different types of fibromyalgia pain

How Is Pain Different From Fibromyalgia?

Pain is usually an outcome of a disorder in the body. It can be due to a problem in a particular part of the body for which the body expresses the suffering in the form of pain in that region.

When the main problem of the pain is identified, medication is provided accordingly to cure the pain.

This is the common procedure that is followed for people who report regional pains or other problems related to pain. But when it comes to fibromyalgia, it is totally different.

The pain symptoms are totally different and sometimes it can also be unbearable. It is also identified that women experience more pain compared to that of men.

The reason can be due to the hormonal change that they undergo and also an outcome of the monthly changes in their body due to menstruation cycle.

Fibromyalgia is usually misunderstood as normal pain that people experience for their other body problems.This symptom can even vary from one person to another person based on the condition of the problem in their body.

People usually go for some simple initial medication to see if the pain is evaded or not. Then later they will be able to understand that it is an outcome of fibromyalgia and then go for treatments that are specific to fibromyalgia.

There are some guidelines that doctors follow in order to diagnose the symptoms of fibromyalgia.

But the fact is that, it is not easy to diagnose someone with fibromyalgia as the symptoms can differ from one person to another person.

Many researches are happening to find the mystery that fibromyalgia has created.

Unknown causes of fibromyalgia

Diagnosing fibromyalgia is something that is not commonly prevailing. There are no proven methods to identify the cause of fibromyalgia.

Based on the experiences from people the doctors find whether the problem is related to fibromyalgia or not.

Understand the pain symptoms from the patients, the doctors first understand and provide basic medication.

Then after further observation, they identify that the patient is affected with fibromyalgia because for people with fibromyalgia, the basic medication may not be very helpful.

People usually experiment medication by themselves to see if that can be a cure for them. This is very common among people who have fibromyalgia.

This trial method is the only feasible method to identify or to know more about the problem as there is no proper research evidence to say the cause of fibromyalgia.

In some individuals, there can also be a misunderstanding between their doctors. The individual might think that there is a problem in their body.

But after diagnosis by the doctor, there will not be any problem identified. This is something that is commonly seen as the doctors are not well aware about the causes of fibromyalgia.

There are also some rare cases where doctors end up providing wrong medication to the patients without properly understanding their problem.

It also sometimes becomes difficult for the patients to explain about their problem. The widespread pain that they experience in their body is not something that can be an outcome of other disorder. The reason becomes very difficult to identify.

The individuals try out various methods to find the cause and also various methods to keep the pain symptoms suppressed.

Considering the fact that there can also be complications, it is advisable to go for proven methods only. Some of the methods that individuals try by themselves can even harm them really bad.

different types of fibromyalgia pain

Why is fibromyalgia pain different from other pain?

The other pains that are experienced by the individuals are mostly the outcome of some disorder in their body part.

The symptoms of a disorder are exhibited in the form of pain in their body part. This can be easily cured if the exact problem is identified and medication is provided to suppress the pain symptoms.

Fibromyalgia is totally different from such pain. The individuals with fibromyalgia very rarely experience regional pain.

Most of the cases report only widespread pain in their body parts. The symptoms of fibromyalgia are very difficult to diagnose.

If someone is diagnosed with fibromyalgia, they have to go through it throughout their life. There is no proper permanent cure available for fibromyalgia condition.

However, there are many methods available that can keep the pain symptoms suppressed allowing the individuals to focus on other day to day activities.

There are various ways in which fibromyalgia pain is experienced by the individuals. Not all the pain symptoms are that of fibromyalgia.

Some people can also have a normal pain symptom due to problems in any of their body part; it should not be misunderstood as fibromyalgia.

The symptom of pain in fibromyalgia usually lasts for several years. Some people have also reported that the problem is seasonal.

It may be high during a particular climate and it can be low during a particular climate. The activities done by the individuals can also stimulate the pain symptoms.

Some people think that they will be able to handle this by themselves and do lots of exercise beyond their limit. In that case they usually end up hurting themselves by aggravating their pain.

In the other symptoms of pain or other body problems, the problem will be well known by the looks of the individual.

In the case of fibromyalgia, there can be severe suffering in the patient inside but none of which will be seen outside. That is another reason why doctors find it very difficult to study and understand the pain symptoms that the person experiences.

Some doctors even say that the pain symptom of fibromyalgia is something to do with restlessness in the mind.

They often reject the fact that the person is having some problem because everything seems to look perfect from outside.

The individual may undergo severe disturbances and pain inside. In that case you will have to check with other doctors about your condition.

There are also many online references available to explain more about the symptoms of fibromyalgia and these references are also an outcome of suggestions from people who already have fibromyalgia.

They usually share their day to day experiences in fighting this strange disease.

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3 Comments

  1. I think you doing a great job on teaching people about Fibromyalgia, so many woman are suffering from this and this disease require you to work hand in hand with your Dr’s, managed you diet carefully, learn more about it and try any self healing technique you may know until you find something that help you cope with it, lets hope one day they will find a cure.

  2. I had been diagnosed 5 yrs ago after several yrs of not knowing what was wrong with me. I can’t express how difficult it’s been for me. I have pain everyday of my life and it’s very debilitating. I already had some issues with my back and diabetic neuropathy. At first I couldn’t tell what pain I was having until I started to understand how they differed. Now that I understood the difference my Dr. put me on Lyrica well 2 yrs later I had suffered an anphylactic reaction to it and that was the end of “SOME” pain relief. Can’t use a lot of the meds that might take care of it cuz I’ve developed an allergy to them. Now I’m on narcotic meds I take 40 mg of Morphine, 20 mg of Oxycodone and 20 mg of Tizanadine 2x a day. Yeah it’s a lot but so far it’s the only combo that will actually take the harshness out of the pains I have everyday. It is a very painful and frustrating and debilitating disease and there needs to be a discovery on a drug that will control the pain. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE bring more awareness because we need you. The people with this disease suffer a lot in silence because others won’t believe us because we look “NORMAL” I’ve had people tell me “there ain’t nothing wrong with you you’re just looking for attention”. That hurts. This is my story. Thanks for hearing me out.

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