New look... Welcome to the new FedUpwithFatigue.com! Earlier this week, I launched a newly designed website. The web designer and I are still working out a few kinks, so please bear with us as we make the transition! A lot has changed in my life since I launched FedUpwithFatigue.com back in

1. Functioning Tired: 7 important things you need to do when your doctor doesn’t believe you From the article: "This doctor kept dismissing me when I brought up the chest pain. After the third time bringing it up to her, I finally broke down in tears. Despite my telling her that I had been to

1. Health Rising: Are intranasal drugs the future for ME/CFS and fibromyalgia? Administering drugs intranasally could be one way to bypass the blood/brain barrier and calm the inflammation found in the brains of those with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome. 2. Dr. Daniel

1. HealthRising.org: The hunt for better drugs for fibromyalgia From the article: "The authors really lay it on when they state that despite all the progress made in understanding the neuroscience of pain, 'we are yet at the beginning' with [fibromyalgia]. 'Much greater insights will be

1. Yahoo Life: What you need to know about medical PTSD if you're chronically ill From the article: "It often takes years to get a chronic disease diagnosis – sometimes an entire lifetime. Women especially have their symptoms dismissed as anxiety and depression and pain labeled psychosomatic

(This post contains affiliate links.) 1. Health Rising: Could hydrogen rich water help with ME/CFS and/or fibromyalgia? The Friedberg pilot study begins From the article: "Hydrogen, it turns out, is a potent antioxidant – meaning it appears to be quite good at sopping up some of those free

1. EMPR.com: Cymbalta approved for pediatric patients with fibromyalgia Attention parents who have children with fibromyalgia: I am posting this article with reservations. I know Cymbalta has helped a lot of people over the years, so I don't want to come across like I am demonizing any drug.

1. Pain News Network: CDC seeking comment from pain ‘stakeholders’ From the article: "In a notice published last week in the Federal Register, the CDC said it wants to 'obtain comment concerning perspectives on and experiences with pain and pain management, including but not limited to the

1. President Trump discusses Lyme disease (YouTube video) Earlier this week, chronic Lyme became a brief topic of discussion during a meeting between President Donald Trump and survivors of the coronavirus. While the president made several inaccurate statements during his exchange with