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  1. Devilstompa

    Doctors & Pain Meds

    What I don't understand and makes me very angry is when you have a doctors visit they want you to manage the pain & to be active but they are either against pain meds or wont prescribe them. How can you have a chronic pain condition and your doctor wont give you meds to help with the pain. There...
  2. Getemgirl

    Hyperbaric Chamber

    I just read that some research has been done at Tel Aviv University and Rice University and some other universities I can't remember. The CURE for fibromyalgia is hyperbaric chambers. The patients were treated for 90 minutes, 5 days per week for 2 months. Not symptom relief, but a cure...
  3. D

    Newbie from Florida!

    Hi! I'm so glad I came across this forum. I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia in 2008. The doctor who diagnosed me moved her practice so I had to change doctors. The new Dr I went to pretty much said that fibromyalgia was all in my head. I change Dr once again and this doctor has put me on...
  4. C

    new member

    Just wanted to say hello.. I found this group from my doctors webpage.. while I was waiting for his nurse to get on the line. I work from home, and am in so much pain sitting for hours , especially at evening shift, that I had applied for the Americans disability... to offset the hours I was...
  5. K

    Hello - ~20+ years of fibro, new here

    Hello, my name is Kat and I am from Texas. I am nearly 32 years old and cannot remember a life without some sort of daily pain or ache. I was first diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome when I was around 11 years old. The official fibromyalgia diagnosis came much later though the doctors said...
  6. T

    Fed-Up!

    Hi everyone! I'm a newbie and fellow fibromyalgia sufferer. To say I'm feeling fed up is an understatement lol. I used to be quite active, I've 3 dogs and various other 'fur babies' (plus a wife and 12yr old!). This 'illness' has reduced me to an old woman..I'm only 39! Before 'flare ups' only...
  7. S

    Help. Just moved here. Need a doctor

    . Diagnosed with FMS 01/1996 and CFS 08/1996. I was 36, in the prime of my career. It was not a gradual onset but sudden, one day fine, got the flu, apparently kicked it all off. I was in bed first two years while mainstream doctors worked to find medications that at least got me moving...
  8. E

    Living in pain with no help

    Hello my name is erin . i have fibromyalgia pain chronic pain from having many surgeries in the past few years arthritis in my low spine and have been un able to find doctors to help they say im to young! Im 33 i wasnt to young for the twelve sugeries i have had in recent years.:-x
  9. T

    Who can help treat fibro?

    Hello. I'm new to the forum. Just finally desperate enough to try to reach out for help. Here is some history (and sorry if I ramble or don't make sense, I'm having a bad day and feel like my brain isn't functioning at it's full capacity. Several years ago I started noticing unexplained...
  10. C

    New member 😊

    Hi, I'm just poking around the internet seeking answers. I've been dealing with chronic pain, mostly in my feet initially, but now my entire body. It's been going on for about 25 years but has been at its worst for the last 10 years. I have an array of symptoms including fatigue, a bruised...
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