Sometimes, yes, especially when it flares. It's not doing great right now because weather changes and issues with outdoor allergies never help it.

Probably it's partly fibro & partly everything else. I try to ignore the pain as long as I can; I actually have a very high pain threshold. I was in terrible pain with labor & contractions, 6 cm dilated when we got to the hospital, and H said he thought I wasn't that far along or even in labor and hardly hurt because I was so stoic about telling him when I was in pain, but YES it hurt HORRIBLY and I yelled at the couple on the elevator who said, "Looks like somebody's going to have a baby soon." They were just trying to be nice, but by that point, I'd been in 1abor over 10 hours, H had believed it was no big deal, and nice was just gone.

The fibro pain is always there, just much worse some days, and some days I'm stronger, can manage to give it less attention or priority and I'm not sure why.

The brain fog associated with fibro is another matter. When that comes on, I can't ignore it, can hardly think around that too.

I wish I could use the crockpot more for meals. H is not a fan of crockpot meals. He says the meals all taste similar?! I did say I have 2 picky eaters, and as picky as my daughter is, I'd say H is the pickiest. If only he did the meal planning...but then, he'd choose recipes requiring concentration on multiple things at once and taking ages to cook.