Fibromyalgia plot bunny

[4thejourney.livejournal.com]

I've been having this urge now for a while to read a fic where Sam suffers from fibromyalgia (I know it's more common in women but it can also affect men), so I decided to try posting this here.   I would like it to be gen.   Comforting and helpful big brother Dean who maybe has to remind Sam to take care of himself sometimes is also awesome.  That's it, I'm not too particular in details other than those (it could be cool if John was in the story as well but that isn't a must).  Any takers? I'd be ever so grateful. :-D

Edit:     I decided to add this comment for a little more info, as I'd actually thought of this possibility but failed to mention it in my post: "Fibromyalgia affects different people to varying degrees, but I don't think Sam could deal with a lot of the aspects of hunting, all the extreme physical aspects of it.
I can't see John handling the news well, if they finally got a correct diagnosis, or Dean, actually, because I'd think it would really get in the way of hunting. Still, it would be a good subject for someone to tackle, rather than the more common hurt/comfort scenarios." 

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[shadowc44.livejournal.com]

Friend away! I'll friend you back.

I'm thinking I might try to write something for this challenge, though it might take me a while. I haven't finished a story in ages, mainly because of a lot of real-life commitments and worries, plus having fibromyalgia myself. I've had a diagnosis for a couple of decades now, but I'm still learning more about it and trying to figure out what works for me.

Just did some research in a book I just got on the subject, and it looks like elementary school-age kids can get fm, so maybe Sam could get it early and not have it diagnosed until Jess insists. Hm, maybe she knows someone, or has a family member with it, so she might at least suspect what it could be.

[greeneyes-fan.livejournal.com]

I want to write this prompt, too. I have a slightly different idea about how it happened to him, but that's ok.

Yes, it can start at any age. Juvenile fibromyalgia is sometimes confused with growing pains, but it is typically LESS severe during growth spurts, because growth hormone is good for muscles. I was 18 when mine started.

[4thejourney.livejournal.com]

You can both write one, if you want. :-D That would be AWESOME! XD

[shadowc44.livejournal.com]

I don't know how old I was when it started, but I had some other major health issues since early childhood, requiring numerous hospitalizations, so it's hard to say. It was finally diagnosed when I was in my mid-20s, and they were trying to figure out why the repetitive pain I had in my wrists was NOT carpal tunnel, which is so clearly should have been. Because what else is there? Sigh. Turns out all the other random pain I had various places in my body were related, imagine that!

[greeneyes-fan.livejournal.com]

Heh. Mine started in my arms too. Rather abruptly, and I'd been VERY healthy as a child. I was diagnosed at 20.

[shadowc44.livejournal.com]

It's amazing, though, how so many doctors still don't seem to know what it is or believe in it. I can understand why the average person might not have heard much about it, but I'm beginning to think the condition is more widespread than we realize. I guess it's because so many of the symptoms are the same as other conditions. But some people feel like you can't have more than one thing wrong with you at a time, like if you have pain in your neck, you can't have it in your ankle or elbow at the same time, so it's very hard to explain.