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  1. T

    New here and sad...

    Hi all, sorry to join up and then immediately post a negative, but I've been reading threads and the understanding and support you all give is amazing! Since my diagnosis, I have been coping ok, painkillers don't help me at all, so I have to just deal with my pain and other symptoms. Lately...
    • Teenytiny
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    • bipolar coping cry depressed depression diagnosis immediately kids sad sore support symptoms understanding
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Moan, complain and vent
  2. M

    After 30 years of Fibro, I am finally feeling Human again.

    This is my first post. I just have to tell someone how to get better. I was diagnosed back in 1991, when the term was relatively new. I managed to limp through work using FMLA until 2000 til I was almost ready to die.(2 of those years I was on leave for clinical depression) I did not start...
  3. A

    Motivational tips to continue physiotherapy for fibromyalgia

    Sup everyone. I'm personally not affected by fibromyalgia but my girlfriend is. She also suffers from occasional spondylitis. After consulting the doctor she's been advised to undergo physiotherapy. It started out well but her pain is so intolerable sometimes that she ends up weak and unable to...
  4. K

    New to forum. Fibro sucks.

    I am in my 40's. I was diagnosed a year and a half ago, after 5 years of misdiagnosis and doctors thinking i'm crazy. I had gone through extensive testing for Lyme, Lupus and MS. And doctors telling me I was depressed and that's why I felt the way I felt. I thought I WAS going crazy. My life was...
    • Keri
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    • age cure cymbalta depressed doctors drugs family flares flexeril free hearing ibuprofen lyme lyrica marijuana misdiagnosis new to forum pain second opinion sleep story testing tramadol understanding working
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Recently diagnosed
  5. cosmicbiscuit

    Road to proper diagnosis: I suspect it's fibromyalgia

    Hello to all forum members. I'm glad this community exists to help people that have been diagnosed and also the ones like me seeking for a proper diagnosis. Thanks for spending time trying to help others and sharing tips or just listening. I'll try to keep my case simple. I've had chronic...
    • cosmicbiscuit
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    • advice back bed burning chronic pain cry denial depressed diagnosis doctor family fatigue fibromyalgia frustrated good mistake neck pain relief sad sharing story symptoms treatment wanted
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Do I have fibromyalgia?
  6. F

    Years of suffering, could it be Fibro?

    I’m about to turn 25. I’ve been sick for 6 years now, going into the 7th year. I have seen tons of doctors, including specialists at Cleveland Clinic, and have had many tests done, but not one doctor has been able to diagnose me. A couple doctors have even said that it’s all in my head and told...
    • FreckledKat
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    • back clinic clothes depressed diagnose diagnosis exercise fatigue lift medicine mri muscle muscle pain neurologist quality of life seizures sleep sounds speech symptoms tests tingling ultrasound worried wrong
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Do I have fibromyalgia?
  7. S

    Dark Place

    Hello Everyone, I need a vent to people who understand what we go through. I've been flaring pretty much the last 3 months due to it being winter where I am. I feel like I am in such a dark place right now, like I'm trying to climb out of a big hole but I just can't get out and keep falling to...
  8. F

    Dr say brain fog is just depression

    The Dr. I've been seeing for the last year keeps insisting that my brain fog is just depression. She also says there is no reason for me not to be working. A little background I am a 46 yo female who has worked physical jobs most my life. I was working in construction when I was first told...
    • Firechicken
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    • age brain brain fog condition decline depressed depression disability female fibromyalgia jobs men money social security ssdi understanding wanted working
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: Fibro fog
  9. P

    Hi, I'm Peg and I have fibromyalgia

    Hello all, I've been posting on the forum a bit the past couple months, but thought I should make a proper (if very long-winded) introduction. Hi, I'm Peggy, and I have Fibromyalgia and Celiac Disease. I'm in my early thirties and live in Toronto. I work in publishing. I knit a lot. I have a...
    • Pegleg84
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    • back balance depressed diagnosis diet early fibromyalgia free ibs ice immediately introduction learning lyme medicine music pain peg planning questions stupid symptoms tests understanding work working wrong
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Welcome new members
  10. M

    scared

    Hi there I have been getting treatment for my fibro for about 4 years now . im on 12mg hydromorphone long acting and just recently my dose of 4mg of dilidud has been dropped to 2mg a day. I also go to a pain clinic when needed and get a lidocine and ketamaine infusion when necessary. (sorry...
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