Cognition II: Cortisol, Fibromyalgia, ME/CFS … and Functional Cognition Disorder (?)
Right on the heels of a study showing that people with fibromyalgia have trouble focusing or paying attention comes another study linking cognitive problems to a balky stress response. Say What? Attention Deficits Highlight Why Fibromyalgia (and ME/CFS) Are Such...
Cognition I: Say What? Attention Deficits Highlight Why Fibromyalgia (and ME/CFS) Are Such Different Diseases
How fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome and allied diseases are so different from diseases like rheumatoid arthritis Fibro-fog, brain-fog, chemo-fog… It can get pretty dim out there if you have fibromyalgia (FM), chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and environmental...
The Tie That Binds? BDNF, Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), Neuroinflammation and Exercise
The increased BDNF levels in chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia could be the link between exercise, neuroinflammation and pain in these diseases.
How Nucynta – an Opioid Drug – Told Us Something About the Small Fiber Neuropathy in Fibromyalgia
Nucynta, an opioid drug, was effective in reducing pain in fibromyalgia patients without small fiber neuropathy but was not effective in do so in FM patients with SFN.
The Sleep Issues in Fibromyalgia: an Overview – Pt. 3 of Health Rising’s Sleep Series
Poor sleep results in increased pain, fibro-fog, a fear response, immune problems, etc. Check out what we've learned about sleep and fibromyalgia- what problems are present and what may be causing them.StudyME
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