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What causes fibromyalgia flares? My top 6 causes

Last Updated: November 27, 2020

What causes fibro flares? My top 6 triggers

  What Causes Fibromyalgia Flares? When you live with Fibromyalgia or any chronic illness that “flares” up at various times, life is unpredictable. It’s often hard to know when you might wake up having a bad day or when it may be a good day. Fibromyalgia flares can show up at any … [Read more...]

11 Comments Filed Under: Coping, Fibromyalgia, Tips and Tricks Tagged With: chronic fatigue, chronic pain, diet, flares, pacing, stress, weather

12 Tips for Staying Warm Outside with Chronic Pain

Last Updated: October 23, 2020

Tips & Tricks for staying warm outside when you have chronic pain

When I get cold it feels as if I’m cold all the way to my bones. I get cold easily – as in I can be inside a house that is 70 degrees when it’s 90 degrees outside and feel cold. When it’s hot outside the answer is easy, just go outside and warm up. As much as I avoid being outside as much as … [Read more...]

6 Comments Filed Under: Coping, Fibromyalgia, Tips and Tricks Tagged With: chronic pain, weather

Ten Tips For Combating Chronic Pain in Winter

Last Updated: January 8, 2018

10 tips for combating chronic pain in winter

Ten Tips For Combating Chronic Pain in Winter   Winter can be an extremely painful time for sufferers of fibromyalgia, arthritis, and other musculoskeletal conditions. Painful joints can be debilitating at any time of year, but symptoms can become markedly worse during the cold, wet months … [Read more...]

1 Comment Filed Under: Coping, Fibromyalgia, Tips and Tricks Tagged With: chronic pain, vitamin D, weather

3 “Unavoidable” Migraine Triggers and How to Deal With Them

Last Updated: May 19, 2017

How to avoid the "unavoidable" migraine triggers

Three ‘unavoidable’ migraine triggers and how you actually deal with them Migraines are not simply headaches. That’s something that people who suffer from migraines will have had to explain to at least a handful of people in their life. It’s so, so much worse, like your brain is tearing itself in … [Read more...]

Leave a Comment Filed Under: Coping, migraine, Tips and Tricks Tagged With: aspartame, hormones, weather

OAK Juice & Fibro Fog

Last Updated: January 15, 2013

Necessity is the mother of invention they say. It's raining barrels here... or something larger. And my Fibro fog has been kicking in a bit during my recovery. I just finally got back to juicing last week. I wish I'd been able to juice from the beginning and if I have to go through something like … [Read more...]

Leave a Comment Filed Under: Diet and Nutrition Tagged With: juice recipes, recipe, weather

About Julie

Spoonie. Fibro Warrior. E-health advocate.

Julie Ryan was diagnosed with fibromyalgia in 2010 and endometriosis in 2012. She's lived with chronic migraine most of her life. In 2019 she was diagnosed with inter-cranial hypertension.

Julie has a degree in Psychology, and works as a freelance writer and marketer. Freelance work allows her to work when she can and not be tied to a desk or a schedule. Julie believes in living an inspired life despite chronic illness.

"I have chronic illness, it doesn't have me."

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Blog title inspired by The Spoon Theory, by Christine Miserandino, an excellent explanation of what it's like to live with invisible illness. Read More…

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