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  1. sleepygrumpydopey

    Just diagnosed, frustrated, and Humbled!

    Hi there, My journey: My mother had RA and used to tell me she was "crippled after I was born" and couldn't walk for weeks. I used to laugh at her silently and think she was being a little dramatic, couldn't believe that was true. After my daughter was born, I was 29, I have head to toe...
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    • Forum: Welcome new members
  2. T

    Feeling Helpless

    Hi everybody ! So recently I just got diagnosed with Fibromyalgia and low Vitamin D (which my dad also has) by my rheumatologist and im barely in my 20s which is utterly heartbreaking ;-;. It first started with when I developed this dull and elocurating back pain almost as if I had a needles on...
    • Tuba1Kenobi
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    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: General discussions about fibromyalgia
  3. A

    hesitant GP

    I have had the same GP for 8 years, and he's been hands down the best doc I've ever seen. In the past three years he's referred me to two different rheumatologists a year apart. They both said I had fm. I didn't like that one bit and stubbornly didn't follow up. Gotta love denial. I am now at a...
    • arcanekate
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    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Chronic pain
  4. J

    My Story: Was diagnosed today

    For as long as I can remember, pain has been part of my life. Maybe not as a young kid but as early as 18 years old I remember a 6 month episode of headaches and dizziness that no doctor (I saw about 9 or more), could explain. I was tested for things that I didn’t knew but I know they screened...
    • Josee51
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    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Recently diagnosed
  5. C

    becoming aggravated with co-worker who also has fibro.

    when I was diagnosed with fibro i didn't want every one at work to know about it, as there was someone that suffered from it and her symptoms caused her to miss quite a bit of work another lady who had it pretty much suffered in silence. there were a few people that made comments about the lady...
  6. A

    My story. Could this be fibromyalgia?

    I am a 24 year old mother of one. My health has recently gone from fair to poor in the past few years. Two years ago I joined an accelerated (and very expensive) RN program. I enjoyed it and couldn't wait to graduate but about 7 months prior to graduation I started having severe digestion...
    • Annmor1867
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    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Do I have fibromyalgia?
  7. H

    I was recently diagnosed with Fibromyalgia

    Hi Everyone, I am a life and health coach and was diagnosed with fibro about 4 weeks ago. I also have a full-time job and am on short term disability. My short term disability was suspended because I was told my fibro symptoms are all subjective and not objective. So now I am not getting...
    • healthactivist
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    • Forum: Welcome new members
  8. AugustGreig

    Gabapentin (Neurontin) as a treatment for FMS?

    Has anyone else ever had any experience using gabapentin to treat fibromyalgia? I had a friend who was prescribed this drug for pain associated with diabetes. Knowing that I suffered from insomnia and chronic pain, both from fibromyalgia and Scheuermann's Disease, she suggested that I try some...
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    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Pharmaceuticals and pharmacology
  9. J

    Feeling hopeless

    Hi I'm a newbie (to this forum not fibromyalgia) I'm a 34yr old mother of 3 and for 7yrs I've complained of fatigue and all over body pain. I was diagnosed about 8 months ago and have had every test done to finally get a answer to why at 34 I feel like a 90yr old woman. I was first prescribed...
    • Jden1122
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    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Chronic pain
  10. K

    Sharing Fibro Info

    Hi All, I wanted to share a few things with the forum that I hope will help even 1 person. This is truly a frustrating condition for patients and doctors with very little relief and no magic pill. First, a few things that have helped the pain, meds don't seem to work on me at least. Getting...
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