# fibromyalgia (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 5 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover fibromyalgia. Page: Feed: --- ## [How Pain Became Profitable](https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2026/8/20/how-pain-became-profitable) _2026-08-20 · Pain News Network · Latest Stories - Pain News Network_ By Neen Monty Why have prescription opioids become virtually verboten? Is it safety? Partly. Evidence? Allegedly. The evidence is pretty thin. But let’s not overlook the less noble explanation: research dollars, commercial opportunity, institution building and careers. There is now an enormous scientific and commercial industry devoted to solving “the opioid crisis.” And that industry depends, at… ## [Why I Keep Quiet About My Use of Prescription Opioids](https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2026/8/19/why-i-keep-quiet-about-my-use-of-prescription-opioids) _2026-08-19 · Pain News Network · Latest Stories - Pain News Network_ By Crystal Lindell When I first started taking prescription opioids on a daily basis in 2013, I didn’t hide that information from anyone. I told my friends at church, my family, and even my then-boss. I was in way too much pain to spend any energy worrying about what anyone thought about me or the pills I was popping. At the time, I was still working in the corporate world. And I quickly began to… ## [The Feds Are Pushing for Unprecedented Access to Your Medical Records ](https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2026/8/18/the-feds-are-pushing-for-unprecedented-access-to-your-medical-recordsnbsp) _2026-08-18 · Pain News Network · Latest Stories - Pain News Network_ By Jennifer Oliva You might assume that what you tell a doctor stays between you, your physician and perhaps your insurer. But the reality is more complicated. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act , the federal privacy law that governs health information and is commonly known as HIPAA , is narrower than its reputation suggests. It regulates hospitals, physicians, insurers and… ## [DEA Scheduling of 7-OH Could Come Any Day](https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2026/8/17/the-waiting-game-dea-scheduling-of-7-oh-could-come-soon) _2026-08-17 · Pain News Network · Latest Stories - Pain News Network_ By Pat Anson A recent DEA decision to classify the designer drug O-DSMT (O-desmethyltramadol) as an illegal Schedule One controlled substance gives us some insight into how quickly the agency may do the same for concentrated forms of the kratom alkaloid 7-OH (7-hydroxymitragynine). It also serves as a reminder of how misleading and inept the DEA and other federal agencies can be about their… ## [I’m struggling with what I’m seeing and how it makes me feel as a human being.](https://thisfibrochick.substack.com/p/im-struggling-with-what-im-seeing) _2026-08-16 · This Fibro Chick · This Fibro Chick_ Living with fibromyalgia has changed the way I look at people and what they might be going through. ## [Are Women Who Use Walking Canes Faking Disability? A UK Columnist Thinks So](https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2026/8/15/are-young-women-who-use-walking-canes-faking-disability-a-uk-columnist-thinks-so) _2026-08-15 · Pain News Network · Latest Stories - Pain News Network_ By Crystal Lindell When I was still working full-time in the corporate world, I often had to go to trade conferences where I’d spend 12-hour days walking a show floor the size of multiple football fields. I have hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and intercostal neuralgia, so even with very strong pain medication, it was often too much for me. I knew that using a walking aid, like a cane or even… ## [Jason Arday. A tragic and unnecessary death. Online abuse.](https://samanthawaldren.blogspot.com/2026/08/jason-arday-tragic-and-unnecessary.html) _2026-08-15 · Samantha Waldren · Essentially Samantha_ I already knew of Jason Arday. I knew his story — the autistic boy who didn’t speak until 11, learned to read and write at 18, and went on to become an academic, becoming the youngest Black professor appointed at Cambridge at just 37. What I didn’t know was what had been unfolding around him recently. I hadn’t followed the headlines or the scale of the public conversation. So when I heard… ## [The Lifesaving Legacy of Dr. Forest Tennant](https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2026/8/14/the-lifesaving-legacy-of-dr-forest-tennant) _2026-08-14 · Pain News Network · Latest Stories - Pain News Network_ By Pat Anson Humanitarian. Philanthropist. Author. Historian. Friend. Those are some of the words that come to mind when I think of Dr. Forest Tennant, who died Thursday from complications of kidney failure. He was 85. Here are a few other words that describe him: Real estate investor. Mayor. Professor. Civic Leader. Veteran. Forest Tennant was many things to many people, but he is best known for… ## [Is Dry Needling Effective for Muscle Pain?](https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2026/8/9/is-dry-needling-effective-for-muscle-pain) _2026-08-13 · Pain News Network · Latest Stories - Pain News Network_ By The Conversation Physiotherapists, chiropractors and osteopaths commonly use dry needling to treat neck, shoulder, back and other types of muscle pain. It involves inserting thin needles into sensitive parts of a person’s muscle, often termed “myofascial trigger points”. The needles remain in the muscle for a few minutes and can be gently moved to create a twitch response in the muscle. This… ## [I became a Christian Life Coach and why it is not easy.](https://samanthawaldren.blogspot.com/2026/08/i-became-christian-life-coach.html) _2026-08-13 · Samantha Waldren · Essentially Samantha_ This does not make life any easier. Showing up as a coach impacts lives in unexpected ways. People may assume you know what's going wrong in their lives. Or that you have this great, profound insight. Truth is, being a Christian coach is humbling. It's about getting me out of the way so the Holy Spirit can do Her work. Rooting my work in biblical principles and not wavering off the narrow path… ## [Every Channel. One Login. (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/yCT8PPJDU9IH) _2026-08-13 · **Sponsored**_ 17,000+ live channels, movies and sports on any device. Free trial, no IP lock. ## [The Unusual Link Between Two Rare Chronic Pain Conditions](https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2026/8/12/crps-more-likely-for-eds-patients) _2026-08-12 · Pain News Network · Latest Stories - Pain News Network_ By Crystal Lindell People who have Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), a genetic connective tissue disorder, are more likely to have Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) – a chronic inflammatory nerve pain condition that is usually triggered by an acute arm or leg injury. That’s according to a new study by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine and the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, who… ## [2 minute mystic](https://samanthawaldren.blogspot.com/2026/08/2-minute-mystic.html) _2026-08-11 · Samantha Waldren · Essentially Samantha_ We don’t force positive thinking. We practice seeing without rushing to name it. Breathe in. Don’t label the out. Sit in the room before you decide if it’s "good" or "bad." Let the flame be small enough to light everything, not just the target. Because the world is not waiting for you to arrive. It is arriving, constantly. And the version you get depends on the version of you that’s looking.… ## [2 minute mystic](https://samanthawaldren.blogspot.com/2026/08/2-minute-mystic.html) _2026-08-11 · Samantha Waldren · Essentially Samantha_ We don’t force positive thinking. We practice seeing without rushing to name it. Breathe in. Don’t label the out. Sit in the room before you decide if it’s "good" or "bad." Let the flame be small enough to light everything, not just the target. Because the world is not waiting for you to arrive. It is arriving, constantly. And the version you get depends on the version of you that’s looking.… ## [How ‘Toxic Narratives’ Fueled the Opioid Crisis](https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2026/8/10/how-toxic-narratives-drove-the-opioid-crisis) _2026-08-11 · Pain News Network · Latest Stories - Pain News Network_ By Pat Anson Dr. Lynn Webster has a unique perspective on the opioid crisis. As a pain management expert and prolific researcher, Webster was elected by his peers as president of the American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) and developed the first Opioid Risk Tool , a questionnaire designed to assess a pain sufferer’s risk of opioid abuse. Like many other doctors involved in pain management,… ## [When a Pain Flare Steals a Special Day](https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2026/8/10/when-a-pain-flare-steals-a-special-day) _2026-08-10 · Pain News Network · Latest Stories - Pain News Network_ By Crystal Lindell Sunday was a boringly normal day for me — as someone who deals with chronic pain on a daily basis. When I woke up, it felt like someone had replaced my ligaments with concrete and I was being stabbed in the ribs. I limped to the bathroom. And for breakfast, I had four different pain-relieving drugs and a bottle of water. After that, I laid back down and slept for another three… ## [Blocking the wheelchair space on buses](https://samanthawaldren.blogspot.com/2026/08/blocking-wheelchair-space-on-buses.html) _2026-08-08 · Samantha Waldren · Essentially Samantha_ It happens most of the time I get on a bus. Mothers with prams in the wheelchair space sat down on the seat and on their phones. I have had dirty looks and comments as the bus driver tells them to move their prams. One woman refused to move, and another passenger had to intervene. Eventually, after realising the bus driver was not going anywhere until she moved, she actually gave up the space. She… ## [The reality of living with hidden disabilities.](https://samanthawaldren.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-reality-of-living-with-invisible.html) _2026-08-04 · Samantha Waldren · Essentially Samantha_ Story time. Living with an invisible illness such as Fibromyalgia is very difficult. The public does not understand the suffering from an illness they cannot see. Medical professionals think it is all in our heads because there are no tests for Fibromyalgia. Friends and relatives grow exhausted at plans that keep being rearranged due to fluctuating pain or fatigue levels "But you were fine… ## [A review: Portswood High Street and Chaiiwala.](https://samanthawaldren.blogspot.com/2026/08/a-review-portswood-high-street-and.html) _2026-08-01 · Samantha Waldren · Essentially Samantha_ Whenever I go to Portswood, it never fails to stop me in my tracks by how much litter is just everywhere. The bins are always overflowing. Portswood is neither inferior nor superior; it just is. Residents are more than a little ticked off with the protests from the far right and far left, and the police presence that goes with that. The traffic is always hectic when these protests take place, hard… ## [What freedom to walk feels like](https://samanthawaldren.blogspot.com/2026/07/what-freedom-to-walk-feels-like.html) _2026-07-31 · Samantha Waldren · Essentially Samantha_ Fruit is ripe, thick apple slice in the sky The moonlight shines out, cinnamon twist in the hand Toad grips and slides about, a sparrow a song Madness is never far, and never so wrong Make it make sense when I can Move your body about, a dance or a jive Spinning around treacle jumps on the inside A sliver a sprite, a bungee jump makes it right Freedom of air through my hair And when the wind… ## [A wheel by the river after opticians.](https://samanthawaldren.blogspot.com/2026/07/a-wheel-by-river-after-opticians.html) _2026-07-30 · Samantha Waldren · Essentially Samantha_ Barry and I took a wheel by the river today. I went to pick up my new glasses, as you can see. It was stressful getting on and off buses. I'm getting nauseous travelling backwards in the wheelchair space. It is a 45min journey into town on the bus. I send emails, text and read to pass the time. Things would be easier with a car. In other news, my son starts on an antidepressant tomorrow. I am… ## [Trade Bitcoin and Ethereum Today (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/0cn9lO8NbJmU) _2026-07-30 · **Sponsored**_ Buy, sell, and margin trade BTC and ETH with EUR, USD, CAD, GBP, or JPY. ## [Dynamic Disability ...what does that mean?](https://samanthawaldren.blogspot.com/2026/07/dynamic-disability-what-does-that-mean.html) _2026-07-30 · Samantha Waldren · Essentially Samantha_ Dynamic disability: A health condition where a person's symptoms, functional abilities, and energy levels change unpredictably. These fluctuations can shift from day to day or even within a single hour, meaning someone might use a mobility aid or need rest on one day and feel able to walk unassisted the next. The amount of suspicion someone with a dynamic disability faces is unreal. Even GPs who… ## [Christ.](https://samanthawaldren.blogspot.com/2026/07/christ.html) _2026-07-30 · Samantha Waldren · Essentially Samantha_ Christ He crawled up from the dirt One mother no shirt and he kept all along the stars were his song And by each passing time was no reason nor rhyme he carefully concocted the sum that lingered like voodoo plum so you can scratch where you are wrong For you to be his song So he kept on with digging No sense in his winning the layers were peeled back Nothing was called to his task the rosehips and… ## [Christ.](https://samanthawaldren.blogspot.com/2026/07/christ.html) _2026-07-30 · Samantha Waldren · Essentially Samantha_ Christ He crawled up from the dirt One mother no shirt and he kept all along the stars were his song And by each passing time was no reason nor rhyme he carefully concocted the sum that lingered like voodoo plum so you can scratch where you are wrong For you to be his song So he kept on with digging No sense in his winning the layers were peeled back Nothing was called to his task the rosehips and… ## [One Of The Biggest Mistakes I Ever Made Wasn’t Failure, It Was Trust](https://thisfibrochick.substack.com/p/one-of-the-biggest-mistakes-i-ever) _2026-07-28 · This Fibro Chick · This Fibro Chick_ This is why I took a break ## [Dear Stranger,](https://thisfibrochick.substack.com/p/dear-stranger-299) _2026-05-21 · This Fibro Chick · This Fibro Chick_ I disappeared for a little while. ## [I Didn’t Forget, My Brain Just Left](https://thisfibrochick.substack.com/p/i-didnt-forget-my-brain-just-left) _2026-03-23 · This Fibro Chick · This Fibro Chick_ I walked into the kitchen the other day and just stood there. ## [Dear Stranger,](https://thisfibrochick.substack.com/p/dear-stranger-8e5) _2026-03-07 · This Fibro Chick · This Fibro Chick_ Some Mornings Begin With Negotiation ## [Beyond the Checklist: Celebrating the Quiet Achievements of Chronic Illness](https://thisfibrochick.substack.com/p/beyond-the-checklist-celebrating) _2026-02-18 · This Fibro Chick · This Fibro Chick_ Chronic illness, invisible effort, and the quiet work of rebuilding ## [Part 2: Lifelong Illness, Culture, and What Actually Helps](https://thisfibrochick.substack.com/p/part-2-lifelong-illness-culture-and) _2026-02-11 · This Fibro Chick · This Fibro Chick_ In Part 1, I wrote about invisibility. ## [Part 1: Chronic Pain and Mental Health](https://thisfibrochick.substack.com/p/part-1-chronic-pain-and-mental-health) _2026-02-03 · This Fibro Chick · This Fibro Chick_ Chronic Pain, Mental Health, and Lifelong Illness: What We Still Get Wrong ## [Open directory of blogs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/BhlZbnJOp1c3) _2026-02-03 · **Sponsored**_ Drop URLs or OPML — get per-blog pages plus machine-readable JSON, OPML, text ## [The Invisible Work of Holding It Together](https://thisfibrochick.substack.com/p/the-invisible-work-of-holding-it) _2026-01-23 · This Fibro Chick · This Fibro Chick_ on chronic illness, exhaustion, and the days that don’t look hard but are ## [Little Joys I Cling To On The Hard Days](https://thisfibrochick.substack.com/p/little-joys-i-cling-to-on-the-hard) _2026-01-17 · This Fibro Chick · This Fibro Chick_ Chronic illness doesn’t usually show up in big, dramatic ways. ## [Fibro has now moved to Peacefully...](https://fibro.substack.com/p/why-this-substack-is-closing) _2024-11-28 · Robert Butler · Fibro_ ...please read this for more details