Fibromyalgia is a long-term condition that causes pain all over the body and extreme fatigue
A Scots woman suffering from fibromyalgia has set up a charity to help others also struggling with the condition after attempting to take her own life twice.
"However, if I wasn't working they'd be turned away and asked to return when I was on shift because many of the volunteers didn't understand the condition. She explained: "When everyone went back to work, I didn't have anything. I left the non-profit because I didn't receive the support for what I was struggling with and that didn't sit right with me.
"People will be tested for MS and various auto-immune conditions but when bloods come back clear is when they'll say it is fibromyalgia."
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