Archive for July, 2007

Fibromyalgia and Depression: The Chicken and Egg Dilemma

Saturday, July 14th, 2007

“Sometimes questions are more important than answers” , Nancy Willard. 

One of the major challenges that many people with FMS face is depression. The question that I pose here is which of the major daily struggles of living with fibromyalgia come first? Which of the ‘Gang of Four’ symptoms: pain, sleeplessness, fatigue or depression (the four most common plagues of fibromyalgia) first precipitates the vicious cycle ?

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