| Have you ever had to deal with constant pain | | | | - Fatigue |
| throughout your body and constantly fight fatigue? | | | | - Insomnia and other sleep disorders |
| For those who suffer from fibromyalgia, this is a daily | | | | - Memory problems |
| occurrence, which at times makes life extremely | | | | - Sensitive skin |
| difficult. | | | | - Numbness in limbs and other extremities |
| While there may be medical studies dating back to | | | | - Frequent and excessive diarrhea A patient suffering |
| the 19th century referencing the illness and even | | | | from it may go a significant period of time before |
| potential links to the beginning of recorded time the | | | | truly knowing what is ailing them. During this time and |
| term fibromyalgia has only been in use for a little | | | | typically after diagnosis they are put on a treatment |
| over thirty years. This is due, in part, to the elusive | | | | plan that involves the use of prescription medication. |
| task of diagnosis and setting up an effective | | | | These medications can include: |
| treatment plan for it. The definition of fibromyalgia is | | | | - Muscle Relaxers like Lyrica |
| essentially acute pain that affects the musculoskeletal | | | | - Medication the imitate the neurological transmitters |
| system. This acute pain is felt throughout the body | | | | for sleep and pain |
| and not found in just one area, say the back or | | | | - Sleeping pills |
| knees. This pain can be constant and never ending; | | | | - Pain killers such as Tramadol Since fibromyalgia is an |
| even some cases where it will subside for a period of | | | | ailment that is diagnosed through the process of |
| time before returning again. | | | | elimination of other illnesses and conditions, it can be |
| Another difficulty with diagnosing the ailment is that it | | | | a trying time for someone suffering with it. The good |
| is a diagnosis of exclusion; meaning that all other | | | | news is that once diagnosed, the person can alleviate |
| medical conditions have to be eliminated either | | | | the condition or symptoms through prescription |
| through lab tests or other techniques. Many other | | | | medication or through the use of alternative |
| symptoms are commonly associated with | | | | treatments. |
| fibrobmyalgia including, but not limited to: | | | | |