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    Applying for Disability

    I was diagnosed in 2011 with Fibromyalgia, and for the past two years I have been consistently treated for th condition. I was recently referred to a Neurologist, after other problems started manifesting themselves, and after receiving new, state-of-the-art testing, I was diagnosed with Moderate...
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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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    Can't Get Any Help

    Doc says I have "early" fibromyalgia. I need rest to help treat this but am having awful pain on upper arm and hip while sleeping on side. Other sleeping positions don't work for me. The exhaustion is so incredibly debilitating I can't function at all anymore and stunned I haven't had a heart...
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    Feeling worthless :-(

    I just need to vent somewhere where others actually understand what I'm going through. I've always been a hard working and over-achiever. I look back and see that there was a time when I was a wonderful mother. We baked together, cooked food from scratch, looked forward to preparing meals for...
    • treshayc
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    • back doctor exhausted family folding food free heart kids lift meals mri neck night pain sick vent venting working
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Moan, complain and vent
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    6 years of this.....

    Hi I'm going to try make this very short as its 1.30am here, most dates are very rough as I'm guessing. At 20 years old I had my first child via c/s. 5 months later my elbow joint were stiff, I had some blood tests done and showed some high inflammatory markers and my rhumtoid factor was a...
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    Red hot face and swollen ankles

    Still no diagnosis my GP thinks it is FM. Does anyone get a red hot face, hot thighs, general hot sweaty feeling. And or swollen ankles. 3 months ago I had a general sick feeling, very uncomfortable all over with swollen ankles and hands with a really heavy feeling on my chest and back making it...
    • LiLi
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    • back back pain blood pressure clinic comfortable diagnosis female heart leg pain medicine no diagnosis pain pressure sick story tests ultrasound weight work
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: General discussions about fibromyalgia
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    Stopping BCP and Stress Triggering a Flare?

    I have always suspected I may have fibromyalgia but in a mild form, never been diagnosed yet. I also have hashimotos but levels are controlled by Armour Thyroid. Anyway this last month I went off birth control and had some severe worry and stress I've had these pains that have moved around my...
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    New Here - Morika

    Hi everyone, My name is Morika and I am new here to this forum. It is Monday, Nov 30th and I have not been on any FM forums in over 15 years. I was diagnosed with FM in 1987. I am 53. I am having a most horrible day. One that actually made me reach out here in lieu of my normal habit of...
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    Newbie

    Hi, I am new to this forum. Have just "officially" been diagnosed with fibromyalgia or myofasical pain syndrome. I am from Saskatoon, SK. Just wondering if anyone knows of any support groups in Saskatoon. I'm currently taking Lyrica and low dose naltrexone. I have mainly upper body pain I back...
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    My FM

    In 1983 I was diagnosed with 'Mixed Connective Tissue Disorder'. I had some pain, but had extreme fatigue. IN 1990, at age 43, I had a 'flare up' and saw a rheumatologist who diagnosed FM. What a relief to finally have a definitive diagnosis! All these years I have had occasional flare-ups...
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