I remember laying in bed with severe leg and foot pain as early as 8 years old. My Mother would tell me ' It's just growing pain'. When I became an adult, was no longer growing, and still had the pain, it was obvious that the pain I was experiencing was not 'just growing pain' but something much...
Hi Everyone. I hope you all are having a tolerable day. I don't know what to do anymore. I can barely function and sometimes am bedridden from the pain. I have been suicidal from the pain. I am wondering if this sounds like Fibromyalgia. I know that I can't be diagnosed online and am going to...
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I've been lurking on this forum for about 2 months now and finally decided to post! Here's my story:
I am a 40yo woman in very good physical condition. I played a full contact sport for about 6 years (ages 26-30ish) before quitting because I was in constant pain.
I want to stay...
just wanted to say hello to all the other members i dont know what to post yet but im a male 51 got diagnosed with fibromyalgia 7/2012 and im mostly in pain all the time :| but im getting treatment for the fibro at this time lyrica and pain meds bentyl for the ibs just been having alot of...
I am a 37 yr SAHM of 4 kids and have suffered fibro symptoms for the last 1 1/2yrs. I was lucky and had a Dr who recognized the symptoms I described and diagnosed me early on. I currently take 3 prescriptions although I am not sure why, because they don't help. I also have Non-alcoholic...
SALLIBEE.....I am new to this forum.
I feel ready to give up!
I have advanced osteoarthritis, Sjögren's syndrome, psoriasis and fibro.
I am mostly bedridden, and very lonely, althuogh I rarely want to see or talk with people because I cannot get out to see them. I am so sensitive to sun and...
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I was diagnosed with Fibro/CFS in Sept 2002 after a viral infection that lasted 3 months. I also found out I have had a genetic immune deficiency since birth. I am being treated by a pain specialist for chronic pain and a doctor who specializes in Fibro/CFS. Despite having good doctors...
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Hello everybody. My name is Andrew from Kenya which is in that huge continent called Africa. I am 41 years old and married with two children. My wife has been suffering with joint pains that doctors have been unable to diagnose. Recently my boss, who is a 77 year old lady, has been bedridden...
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I'm from South Carolina, am 62 yrs. old and am living with FM snd CFS. I was diagnosed with FM and CFS in 1991. For three years I was in a wheel chair/ bedridden. That was before the doctors really knew anything about or even accepted this as an illness.
I was blessed to find a...
Hi, I'm new here, but not new to fibromyalgia. I was first diagnosed in 2003. Things were relatively stable for a long time, with good days and bad days.
In the last couple of years, though, my symptoms are much worse. I don't have anything close to one of my old "good days" any more. The best...