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    Pain...

    Hello everyone I'm new. I was diagnosed with fibro a few years ago but have been sick for over 10 yrs I'm 37. How bad do your pain get? The second I wake up I start crying and screaming. The meds help a little but I'm terrified that the pain is getting worse and the pain meds won't cover it. It...
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    Could this be fibro?

    Hello everyone, I'm a 24 year old female from Canada. I've been experiencing pain and fatigue for some time and I've started wondering if I might have fibro... I have been diagnosed with hip bursitis about a year ago. I've been having chronic hip pain for years, anti-inflammatories don't help...
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    Hair loss: cicatricial alopecia and fibromyalgia

    I wanted to add this comment Oman older thread about hair loss and it was closed.. I was diagnosed with cicatricial alopecia ( aka scarring alopecia) 3 years ago no was diagnosed with fibro a few months ago. Since then I became involved in CARF , an organization that helps fund research and...
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    jobs

    So, haven't been here for awhile, life just plugged along. Have had some more physical issues develop. Beento doctors, same old stuff . now Iam going to lose my job, can not accommodate me or help me. 64 and will have to sell my home everything and go somewhere. No disability here, in Canada...
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    Hi from Canada!

    New to this site. Just diagnosed with fibro. Waited a year to see a rheumatologist he said nope you don't have RA or Lupus you have fibromyalgia and OA I will write a letter to your gp. That's it. Ok gee thanks for the diagnosis and treatment plan. I'm sure you all see my sarcasm. Lol. So I...
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    Is there anyone B.C. Canada

    Hi , I am new hurt my arm a year ago at work . My insurance company sent me back to work . I was told by my Physo that the pain and being tired all the time would stop . Been back to work for a month . Still in constant pain and tired all the time along with numbness in my hands . Do you think...
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    Need to Vent

    This is long and I'm very sorry, but I have so much pent up anger. :( Hello. I have lurked here a few times but I finally registered just the other day. I did not plan on ever posting, but I'm at my wit's end and I need a place to express how frustrated I am. :( I live in BC, Canada. I have...
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    Newbie here-how do you tell what is flaring?

    I have FM just like my mother did. I have many skin/food allergies and I am very hypersensitive. I have been taking gabapentin since 2012 for nerve problems that started after my hall bladder was removed. Right after that the arthritis in my back and neck got much worse and I started having...
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    New to forum - help please

    Hi everyone, I developed fibro gradually from 2009 - 2012. In the fall of 2012 I got it under control effectively by seeing a great massage therapist in the Vancouver (Canada) area. Recently I moved to the Seattle area and A: have a new (worse) bed, and B: am having trouble finding a good...
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    New to the Forums

    Hello I am Pollen. I was diagnosed late last year with Fibromyalgia although I have been suffering for quite some time. I had to stop working in 2010 and at the time we didn't know what exactly the problem was but now we know! I tried Cymbalta but was very anxious on it and had paranoid...
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