Fighting #Fibromyalgia with #LifestyleChanges "The improvements have been so gradual over the years that sometimes I only notice them when I realize that something that was an issue or a difficulty for me a year ago is no longer an issue." #WhatIKnowIsReal soisfibromyalgiareal.com/my-story-keepi…

“Just as the negative things always snowball into a vicious circle (with #fibromyalgia), I find that so too do the positive things…snowball…but into a virtuous circle.” #Depression #WhatIKnowIsReal soisfibromyalgiareal.com/never-worked-s…

"DO different things work for different people? Is that just a blanket statement that applies to #fibromyalgia? I wonder if it depends on what you are trying for." #WhatIKnowIsReal soisfibromyalgiareal.com/different-thin…

#FibromyalgiaAwarenessMonth "But for myself I’m having a little private awareness moment too, and I hope you will too. Think of what you’ve lived through, and endured, and especially conquered and overcome. I sure am." #WhatIKnowIsReal soisfibromyalgiareal.com/fibromyalgia-a…

"For years I used to try to keep pushing myself and not stop at all each day because I knew if I stopped, exhaustion would take over and I wouldn’t get up again." #WhatIKnowIsReal soisfibromyalgiareal.com/im-sick-of-lim…

"So I USE MY FIBROMYALGIA. Why not? I use it as my reason to make myself do things I feel I should be doing anyways. So I let my fibromyalgia be my reason…that fuels my willpower…to continue to do all these healthy things…day after day" #WhatIKnowIsReal soisfibromyalgiareal.com/these-are-side…

"CHANGING WHAT WE THINK...It doesn’t depend on anything else but our self and our own power to think…and from what I can tell…this is a huge, huge power." #Fibromyalgia #WhatIKnowIsReal soisfibromyalgiareal.com/i-change-what-…

"And I’ve learned that sometimes, just making the choice is all that’s really necessary for me to be #positive.” #Fibromyalgia #WhatIKnowIsReal soisfibromyalgiareal.com/being-positive…

"I’ve noticed that a lot of life successes come from just consistently DOING the regular things that everyone knows are good to do, but many don’t do them (I wish I’d done them sooner with my sleep!)." #WhatIKnowIsReal soisfibromyalgiareal.com/i-cant-vouch-f…

"But I think there’s something to be said for having an optimistic ignorance of our SUPPOSED #fibromyalgia fate…in other words…#hope." #WhatIKnowIsReal soisfibromyalgiareal.com/ten-things-im-…

#Fibromyalgia "I couldn't wait for doctors...I can't wait for science. No disrespect intended to anyone...but I simply can’t wait. I can’t just wait...for someone else (to help me)...and I don’t think I need to!" #WhatIKnowIsReal soisfibromyalgiareal.com/i-cant-wait-fo…

#Fibromyalgia "…but, come on(!)…don’t I get to have a life too?!?" #WhatIKnowIsReal soisfibromyalgiareal.com/im-sick-of-lim…

"…have I overdone it…lost control…pushed too far…can I “get back”? This is my #fibromyalgia…at it’s worst…the “flare up” that everyone dreads…a really bad flare up." #WhatIKnowIsReal soisfibromyalgiareal.com/fighting-the-f…

"Throughout my whole adult life, pretty much, working out has been my medication of choice. I haven’t needed to read the literature on it, nor look up the science behind it…I can just tell what it does for me.” #Depression #WhatIKnowIsReal soisfibromyalgiareal.com/never-worked-s…

"This is my second book I’ve read by a foremost sleep expert and I’ve still not seen much credence to this belief that some people just can’t attain healthy #sleep as I’ve seen some with #fibromyalgia say.” #FixYourSleep #WhatIKnowIsReal soisfibromyalgiareal.com/the-sleep-solu…

#Fibromyalgia #Flares "Yes, there was a time...I would have given my right arm for a month to just lie down somewhere and sleep, but after seeing how this works now for over fifteen years, I’m not so sure that would be wise anymore." #WhatIKnowIsReal soisfibromyalgiareal.com/fighting-the-f…

"Yes, crawling up that pyramid and getting soundly bounced down it, over and over again, throughout two decades, yearly, monthly, weekly and especially daily, it has changed me. It has MADE me. I am a different person now." #Fibromyalgia #WhatIKnowIsReal soisfibromyalgiareal.com/fibromyalgiapy…

#FibroFog …"...annoying…the small day-to-day things...that my previous sharp memory ALWAYS knew…now, just gone…until someone mentions them again, often I remember, sometimes I still don't." #WhatIKnowIsReal soisfibromyalgiareal.com/fibro-fog-frus…

#Fibromyalgia ..."While at the beginning I was just trying to see if I could make SOME difference in how I felt… at some point, I’ve come to think that I am the ONLY one who actually CAN make a difference." #WhatIKnowIsReal soisfibromyalgiareal.com/i-cant-wait-fo…

“Do you get inspired by others? I mean, REALLY inspired…like you take it to heart...and change your life because of it?” #Fibromyalgia #WhatIKnowIsReal soisfibromyalgiareal.com/do-you-get-ins…