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Stuck in the fibromyalgia pain-sleep cycle? Here's how to break it

Fibromyalgia symptoms, including pain, can make restful sleep feel out of reach.

December 12, 2025
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Many people with chronic pain experience something called alpha-delta sleep, in which slow brain waves are disrupted by faster activity, says Ira Chang, MD, a neurologist at HCA HealthONE Swedish in Englewood, Colorado. “This sleep pattern is associated with a sense of non-restoration.”

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Published:
December 12, 2025
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