Fibromyalgia And Disability

The Physical And Mental Battles That Severe Fibromyalgia Causes Can Be Serious Enough To Require Disability Benefits.

Fibromyalgia has no known cause or cure, but the leading theories suggest that unprovoked pain messages sent throughout the body are not being intercepted before they reach the nerve endings. This causes a sensation of wide spread, and sometimes extreme, pain. The effects can be as simple as a once in a while nuisance to a daily battle that leaves the sufferer bed ridden. If severe enough, fibromyalgia can lead to the inability to leave the house to perform everyday functions, such as grocery shopping, driving a car or even walking out the front door to retrieve the morning paper. It can also keep a person from sleeping due to the pain and stiffness. Daily pain and the inability to remain active socially and physically can lead a person into a depression due to the constant battle.

The physical and mental suffering that a person with severe fibromyalgia endures is often enough to legally claim that the patient is disabled, is unable to work and can collect disability. Affected patients must try to prepare themselves for the future. Those with the condition do not always realize that the condition can worsen without warning and without an observable cause. Disability claims dealing with fibromyalgia are sometime ignored or rejected. This is due to the fact that not all insurers, believe that fibromyalgia is anything more than a curable psychologically caused condition.

This belief is also held by some doctors and some of the general public. They believe that the pain messages being sent throughout the body are able to be under the control of the person experiencing them. Other companies realize that fibromyalgia is not simply all in one's head and will grant the claim. A good lawyer is needed for a disability claim based solely on fibromyalgia. It needs to be understood that although not all patients with the condition require disability, this does not mean that none of them do. It must be explained that there are levels of severity of the illness and that it can easily lead to a strong case for disability benefits.