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    Fibromyalgia and exercise

    Exercise and activity allow patients to have control over FM and the amount of pain they feel. Exercise helps restores the bodies' neurochemical balance triggering a positive emotional state. It slows down the heart racing adrenaline stress and boosts pain fighting endorphins. Lack of exercise...
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    Raising a Child Who Has Primary Juvenile Fibro?

    I am sharing my own experience with raising a child who has Primary Juvenile Fibro. Is anyone else raising a Fibro Child? What have you learned? What's working for you? My child has Primary Juvenile Fibromyalgia and ME/CFS. She beat a round with CRPS that still sort of tries to flare...
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    • Forum: General discussions about fibromyalgia
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    What worked for me

    Full disclosure. I have no financial ties to any products mentioned here, and no association other than being a member, with any websites that I may mention. If I mention them, it is only because I, as a mother of a child diagnosed with Fibromyalgia, CRPS and CFS/ME, have found them to be...
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    • Forum: Alternative medicines and therapies
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    Hi from Southern CA!

    Hi! Thanks for having me! I'm 56, married, mom of 6, grandma to 1, retired US Navy Corpsman. I'm originally from Minnesota. I work full time in a locked psychiatric facility and when I'm flaring, it's truly miserable trying to work. :cry: I also have a One Minute Business (Watkins) that I'm...
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    Constant unwanted advice and comments about Fibro

    Hi.Im new on here so hello to everyone. I'm not sure if this was the right place to post this but it seemed appropriate being the thread for venting. i have been speaking to a friend. My friends daughter is not at all sympathetic or understanding about Fibro and believes her friends Fibro is in...
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    • Forum: Moan, complain and vent
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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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    • Forum: General discussions about fibromyalgia
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    Heavy legs tip

    I read somewhere that you should elevate your legs 15 minutes a day. It takes pressure off your heart, giving it a much needed break. Anyway what I do is lie down and hold my legs straight up. Putts nag an exercise band over my feet helps hold them up. Also you can lie on floor next to door...
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    Fibro and/or chronic fatigue?

    Hi all - I've been away for too long! I keep forgetting about this wonderful community. Thank you, fibrofog! I am confused about the differences between fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue. 15 years ago I had an undiagnosed illness I now believe was Chronic Fatigue. 3 years of utter exhaustion and...
    • Cindykay
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    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Chronic fatigue
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    New member from North Europe

    Hello ! I am 40 years old woman from North Europe and I have no diagnosed fibromyalgia. Yet. About 5 years ago I was helthy woman with big(?) family, good job, lot of dance hobbies, dog... Busy life, but I loved it. I never saw the doctors, no need for that. First came stress, headache...
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    • Forum: Welcome new members
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    Fibro, Gitelmans, IBS, oh my!

    For my 21st birthday I didn't drink. I didn't go out. I sat on my couch the entire day because I was in so much pain. And I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia. On top of fibro, I have asthma, IBS, GERD, urticaria, and chronic migraines. After the fibro diagnosis I was diagnosed with a TMJ...
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    • Forum: Welcome new members
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