Symptom Invalidation’ in Clinically Uncertain Diagnoses Can Leave Lasting Mental Health Harms
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#ChronicallyIll #chronicillness #ChronicPain #Spoonie #hiddenillness #invisibleillness @chronicillness
@spoonies
#Fibromyalgia #Fibro #FMS #FM #POTS @pots #IBS @ibs #dysautonomia @dysautonomia #chronicpain @chronicpain @longcovid
#LongCovid @mecfs
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #PwME
Still bouncing back from this sucky #fibro flare-up. Found out I got ringworm lol, woof. Prob from the kitten. Nevertheless, here's more than #3GoodThings about yesterday.
I had acupuncture.
I played some Zelda.
I watched a good video about Lupe Fiasco.
I had a good conversation with my partner.
My partner has taken good care of me during this flare-up.
Yesterday was hard. This particular #fibro flare-up has been rough. Still, here's more than #3GoodThings about it.
Our kitten Theodore was ridiculously cuddly in the early morning.
I watched an amusing video about synthesizers.
My partner brought home groceries.
I had a good cry, and my partner comforted me.
I recorded a little guitar riff.
A study led by Prof. Oltra, who has previously worked on ME Research UK-funded projects, has identified that certain markers in the blood could differentiate ‘post-COVID-19 condition’ from those with 'ME/CFS', and those with fibromyalgia.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4o6g4zv
#MEcfs #CFS #LongCovid #Fibro @mecfs @longcovid @fibromyalgia
#chronic illness #autoimmune #chronically ill #chronic illness humor #chronic illness memes #autoimmunememes #chronicillnessmemes #chronicillnesshumor #fibro memes #fibromemes #fibromyalgia #spoonie #spoonie life #spoonie humor #spoonie memes #chronic illness life #autoimmune life
#dysautonomia #autonomic #pots #potsie
It’s my birthday, but I now view time by different measures
I crashed so this is belated, but for my birthday/Stonewall anniversary ask, I received over 40 pro-mask messages of people wearing N95 or similar respirators! I think there are even more, I lost count a few times. Thank you SO much to everyone who participated and helped take care of themselves and their communities.
https://www.illmarks.com/2025-6-28-its-my-birthday-but-i-now-view-time-by-different-measures/
"fibromyalgia & chronic fatigue [syndrome] emerged as the most significant predictors, suggesting that photoallodynia presence may be more pronounced in individuals with broader nociplastic phenotypes"
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1542012425000850
Image is from the Science for ME weekly update
@mecfs
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #PwME @fibromyalgia
#Fibromyalgia #Fibro #FMS #FM
NIH study:
"With increasing elapsed time from [SARS-CoV-2] infection, the neurological symptoms resemble those of fibromyalgia and ME/CFS"
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neurology/articles/10.3389/fneur.2025.1562084/abstract
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@longcovid
#LongCovid #PASC #PwLC @mecfs
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #PwME @fibromyalgia
#Fibromyalgia #Fibro #FMS #FM
Recap for Bateman Horne Center Support Group: Love Relationships and Illness May 20, 2025
https://batemanhornecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20250520-Support-Group-Recap.pdf
Hashtags:
#chronicillness #Spoonielife #chroniclife @mecfs
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #PwME @chronicillness
@spoonies
@disability @longcovid
#LongCovid #PASC @fibromyalgia
#Fibromyalgia #Fibro #FMS #FM #dysautonomia @dysautonomia #chronicpain @chronicpain #POTS @pots
Some low-energy products for washing one's hair
From: May 2025 Caregiver Call Summary
Links:
https://www.walgreens.com/store/c/walgreens-rinse-free-shampoo-cap/ID=prod6293401-product
Hashtags:
@chronicillness
@spoonies
@mecfs
#ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #PwME @longcovid
#LongCovid #PASC #PwLC #postcovid #postcovid19 #POTS @pots @fibromyalgia
#Fibromyalgia #Fibro #FMS
#chronicillness
#chroniclife
#Spoonielife
#ChronicIllnesses
#Spoonies
#Spoonie
#ChronicallyIll
Medscape (widely read by health professionals):
‘Symptom Invalidation’ in Clinically Uncertain Diagnoses Can Leave Lasting Mental Health Harms
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/symptom-invalidation-clinically-uncertain-diagnoses-can-2025a1000ewd
(may require free registration)
Thought this was good & interesting.
@chronicillness
@spoonies
#lupus @lupus #neisvoid
#chronicillness #hiddenillness #invisibleillness #ChronicIllnesses
#Spoonies #ChronicallyIll
#POTS @pots #IBS @ibs fibromyalgia@a.gup.pe
#Fibromyalgia #Fibro #FMS @longcovid #LongCovid @mecfs #MEcfs
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You know what the depressing/distressing thing about seeing your tweets flash past while @cyd migrates them to BlueSky?
That the care and treatment of #Fibromyalgia is no different in 2025 than it was in 2018. It's why I have days/weeks of just "Survival Mode", why I can't do what I want to, or get content or stories done when I hope to. Why doing literally everything - or nothing - hurts.
"Chronic" means 3 months+. I'm a couple of decades from it starting...
Going to the Doctor When You Have a Chronic Illness
Hashtags:
@longcovid
#LongCovid
#chronicillness #ChronicallyIll #hiddenillness
#invisibleillness @chronicillness
@spoonies
@fibromyalgia
#Fibromyalgia #Fibro #FMS #FM #IBS @ibs #PosturalOrthostaticTachycardiaSyndrome #POTS @pots @mecfs
#MEcfs
Postacute COVID-19 syndrome & fibromyalgia syndrome are associated with anti-satellite glial cell IgG serum autoantibodies but only fibromyalgia syndrome serum-IgG is pronociceptive
https://journals.lww.com/pain/fulltext/9900/postacute_covid_19_syndrome_and_fibromyalgia.893.aspx
Screenshot from Science for ME weekly update
@longcovid
#LongCovid #PASC #PwLC #postcovid #postcovid19 #LC #Covidlonghaulers #PostCovidSyndrome #longhaulers #COVIDBrain #NeuroPASC
@fibromyalgia
#Fibromyalgia #Fibro #FMS #FM #Fibrositis
From ME Research UK:
Symptom invalidation (also known as medical gaslighting) may lead to diagnostic delays for people with complex chronic illnesses like #MECFS finds a study published in the journal "American Psychological Association". Read more: https://bit.ly/451riym
#chronicillness #invisibleillness @chronicillness @spoonies #spoonies #spoonie @mecfs @fibromyalgia #fibromyalgia #fibro #longcovid @longcovid #hiddenillness @pots #pots
It's one of those nights again... My #AuDHD is "fighting" with my #Fibro again... If that makes sense...
My body is aching. My mind is wired and wants to do all the things that my body can't do right now. I feel so tired, but my brain isn't letting me relax. It's trying to push me into getting active. But, my brain is also giving me a headache. All I want to do is lay down, watch TV and doze a bit. But my brain keeps telling me that I am being lazy and I should keep going.
I just took one of the extra meds that I have, and hope that it can calm my mind. I will need to get some more of these before the surgery, so that I have a few extra, should I need them and not be able to just get them. I have a few left. And I am still grateful that the GP took me seriously and gave me a chance to try this out. It's not taking all the pressure off, but... It helps me to relax a bit better when I need it.
I know that some exercise usually helps me to feel better. But, trying to get exercises in when my brain is making my head hurt, it's never a good combination. So now, I hope that my pill will kick in, let me relax, calm my mind... And then I may be able to get some exercises going, to help me feel a bit better physically as well.
I did manage to pause the fitness subscription for the first 4 weeks after the surgery. I can add a max of 4 more weeks to that, if needed, and then my "freezes" are up for the year. But it should save me some euros when I can't use the fitness.
Let's put away the tablet and hope for the pill to do some magic for me... I already started one of my "feel good" series, so that usually helps a bit. Fingers crossed
Catch you all later folks! Thanks for hanging in there with me.
"Everyone should feel comfortable in their own skin"
Fibromyalgia: Hold my beer
From Chronic Living Therapy e-newsletter:
"Round up of articles spotted online in March/April 2025 that focus on the experiences of people with ‘psychologised’ or hard to diagnose health conditions."
https://chroniclivingtherapy.com/1-elsewhere-web/
@chronicillness
@spoonies @mecfs
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #PwME #PosturalOrthostaticTachycardiaSyndrome #POTS @pots #OI @longcovid
#LongCovid @fibromyalgia
#Fibromyalgia #Fibro #FMS #FM
#chronicillness #chroniclife #spoonie
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From Canada:
The gut microbiota promotes pain in fibromyalgia
https://www.cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896-6273(25)00252-1
"Transplanting gut microbiota from women with fibromyalgia into mice induces pain. It also induces immune activation, metabolomic changes, and reduced skin innervation"