Psychological: (these components may aggravate symptoms, and are usually the result of living with a chronic illness - not the cause.
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Mental Stress
- Panic Attacks
- Mood Swings
- Suicidal Ideation
Personality Trait: Type A
Sleep Dysfunctions: Alpha-EEG anomaly (intrusion of waking brain-waves into sleeping brain-waves), non-restorative sleep, sleep apnea, insomnia, weird sleep patterns, trouble getting to sleep, frequent wakenings, night-time jerking of limbs
Cognitive dysfunctions:
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Fibro-fog (includes the following)
- Mental confusional states
- Loss of short-term memory
- Inability to concentrate
- Impaired thinking
- Memory blanks
- Absentmindedness
- Inability to recognize familiar surroundings
- Disorientation
- Easily distracted
- Inability to comprehend written, or spoken words
- Trouble with directions
- Slow processing of incoming messages
- Short attention span
- Fugue type states (spaciness)
- Mental fatigue
- Decision making problems
- Trouble keeping track of conversations
- Trouble staying on, or completing tasks
- Easily overwhelmed
- Attention Deficit Disorder
- Acquired dyslexia (includes difficulty speaking known words as they often come out backwards, or all mixed up)
- Calculation difficulties
- Trouble with typing, or writing, which results in the same difficulties as spoken words.
Overlapping and/or Possible Related Conditions (similar symptoms): can occur with or without Fibromyalgia (fibro often mimics these conditions as well).
- Reactive Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar)
- RLS (Restless Leg Syndrome)
- IBS (Irritable Bowel/Irritable Bladder
- Syndromes)
- Mitral Valve Prolapse (heart valve dysfunction)
- Bruxism (grinding teeth)
- Costochondritis
- Lupus
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Lyme Disease
- Gulf War Syndrome
- Interstitial Cystitis
- Sjogren's Disease
- CFS (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome)
- Raynaud's Disease (cold intolerance)
- Hypothyroidism
- MPS (Myofascial Pain Syndrome)
- MS (Multiple Sclerosis)
- MCSS (Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Syndrome
- PLMS (Periodic Limb Movement Syndrome)
- Polymyalgia
- TMJD (temporomandibular joint dysfunction)
- Sciatica
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Osteoarthritis
Future articles will focus more closely on the symptoms, over lapping/related conditions, and how to cope with them.
As always, please feel free to start a discussion on this article, share your views, likes, dislikes, coping tips, or anything else you would like to share. :-)
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