I've been having almost all symptoms of fybromyalgia (debilitating fatigue, abnormal sleep, bowel disturbances, memory problems, slowed information processing ability, dizziness, diminished attention span and anxiety and depressive symptoms) for almost a year now and have just a few days ago discovered that these are the symptoms of fybromyalgia. I don't really have the muscle pain except for a constant never-ending headache that gets pretty bad sometimes.

I discovered it because I had several thorough blood tests done and they pointed out an enormous lack of vitamin D, which, after some googling, I found out often correlates with fybromyalgia, which in turn seemed to match my symptoms for almost 100%

I'm taking prescribed vit. D supplements now (two ampules per week) and I've always had an extremely strict and healthy diet of whole grains, fruit and vegetables. (been taking the supplements for only a few weeks now)

I'm very happy to find that what I have has a name and that apparantly I'm not dying from some unknown disease or something. I'm also glad to have found this forum! Cool to see people support each other through this.

I have a few questions for you guys and girls:

1. Since a few days now, I've been experimenting with the effects of stress on my condition and while I'm a person with an enormous amount of responsibilities, I've chosen to give myself as much free time as possible to see what it does. The effects are astonishing, the symptoms are still there in full force but my mood is so much more pleasant while I usually feel very depressed. Does anyone else experience this? Are the effects of even the slightest stress so drastic on fybromyalgia?

2. It might be coincidence but ever since I started taking vitamin D supplements, the symptoms have gotten even worse, I vaguely read something about having to go through a harsh start when you start taking the supplements but in the end they work great? Any feedback?


Thanks a lot