Fibromyalgia symptoms are somewhat elusive, because the levels of symptoms vary between patients. Doctors are still studying the condition to determine exactly what causes fibromyalgia and what can be done to cure it.

The main symptom of fibromyalgia is pain, and in the beginning it may be hard to tell if you are experiencing unusual pain or if you just strained a few muscles. Consider where your pain is located, many times the pain can be links to the early symptoms of fibromyalgia because th pain is located in the trigger points throughout the body-- focusing on the joints and specific points in your neck, shoulders, etc.

Fibromyalgia has other unusual symptoms too like feeling anxious or depressed, nasal congestion and post-nasal drip, irritated tongue or abnormal tastes, greater susceptibility to infections and allergies, numbness and tingling in the face, arms, hands, legs, or feet, and unusual sensitivity to certain odors, bright lights, and noise.

Fatigue affects a fibro sufferer in several ways. Yes, they become lethargic and don't feel like doing too much which is understandable but the spin-offs of fatigue go much deeper. One of the biggest effects is diminished quality of life.

Early symptoms of fibromyalgia can start as early as the teenage years, many years before the condition progresses to a debilitating point. Early on, many people find that they are constantly tired and have sore muscles, but they don't do anything to treat the symptoms until later on when the pain begins to intensify and become unbearable.

Excessively strenuous physical exertions may also cause the variation of the symptoms. This is because exercise has been proven to decrease the pain tolerance of people with fibromyalgia while increasing the tolerance levels of those without the disorder. This is because the individual experiencing this disorder is already under a lot of stress.

Another sign and symptom of fibromyalgia is pain in the muscles, ligaments, and tendons. This pain occurs throughout the body, and at times the pain will be focused on specific tender points and joints in the body. The levels and areas of pain may differ from day to day, sometimes fibromyalgia symptoms will be more intense than other days.

Migraine Headaches: If you often experience chronic headaches making you feel as if someone is pounding your head with a hammer, you can count that as one more step in the diagnosis of fibromyalgia.

Irritable bowel syndrome is another of the frequent signs; symptoms of fibromyalgia can include constipation, diarrhea, abdominal pain and gas, and acid reflux. Sometimes, a misdiagnosis can be made attributing the cause of the digestive problems to irritable bowel syndrome alone.

Migraines are continuous pain on one side of the head which leads to nausea and vomiting. The patient suffers from constant headaches which analgesics cannot relieve.

The symptoms can be aggravated by changes in the environment or weather, allergies, fluxing hormones, stress, anxiety and depression just to name a few things. With all the things that can affect a person with fibromyalgia it is easy to see why they could get depressed.

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