Finally accepting FM

Several years ago I was diagnosed with FM and chronic migraine. Somehow, I have managed to be in a kind of denial about the FM all this time. I've continued to hope that it will just sort of go away on it's own or that if I could ever get the migraines under control the FM would be better, too. At times when the pain was not so bad I would think maybe it's finally over and I'd do too much and then find myself unable to function at all. Then Id' feel guilty because I "caused" myself so much pain.
I know there is a connection to stress and thought that once my very stressful marriage ended  things would get better, but they haven't. Really, I think the stressful marriage was one of the truggers to start with and then my husband didn't "believe in" FM and accused me of using it to get out of doing things with and for him. That was partly because of the unpredictable nature of the pain...sometimes coming on for no apparent reason, feeling pretty decent one minute and then incapacitated the next.
I've only recently accepted the fact that FM is likely here to stay and that I will have to make permanent lifestyle changes...life at a slower pace will be better than no life at all.
So I've started looking around for information, direction to effective treatment, and the support of people who understand what I'm going through. And that led me here.
Already I've found some great information in the support group discussions.
Here's to looking forward to a brighter future.