There was someone on this site that posted an article from a doctor that spent his life's work on fibro. He said that fibro has eight stages. Each one progressively worse then the other. He claims that once you go down a stage, there is never going back to the stage you had before. It's such a long and detailed article, but in a nutshell he said to find a way to keep you in the stage you are and not let yourself get worse. I know, easier said then done but he gave suggestions in this article on how to try and accomplish this. But as you know, what works for one of us does not work for everyone.
I went on a personal mission to find my way of stopping my progression and so far so good.
Maybe the person that posted the article will read your question and repost.
I wish you the best!
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it does progress ... new symptoms pop up all of the time and we outgrow the drugs and we develop new pains on top of it all so to anyone saying its not progressive... i say Bollox lets see you f**king live with it ans see if it progresses....

Yes it does progress....it has for me -but as it does I find new ways to deal with the new symptoms..rest as much as needed and continue to be as active as possible...I am going to find a way to get into some warm water as I now struggle with getting out of my bathtub due to painful arms, hands and shoulders..new stuff...but a hot shower and washing dishes in hot water helps

When I was diagnosed I read everything I could about Fibro. All of the materials said it is not progressive, and having had this a long time, I know that I have spikes in pain and varied pain and exhaustion, but overall I don't think it has "progressed" The amount of pain relief you get from pain killers digresses, you need more and more to get the same result, so it's important to go without whenever you can and some people I know have suggested at least an annual cleansing by going off pain meds for 30 days..... I know that when I wake without pain, or don't feel too bad, I will try to make it a med free day...

Unfortunately I think it does get worse for some. I'm much more restricted in my activities than I was 3 years ago because of the pain and fatigue.