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  1. Forgetmenot

    So upset

    My little ones dad has told me he has very high cholesterol ,high bp and his dr is worried he maybe just drop down dead. He has smoke all his life he has drunk all his like.no one surprised here. But all he is worried about is his mother.he has never once ask how I feel.my first husband well...
  2. E

    Hello

    Hi all. I'm going to be honest from the get-go: I generally don't like this kind of thing. I'm not ashamed and I'm not a super private person (well to some extent, mostly because I find explaining fibro only illicits pity). But I'm at a loss and I want to get this off of my chest. I'm 32, male...
    • Empire
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    • Forum: Welcome new members
  3. C

    How to tell a toddler about fibro

    Hi, guys! My only niece is turning 4 soon and starting school. I usually see her for her birthday-- brave the city and drive down to visit with her. I was the nanny for the first 2 years of her life and even though she doesn't recognize other family members, she always recognizes me and comes...
  4. T

    Living Is Hell

    Hi So i had a fall at the start of january this year, and begin to get symptoms within the first month. By April i had a tentative diagnosis of fibromyalgia. My doctors horrible, and just keeps upping my meds. I feel irrational and angry most of the time. It seems like no one is listening to...
    • Tyger
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    • angry crying diagnosis doctors dying family fear fibro fog fibromyalgia food free ice learning meds nausea pain rest sensitivity sick symptoms therapy wanted
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Recently diagnosed
  5. M

    Noise/ suggestions.?

    My problem with noise is getting worse. I have had extra people here and TV crazy loud cause a family Member is deaf. I'm finding myself in bed exausted today, my brain has to recover. The good news is my company asked "that family member if he could find the mute button on the Controller, so I...
  6. V

    I had my first fibro-attributed clumsiness this morning....

    I have a Keurig because I'm the only one in my family who drinks coffee, so I can make it one cup at a time. I also have a re-usable K-cup because so. much. trash. Well, today I was making my coffee before a phone interview for a podcast, and when I was trying to twist the lid on the k-cup...
  7. P

    anyone have anemia plus fibro

    Was recently diagnosed as having anemia after routine blood work with my GP. I had been feeling even MORE fatigued and made of lead prior to that ... and thought maybe it was a fibro flare. He put me on iron pills right away, and said a colonscopy is needed to see if there's any intestinal...
    • PhillyFibro
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    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Chronic fatigue
  8. T

    I feel stupid , embarassed and alone with fibro

    I was recently diagnosed with FM back in March. This has been about a 3 year process and I'm still not convinced. Three years ago I started having some pain and discomfort in the front and back of neck. Soon after I started having back spasms and they would cause me to be on the couch for a day...
    • tripphm84
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    • age anxiety back balance chronic pain dad daily depression diagnosis exercise family leg lift neck neurologist pain quality of life rheumatologist spasms specialist stress stupid symptoms test work
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Recently diagnosed
  9. M

    Put back on Cymbalta. Help

    I let the Dr. I'm seeing now talk me into trying Cymbalta again, I told him at least 10 times I had a terrible time with Cymbalta, and that my family has told me they noticed a change in my personality. For 6 months he's been tapering me off of pain medication 5 mg perc, with tylenol. He...
    • moe1959
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    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Pharmaceuticals and pharmacology
  10. A

    Fibro and addiction

    So besides fibro, my sis has a gambling addiction. I don't f'n get it. She complains about pain all day and being exhausted blah blah blah m but when it comes to gambling all night, she's perfectly fine. She gambles the money that she doesn't have. She doesn't share with mortgage or bills at...
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