I will show you one way to deal with your Fibromyalgia.
P-Pills Pills, or medication, may or may not work for you.
It is not out of the ordinary for the medical community to give you medication for the symptoms that does not work.
You are frustrated.
They try more and more medications with little to no results.
If the medication works, it may work for only a little while.
If it does not work, what should you do? Keep reading! A-Actions This is one of the most crucial aspects of dealing with your pain.
You need to take action.
The best action is to physically do something.
Yes, take action especially when you hurt.
When I was in so much pain that it felt as though baseball bats had been taken to my arms I got up, lifted weights, and then was able to go back to sleep for about one more hour (going for a total of 4 hour at least).
You need to push through the pain.
Not always, but many times you need to push through it.
My doctor told me that I knew my body better than he did.
If I did too much, I knew it.
If I did too little, I knew it.
One of the best ways to get through a pain-filled night is to get up and move.
Take action.
Light lifting increases blood flow and will often decrease the pain for a short period of time.
I-Insight This is where the brain plays tricks on you.
Don't trust your thoughts! You think that moving while in pain will cause more pain.
Realistically, the muscles hurt, the tendons and ligaments hurt, and if you stop moving them you actually hurt more.
While in a great deal of pain I had to do something to get the blood flowing.
Massages worked, but not always, warm showers and baths helped but not always, and eating whatever I wanted never worked! Here's the trick.
At times reliving the pain is a mind game.
Your health and well being is often based on what you think.
Mentally, I had to distinguish between good pain and bad pain.
You know what good pain feels like.
Good pain occurs when you haven't exercised in awhile.
It feels good to hurt a little.
Bad pain is the deep, bone pain that leaves you nauseated, exhausted and needing to lie down.
Know the difference and treat each one differently.
When you know the difference, you have insight and can act more quickly to slow or ease the pain before it gets full blown.
N-Now You must take action immediately.
When the pain sets in, whether from a low pressure (a storm is coming in, usually two days out), the temperature is changing, or stress is building up, you must act! Don't do what your brain thinks and stop moving.
Fibromyalgia pain can become more intense producing more pain if you stop and do nothing.
Reduce or Stop Your PAIN! Keep these things in mind when you have a pain-filled day or night.
You have a better chance of relieving the pain by doing something than telling everyone around you that you hurt! Sadly enough, not all people care, but you do--it's your body, stop the pain!
