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Declare Fibromyalgia a disability since it limits ones ability to sit, stand, walk, bend, twist, stoop, sleep, & think.

Created by A.B. on February 24, 2015

Fibromyalgia is a very serious illness which affects all aspects of a persons life. A once active person can find themselves unable to to do simple things like clean their homes, taking a bath at times can be too much, if you do too much you hurt, if you do to little you hurt. Many times you can't even think straight due to the fibro fog that is associated with it. there are many days that rolling over in your bed is too much to handle. When you feel pins and needles all over your body all the time along with extreme fatigue. Some other symptoms are, dizziness, iching and rashes, insomnia, memory impairment, musculoskeletal pain, nerve pain, weight gain, depression, anxiety, poor cognition, ringing in the ears, irrritable bowel and bladder, headaches and migraines, and flu like symptoms.

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