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  1. S

    I don't know who's crazy

    I just had an appointment with an internist, someone supposedly "more experienced" than the doctors I've been seeing at my local clinic. I just brought up the possibility that I could have mitochondrial toxicity from a study drug I had been receiving. She got nasty, belligerent and said "There...
  2. T

    Here we go again

    I am sitting at my computer getting ready to compose yet another letter to my attorney as to what my conditions are, what my doctors are saying about them and how I feel they prevent me from working. This has got to be the 10th letter I have written on this same subject this year. I am getting...
  3. V

    Introduction - new to forum and diagosed

    I wanted to say hello and introduce myself. I'm 50 years old and have suffered for many years never knowing what was wrong with me and all my mysterious pain. After the long process of working through and finding the right doctors sympathetic to my suffering, despite nearly perfect blood work...
    • Valerie
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    • doctors early introduction new to forum newbie pain rheumatologist scared test wanted working wrong
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Welcome new members
  4. U

    Fibromyalgia Feeling Like Arthritis?

    Hey everyone, After five long years of trying to get doctors to take me seriously, lots of blood tests to rule out other possibilities, and visits to a good rheumatologist (finally!), I've officially been diagnosed with fibromyalgia. I do have what seems to be the "normal" fibro...
  5. T

    Another disappointment

    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...
  6. C

    I need to talk to people that understand me

    Hi Everyone. I'm new. I guess I have fibro. I feel terrible and I don't know what to do. I'm very tired and weak. My family doesn't understand y I'm not doing everything I used to. Most of the time they look at me like they think I'm lazy. My husband gets upset if I stay in bed to long. I'm 45...
    • Chasechaser
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    • bed cry diagnose doctors energy family job medicine pressure rheumatologist symptoms tiredness wrong
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Welcome new members
  7. R

    Not a death sentence

    Some patients when diagnosed with fibromyalgia go into panic mode and become depressed. This stress is one of the dynamics that accelerates FM. Doctors should give pretest counselling especially to teenage patients who look at it like a death sentence. Post test counselling is also required. The...
  8. T

    fatigue

    Hi, I'm a new member and so glad I found you. my therapist suggested I try to find a support group. Along with the constant pain...I've apparently been in a flair up since being diagnosed..I experience "hitting the wall" fatigue. The first step was to do a sleep study and they found my oxygen...
    • tutham
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    • book complain doctors falling fatigue flu good meds nausea new member night pain sick sleep support symptoms
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Welcome new members
  9. P

    Should I be scared?

    Recently I suspected that I had RA like my father did during his life. But after seeing a specialist in the field I found that no I didn't have RA I had OA in more than one joint and Fibromyalgia in mild form. Now some would think that is a better diagnosis but I found myself scared by the one...
    • pafjljh
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    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Recently diagnosed
  10. K

    New member and just want to take with people than understand fyermyalgia.

    Hi, I've been suffering from fibromyalgia for 6 years but it feels like a lifetime. The worst part about this is that your own family doesn't fully understand this illness or even care to understand. It's been to long and they just make me feel like a drag so I wish to contact people that...
    • Karr888
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    • activity back children daily doctors family fibromyalgia new member seizures
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Welcome new members
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