Fibromyalgia and Cymbalta

Fibromyalgia is a chronic illness that causes widespread pain and fatigue among a multitude of other symptoms. Fibromyalgia is complex illness that needs a combination of treatments to control it and that’s where Cymbalta comes into play. Cymbalta is one of the few medications that have been FDA approved for the treatment of Fibromyalgia. Cymbalta doesn’t work on everyone, but it has been proven to provide relief of Fibromyalgia symptoms in many individuals.

Cymbalta is in a class of medications known as Selective Serotonin and Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitor or SSNRI’s. It is an antidepressant that was approved by the FDA in June of 2008 for the treatment of Fibromyalgia. It was approved earlier by the FDA for the treatment of depression, Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Diabetic nerve pain.

Fibromyalgia and Cymbalta

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Fibromyalgia Awareness Day: May 12, 2010

Today is Fibromyalgia Awareness Day and I’m in a really bad flare.  Isn’t that just a fun coincidence.  Please do everything you can to help raise awareness for Fibromyalgia and all the other invisible illness not only today, but every day.  It’s time for people to start taking these illnesses seriously.   No one understands how much of our lives these illnesses have taken from us.  They don’t understand the hell we have to go through.  We don’t have to suffer in silence.  We have to stop being afraid of talking about our illness.  I know it’s hard when people look at you like you’re crazy every time the word Fibromyalgia comes out of your mouth, but we have to raise awareness.  If we don’t who will?

I hope everyone is having a great awareness day!  What have you done today to raise awareness?

Fibromyalgia awareness May 12th 2010 "He's Invisible"

Staying Happy with Fibromyalgia

Staying happy with Fibromyalgia can be extremely difficult. Every day there are new road blocks and the possibility of leading a “normal” life seems to only get farther and farther away. It seems like new symptoms pop up every day and no one can figure out why you cry and why you get so distressed. They have no idea how bad life with Fibromyalgia is and the bottom line is they probably never will, so you can’t rely on other people to make you happy. You may have a few close friends or family members that understand Fibromyalgia enough to improve your mood on those bad days, but the rest you must seek out for yourself.

Staying Happy with Fibromyalgia

Three Ways to Cope with Fibromyalgia

Finding ways to cope with Fibromyalgia are essential to your recovery and to your life. Fibromyalgia affects every aspect of your life and can destroy it in seconds if you don’t learn to cope. Staying positive, limiting your activity to avoid overdoing it and educating yourself are just some of the basic tools to cope with Fibromyalgia.

Three Ways to Cope with Fibromyalgia