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Do you know anyone with fibromyalgia? And is it really so bad to where a person is totally disabled?

Or is it tolerable enough to at least be able to work part-time? .. my friend's girlfriend claims she cannot work because she has fibromyalgia and doesn't feel good most days. We all got into an argument today because I strongly feel she should put in a little effort and at least work a couple of days a week to help out with bills and everything else. The only thing he gets his disability and that's nothing. I think he receives around 850.00 a month. Once he gets paid at the 1st of the month, they are out of money for the next 3 weeks after. She used to work and suddenly stopped out of fear of covid last year. They have both been vaccinated but now her excuse is that she doesn't feel good. I can't believe she just sits there and does nothing and allows them to struggle every single month

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reflectingmonkey · 51-55, M

I knew a girl who was diagnosed with fibromyalgia, I kept telling her that all her symptoms look a lot like extreme magnesium deficiency. after a long time of suffering and taking medication that didn't work she finally got her magnesium levels checked and she was extremely low. she started taking magnesium and her symptoms pretty much disappeared. I cannot generalize based on one case but I suspect that "fibromyalgia" is the name given to a group of symptom that develop in certain people because of magnesium deficiency and that certain people with high levels of stress are more prone to it because stress affects the way the body processes magnesium. exercise, a proper diet , avoiding sugar and caffeine, taking magnesium and lowering stress is the way to go because properly managed a person can totally be active and have fibromyalgia. my friend became a yoga teacher.

CrazyMusicLover · 31-35

@reflectingmonkey Low magnesium can make a lot of mess. The worst is that even if you might be deficient it won't always show in tests because intracellular magnesium is not tested.