Hi there! A bit of back story, symptoms started earlier this year (but the more I think about it I've had them for much longer just not as pronounced) and ice been to several different doctors. They've most recently mentioned fibromyalgia as a possibility. I recently started having pain in my...
Now, I know some of you will look at the subject of this post and laugh bitterly. Exercise! That must be nice. If you are in constant, debilitating pain there is probably not much you can do. So I don't want to make you feel bad.
But for people who are in a little bit better place, who have...
Ok, so I have had pain in my shoulders and upper back for 5+ years and knee pain and hip pain On and off for 10+ years. After my daughter was born due to my HELLP Syndrome in April 2013 I had unbearable fatigue for 9ish months. It's gotten better but it's always there. I also have brain fog that...
Hi everyone:)
I'm new to this forum but unfortunately I'm not new to fibromyalgia. I was diagnosed 2 years ago, suffered for 6 years in total but had a hard time being diagnosed.
I'm a mum to a teenage daughter and work full time, both are basically only made possible by taking my meds...
😃 Hi sweethearts, I tripped over your website {wow what a lucky break!} .I read some of your conversations b4 I joined , all of you sound positive even when you are having a difficult time, you enlighten my spirit and took my mind to better thoughts, THANK YOU. I have had FMS since 07/1997. I...
Hey everyone, I wanted to introduce myself. My name is Tom. I'm in my mid-thirties. I have been struggling for about four years with what I have since determined to be fibromyalgia. For me this manifests itself in pain throughout my back and neck, and also as tiredness and a lack of energy.
It...
Hi, Just wondering if anybody else craves ice cream during a "flare-up? When I'm hurting, I'm not satisfied until I get a bowl of ice cream! I am learning about Serotonin and Dopimine,and how our levels are too low. I figure that is when I want chocolate, to build the "feel good" chemicals back...
Hello fellow fibromyalgia people,
I am 27 and have recently been diagnosed. I have chronic headaches/migraines daily almog with muscle and joint pain. My body hurts so much all the time. I wake up with a headache and a super stiff body everyday. My dr has
Me on 60mg of cymbalta a day. I also...
Hello everyone this is my first post I was wandering if there is anyone else who is so sensitive to medications taking them actually makes me so much worse more pain and extreme fatigue and now iam getting severe anxiety which I have never had before I really don't like it I've had fibromyalgia...
I find that my level of fatigue is closely correlated with headache intensity. When I had terrible fatigue I usually have a headache to go with it. Where as when my fatigue is only mild I never get a headache. Does anyone else notice a similar connection?