Using our brain worses our symptoms article says.

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Our fibromyalgia symptoms get worse.

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Mild Mental Challenges Lead to Worse FM Symptoms

Ever get the impression that using your brain to think causes your

fibromyalgia (FM) pain to get worse? Perhaps you might also find that

even mild mental challenges leave you feeling tense and fatigued.

Rest assured, this is no fluke. Research shows that using your brain

does make your FM symptoms worse, and studies to pinpoint the reason

for this phenomenon are ongoing.

Two years ago, Kristian B. Nilsen, M.D., Ph.D., of Norway, reported

that FM patients do experience increased pain, fatigue, and tension

levels after performing a one-hour computer-based test (see April

2006 Journal).1 With the aid of surface-electromyographic (S-EMG)

probes placed on several muscles, Nilsen showed that the aggravation

of FM symptoms were not caused by increasing muscle activity or

tensing up one's muscles during a mental stress test. He has since

conducted two more studies to better understand why FM symptoms

worsen during an easy mental challenge a 10-year old could breeze

through.