Treatments for fibromyalgia include: education, therapy, medication and exercise. You'll have to learn about your condition, watch what you eat, take certain types of medication (including muscle relaxers, antidepressants and anti-inflammatories, but that's another article entirely!), do mild exercises like walking and swimming and even go to therapy to talk out your feelings with someone so you don't get too stressed out.
Many children with this disease are high-achievers who try to do too much in school, at home and everywhere else. So, learn to relax and try to schedule in some fun time. If I had learned how to do that as a kid, maybe I wouldn't have gotten sick as an adult. No one really knows for sure.
The truth is that we have more questions than answers when it comes to this disease. So, if you suspect you have this condition, know someone who does or just have questions about it, talk to your parents and other adults who care about you.
If you want to do an internet search on Fibromyalgia, I'd suggest that you check out the following web sites. Feel free to email me as well. I get questions from adults all the time and I'll do my best to answer you.
Fibromyalgia in Children:
http://www.mwilliamson.com/children.htm
http://www.wtvr.com/global/story.asp?s=1...
Our FM/CFS World, Inc: Children's Issues:
http://www.ourfm-cfidsworld.org/html/chi...
Fibromyalgia: A Family Affair
http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/fibr...
BellaOnline.com - Fibromyalgia & Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
http://fibcfs.bellaonline.com
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