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    New member and just want to take with people than understand fyermyalgia.

    Hi, I've been suffering from fibromyalgia for 6 years but it feels like a lifetime. The worst part about this is that your own family doesn't fully understand this illness or even care to understand. It's been to long and they just make me feel like a drag so I wish to contact people that...
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    • Forum: Welcome new members
  2. L

    Thank You

    I want to start out by saying thank you to all of you. I have been reading through this forum for a few days now and I can't tell you how thankful I am to have found you and how helpful this site has already been. Now for my story........ In late November I started with Severe debilitating...
    • Lorlynn
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    • Forum: Welcome new members
  3. R

    Fibromyalgia and exercise

    Exercise and activity allow patients to have control over FM and the amount of pain they feel. Exercise helps restores the bodies' neurochemical balance triggering a positive emotional state. It slows down the heart racing adrenaline stress and boosts pain fighting endorphins. Lack of exercise...
  4. P

    Do you think I should see a doctor about symptoms?

    Hello, I'm posting here because I would like to get thoughts as to whether or not I should get some of the symptoms I have checked out. I'd never heard of fibromyalgia before I started googling random pain. Thing is, I am a pretty anxious person and wonder if a lot of the symptoms I have...
    • Piplup
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    • activity anxiety back brain coping depressed depression diagnosis family family member feet fibromyalgia fingers food go away mri neurologist night pain problem sensitivity sleep symptoms symptoms? twitching worried
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: Do I have fibromyalgia?
  5. S

    I have Fibromyalgia,depression, and no family support

    I have Fibromyalgia since 2001.am 28 years old.I cant keep with doing my daily activity..poor and no family support I struggle enough in this life..I cant do any thing more am really fatique ..I cant go out of my bed .no one of my family believe that am ill ..all said am lier ..my mother...
  6. D

    New treatment on the horizon?

    I read a news article today that a possible new treatment for fibromyalgia passed phase 2 trials. The drug is called IMC-1. The trial had promising results on fibromyalgia patients. IMC-1 is designed to suppress the activity of herpes simplex virus 1 (the kind that causes cold sores). I hadn't...
  7. D

    Muscle wasting

    Has anyone experienced muscles turning flabby through inactivity. I am not over weight only 126 pounds but after a long period of inactivity due to pain and fatigue i am shocked by how saggy my inner knees thighs abs and bottom and upper arms are. You cant see it under clothes but i can feel...
  8. D

    Pain in upper body ribs spine shoulder blades arms

    Hi all you lovely people. I have so many questions lately. I have been in bed alot for several months on and off and i know i have been hunched up too much using a lap top etc propped up to drink watch TV sometimes. I have been in too much pain everywhere to think or care at the time about...
  9. L

    Kratom---Beware

    There has been some recent activity here about the benefits of kratom, specifically from one company and one new member. I have to speak up. Be aware that this is not approved by the FDA for human consumption. It is derived from a plant in Thailand where it is used as a substitute for opium...
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    • Forum: Alternative medicines and therapies
  10. R

    Would complete bed rest help flare?

    Hi. I'm experiencing a flare that has lasted several weeks. I've cut back my activity level, & being more strict about pacing. But even when I'm sitting, I'm working on projects, e.g. online Christmas shopping, family history research, editing, etc. If I blocked off an entire day of bed rest...
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