Many people will ask if there are mild forms of fibromyalgia, mainly because they are starting to see some of the symptoms of fibromyalgia, but they aren’t dealing with the severity of symptoms that is so often associated with it.
So, of course, it’s a logical question to ask. Are there more mild forms of it? Actually, no – fibromyalgia is fibromyalgia, no matter what it’s like. But there are a few things that could be making the symptoms a lot milder than it would be otherwise. Let’s take a closer look.
Medication And Other Treatment
This may sound like the most obvious thing that is related to feeling a milder form of fibromyalgia, but it’s absolutely true. If you have your medications under control and you’re able to deal with the pain effectively, then you’re going to feel like your symptoms have been reduced.
If it happens for an extended period of time, you may even wonder if it’s totally gone away. The medications that are coming out for fibromyalgia pain are always changing and, because of that, your doctor may try new things that end up helping you a lot.
Treatment options can also trick your mind into thinking that you’ve got a milder form of fibromyalgia. For example, if you’re getting physical therapy on a regular basis, you may start to notice that it’s a lot easier for you to move around, even if the weather changes would have, otherwise, rendered you immobile. This is, of course, a positive sign, but it doesn’t mean that your fibromyalgia is a completely different disorder, either.
Even though fibromyalgia cannot be cured, the pain can be more under control if you put the time and the effort into finding ways to do so. If your medication doesn’t seem to be helping, however, make sure that you take some time to talk to your doctor about other options. You deserve to be comfortable, and medication and treatment plans can be a huge step toward achieving that goal.
Changes in the Weather
The weather plays a huge role in your fibromyalgia pain, because it’s something that affects everything in our bodies. If it’s too cold outside, we’re going to feel stiff and we’re going to have a more difficult time moving around than you would have otherwise. If it’s humid, you may feel uncomfortable or feel like you can’t get your pain under control in a healthy manner.
Humidity can also cause some of your muscles to feel sticky, so that doesn’t help with the situation either. If it’s too hot, it can also make you feel really exhausted and unable to go through with daily activities of living.
So, why does this matter? Because when the weather changes, your body is going to feel better (or worse) depending on how severe the changes are, and it could fool you into thinking that your fibromyalgia is milder than it was previously. That being said, the weather could bring you relief as well, and so that’s always a nice thing to have, especially if you’ve been having a lot of pain as of recent. The weather changes could be a good or bad thing, depending on how you look at it.
Changes in the Stage of Fibromyalgia that You’re Experiencing
Even though there are not necessarily milder types of fibromyalgia that you’re dealing with, there are different stages that you could be going through. For example, there are periods of time where you may end up only feeling the pain in certain areas of your body. Maybe it’s a part of your back, or it’s in your leg. Either way, you feel the pain in a certain area and it’s not letting up.
This is usually referred to as “regional fibromyalgia.” This may spread into other areas of the body later on, but it’s a common starting point that many people deal with at some point during their fibromyalgia treatment.
Another stage that you may be going through is the stage where you really don’t have as severe of symptoms as you may have had otherwise. This is a stage that many people go back to, even if they have had fibromyalgia for years and years. The pain is reduced, or it may only happen once in a blue moon. This stage is where a lot of doctors will try to get their patients to, mainly because it offers a lot of relief from the daily pain that often accompanies the disorder. This can be achieved in a variety of ways, most of them involving treatment and other techniques that we talked about above.
Even though these two stages are the ones that may feel like they’re a bit milder than your standard fibromyalgia, these are still part of the process. As we previously mentioned, there is no cure for fibromyalgia at this point in time. The disorder is still there, and you may have difficulty from time to time. Keep this in mind – the good days are pretty fantastic, but as with any disorder, they aren’t going to be around forever.
You will, likely, switch around between the different stages of fibromyalgia throughout your entire life. The point is for you to keep the disorder under control as best you can, follow through with the treatment that is recommended to you by health care professionals, and keep moving forward, even when the days get rough from time to time.
So, as you can see, there are a lot of factors that play into how severe your fibromyalgia symptoms may be. Take a look at what’s going on in your life and in the world around you, and see what has been going on that may be affecting how severe your symptoms are. That way, you can know what you should change and adapt so that you can possibly ensure that you’re in less pain in the future. The more bearable the disease can be for you, the better.
Further reading:
http://forums.webmd.com/3/fibromyalgia-exchange/forum/25806/1
http://www.cfidsselfhelp.org/library/fibromyalgia-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-a-quick-overview
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