Sleep

What a precious commodity to every human being. If you are well, lack of sleep can make you a little cranky. If you have fibromyalgia, lack of sleep, which most of us wrestle with daily, means the difference between having a reasonably normal day with pain and an out of this world, want to go to the hospital, will kill anyone who looks at you sideways, God aweful, head to toes, even your eyeballs hurt day of pain. No kidding, a nice checkout clerk could ask you, "How are you today?" and you could go all Rambo on her butt because you've been stupid enough to leave the house on a day when you haven't gotten enough sleep and you are in enough pain that running cute little chipmunks over with your car seems like a good idea. So, sleep in the life of someone with fibromyalgia is very important. If you are reading this as a family member of someone who has fibro, I'm just giving you fair warning. Unless the house is burning to the ground, don't wake up your loved one with something as petty as, "Mom, can I go to the mall with Cindy?" You might not like the response.