Fibromyalgia

15/10/2025

How Fibromyalgia Affects Vision: The Surprising Link to Optic Nerve Damage

Fibromyalgia is well-known for its widespread pain and fatigue, but recent research suggests there may be more to the story.

Could fibromyalgia also be affecting your vision?

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15/10/2025

13 Ways Fatphobia Nearly Cost Me My Life With Fibromyalgia That No One Talks About
How Fatphobia Threatened My Life With Fibromyalgia Fibromyalgia is hard enough. It brings daily pain, fatigue, and a fog that clouds both thoughts and emotions. But living with fibromyalgia while also being fat adds a whole new layer of struggle — not from the condition itself, but from how the world, and especially the medical system, sees me. Fatphobia didn’t just make life harder. It made me sicker. It delayed my diagnosis, dismissed my symptoms,…
https://chronicillness.co/13-ways-fatphobia-nearly-cost-me-my-life-with-fibromyalgia-that-no-one-talks-about/

15/10/2025

14 Things I Learned Choosing an Accessible Wedding Venue as a Fibromyalgia Bride
Choosing an Accessible Wedding Venue as a Fibromyalgia Bride Planning a wedding is a mix of joy, dreams, and countless decisions. For most brides, it’s about finding the venue that captures their vision. But for someone living with fibromyalgia, the dream has to meet reality in deeply personal ways. When I began the journey of choosing an accessible wedding venue as a fibromyalgia bride, I quickly learned that beauty, romance, and style were only part…
https://chronicillness.co/14-things-i-learned-choosing-an-accessible-wedding-venue-as-a-fibromyalgia-bride/

14/10/2025

12 Truths No One Tells You About Fearing New Symptoms With Fibromyalgia
When You Fear Developing New Symptoms With Your Fibromyalgia Living with fibromyalgia means living with unpredictability. Each day, your body might speak a different language. Pain, fatigue, brain fog — these are familiar companions. But there’s another constant that rarely gets the spotlight: fear. The fear of what’s next, The fear of new symptoms. The fear that your already fragile balance could tip at any moment. When you fear developing new symptoms with your fibromyalgia,…
https://chronicillness.co/12-truths-no-one-tells-you-about-fearing-new-symptoms-with-fibromyalgia/

14/10/2025

Beyond the Pain: I Have Fibromyalgia and Yes, I’m Disabled—Here’s What That Really Means
I have fibromyalgia, and yes, I’m disabled. That sentence often surprises people. There’s an uncomfortable pause, a moment of disbelief, and then the all-too-common response: But you don’t look disabled. This reaction cuts deeper than most realize. It invalidates an experience rooted in chronic pain, fatigue, cognitive dysfunction, and emotional struggle. It minimizes the very real limitations that define my daily life. Fibromyalgia is invisible, but its impact is not. It changes how I move,…
https://chronicillness.co/beyond-the-pain-i-have-fibromyalgia-and-yes-im-disabled-heres-what-that-really-means/

13/10/2025

Denied and Dismissed: When a Doctor Turned Down My Fibromyalgia Referral and Said I’m ‘Not Sick Enough’
I walked into that appointment with hope. It had taken weeks to build up the courage to ask for a referral to a specialist, and even longer to convince myself that my symptoms were valid. The fatigue, the pain, the brain fog—they were interfering with every part of my life. I knew something was wrong. I needed help. But when the doctor looked at me and said I wasn’t “sick enough” for a referral, the…
https://chronicillness.co/denied-and-dismissed-when-a-doctor-turned-down-my-fibromyalgia-referral-and-said-im-not-sick-enough/

13/10/2025

Infection is Root Cause by Fibromyalgia: Exploring the Link Between Chronic Illness and Pathogens
Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain disorder characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain, fatigue, sleep disturbances, and cognitive dysfunction (brain fog). Despite decades of research, the exact cause of fibromyalgia remains unknown. However, one emerging theory suggests that chronic infections may trigger or worsen fibromyalgia symptoms. Some researchers propose that latent or persistent infections—such as viral, bacterial, or fungal pathogens—could alter immune function, cause widespread inflammation, and contribute to nervous system hypersensitivity, leading to fibromyalgia. This article…
https://chronicillness.co/infection-is-root-cause-by-fibromyalgia-exploring-the-link-between-chronic-illness-and-pathogens/

12/10/2025

12/10/2025

11 Hard Realities: When My Long-Term Disability Was Revoked Because I ‘Don’t Look Sick’
When My Long-Term Disability Was Revoked Because I ‘Don’t Look Sick’ I never imagined that having an invisible illness would mean I’d have to fight to prove my suffering to strangers. I never thought I’d hear someone in a position of power imply that looking well equates to being well. Yet that’s exactly what happened. My long-term disability was revoked because I “don’t look sick.” That sentence changed everything. The decision was more than just…
https://chronicillness.co/11-hard-realities-when-my-long-term-disability-was-revoked-because-i-dont-look-sick/

12/10/2025

The Pain Beneath the Pain: When Trauma Leaves You With Fibromyalgia Illness
Trauma has a way of settling deep in the body. For some, it leaves scars that are visible and understood. For others, it weaves itself into the nervous system, slowly reshaping how the body responds to the world. When trauma leaves you with fibromyalgia illness, the connection is not always immediate or easy to explain—but it is real, and for many, life-altering. Fibromyalgia is a complex chronic condition marked by widespread pain, fatigue, sleep disturbances,…
https://chronicillness.co/the-pain-beneath-the-pain-when-trauma-leaves-you-with-fibromyalgia-illness/

11/10/2025

9 Life Lessons: What Fibromyalgia Has Taught Me About Communicating With My Husband
What Fibromyalgia Has Taught Me About Communicating With My Husband Fibromyalgia has changed every part of my life, but none more profoundly than how I communicate with my husband. It has tested our patience, deepened our compassion, and reshaped how we express love and understanding. This condition, with its unpredictable symptoms and invisible nature, demanded more than physical adaptation — it called for emotional growth and a whole new language of connection. Before fibromyalgia, our…
https://chronicillness.co/9-life-lessons-what-fibromyalgia-has-taught-me-about-communicating-with-my-husband/

11/10/2025

Alone in the Ache: What It Really Means to Not Have a Support System When You’re Fibromyalgia Ill
Fibromyalgia is more than a diagnosis. It is a constant companion of pain, fatigue, and fog that weaves itself into every corner of your life. But while managing the symptoms is a challenge on its own, trying to face fibromyalgia without a support system is an entirely different kind of suffering. It’s one that goes largely unspoken, yet deeply impacts the ability to survive and cope day by day. What it really means to not…
https://chronicillness.co/alone-in-the-ache-what-it-really-means-to-not-have-a-support-system-when-youre-fibromyalgia-ill/