Firstly, thank you to the people who run this forums.
I was diagnosed with FM last may after an appointment at the hospital outpatient.
Some past history...
In June 2012 i had a spinal operation on my neck, i had 2 collapsed discs so had C5/C6/C7 fusion. Before this i had been suffering from...
Over the past month I've added some vitamins/supplements sporadically; not daily, but on a fairly regular basis. I'm going to outline what I've taken, and what I've seen improvements in.
Q-nol CoQ10 - 1-2x per week
Solgar B-50 complex - 1x per week
store brand Vitamin D3 1,000mg - apprx. 3-4x...
It's a lovely summers day here in the UK.
I am at a complete loss as to how to fight this illness anymore. The last year has been so awful....burning pain, deep aching, stabbing pains muscle weakness head to toe almost everyday.....not an inch of me spared.
I've also got interstitial...
I almost cannot function without an afternoon nap, around 2pm, but potentially as late as 4pm. I know many people have taken afternoon naps, and it's even more prominent in some Mediterranean cultures. But in the UK it's virtually unheard of for someone in their 20's to require a daily mid...
I was diagnosed as "probably" having Fibromyalgia last October when i mentioned my aches and pains and anxiety and IBS to my doctor. He, however has no real experience with treating fibro so I've been trying to wing it on my own.
My symptoms now are:
overall fatigue
joint pain unrelieved by...
God, I want to die. The pain in my arms is so bad. At first it was just the left arm, the one I had surgery on now it's both arms. The pain is the exact same type of pain in both arms. It feels like my upper arms are being squeezed in a vice and where my arm goes into my body feels like it is...
I have not been on for a while... I ended up reading some of my older threads. Seems I usually started a thread when I was very very depressed. This is usually where I wrote. Reading the responses to my threads now verses then is incredible. I did read them back then but I did not actually...
My cousin was diagnosed with fibromyalgia about 3 years ago, whilst I developed trimethylaminuria (TMAU) symptoms. I was living with her parents when my symptoms occurred. Since her mother doesn't have a modern knowledge at preserving food, I have found something common in between us -...
I received a letter from my attorney today and at first I was so excited I could hardly contain myself.
You see I have been waiting for a hearing before an ALJ regarding my disability. My attorney told me the hearing will probably be in June and that I should receive a letter from him within 30...
Many people are leading disoriented lives because they have become jaded and lost touch with what makes their lives tick. For someone living with FM, life is a daily struggle sometimes against a host of discomforts. It is easy to get lost in the maze and despair might set in. The remedy? Looking...