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    Coping with chronic fatigue/brain fog

    Sorry if this is a duplicate post, I'm on my phone and wasn't sure where to put it and can't tell if my first posted :shock: I'm 20 years old and was diagnosed with fibro when I was 12 after a period of intense headaches and fatigue and missing a year of school. Ive had a year or so at a time...
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    • adhd bed brain brain fog chronic chronic pain coping depression energy fatigue good headaches hearing helpful meds men narcolepsy pain rheumatologist school story symptoms work
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    • Forum: Chronic pain
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    Coping with the chronic fatigue/brain fog of fibro

    I'm 20 years old and was diagnosed with fibro when I was 12 after a period of intense headaches and fatigue and missing a year of school. Ive had a year or so at a time since then where my symptoms haven't been as bad, but since I was about 17 it's been pretty much constant. My rheumatologist...
    • Bsjohnson
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    • adhd bed brain brain fog chronic chronic pain coping depression energy fatigue good headaches hearing helpful meds men narcolepsy pain rheumatologist school story symptoms work
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Chronic fatigue
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    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?
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    Newly diagnosed-struggling

    Hi to all Very recently diagnosed with fibromyalgia and temporomandibular disorder, luckily got a quick and prompt diagnosis and started on treatment. Currently taking gabapentin, which am coping with but coming to terms with this illness is extremely difficult. My mood is extremely low to the...
    • Vickster29
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    • coping dementia depression diagnosis fatigue fibromyalgia gabapentin job kids men newly diagnosed pain sick specialist support treatment work working wrong
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Welcome new members
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    New member, 27 years after diagnosis, and struggling

    I'm so glad I found this site! I was diagnosed in 1989. At that meeting, the rheumatologist who gave me this diagnosis (I had absolutely no knowledge of fibro) said "Some people go on to live their lives, and others aren't able to ever get out of bed again." I decided I would belong to the...
    • JustMeInBC
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    • abdominal age back bed brain coping denial diagnosis energy exercise fibro fog gabapentin new member pain research rheumatologist surgery symptoms test working
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: General discussions about fibromyalgia
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    Newbie

    Hello, this is my first time posting....I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia in August of 2011 shortly after giving birth to my first child. Last year I was also diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis and currently I am 22 weeks pregnant with my second child and dealing with both these illnesses. Last...
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    New member 1st time post

    Hello, this is my first time posting....I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia in August of 2011 shortly after giving birth to my first child. Last year I was also diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis and currently I am 22 weeks pregnant with my second child and dealing with both these illnesses...
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    Travel

    I travel a lot with school and it seems that I have a lot of flares that are extremely painful and hard to deal with on these road trips and plane rides and I feel as though I would be better off cutting off each limb or body part where the pain is. Does anyone have this seem problem and/ or...
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    What is the best book on fibromyalgia?

    I would be interested to know what you feel is the best book(s) to read for someone who has been diagnosed with fibromyalgia. Need information on how to cope with this, how to not always be complaining,coping with doing things despite symptoms and flares. Thank you.
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    Phobias because of fibro

    Since i got fibro and struggled with all the new symptoms that seem to arrive year after year I have developed a fear of hospital superbugs and being around people who have severe contagious illnesses. It's kind of my mind just about coping /or sometimes not when i am very unwell already and...
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