Friday, December 30, 2005

Planning reduces stress

Over the winter, the fibromyalgia affected my cognitive abilities more than anything else. I was having trouble concentrating and remembering things.

This is what I did to prepare for the holidays. I have a big family, so it was important I got everything done, without killing myself!

1) I made lists. Lists and lists and lists. As I accomplished each item, I checked it off and went to the next one.

By making lists, I realized, just in writing the things down, that I could arrange the order of activities in a more efficient manner. For instance, if I was planning a trip to Target and Costco, I could do them both in the same day. I also realized that the way I handled mundane things, like household chores, is more efficient in certain order.

Saturday, December 10, 2005

Fibromyalgia and Magnesium

Magnesium and fibromyalgia

Wednesday, December 07, 2005

Here's a great site about fibromyalgia trigger points - this includes a description of the weak-knee, weak-ankle syndrome, which I haven't actually seen discussed in many places, but which is one of my most troublesome symptoms.

http://www.anapsid.org/cnd/diagnosis/fmcmp.html