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    Vent vent vent

    Today is my day off and I have done nothing but sit in my recliner the biggest part of the day. My feet hurt so bad that I just did not want to get up and walk on them. Just sitting here they hurt at the level of about seven and a half or 8 I just don't understand what this is all about or how...
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    Recently Diagnosed- So Many Questions!

    Hi all! I was recently diagnosed with Fibromyalgia 2 weeks ago, although I've had symptoms for the last 3 years. I'm 22, and wonder if treatment options are different if you're younger? My GP has started me on Cymbalta (very low dose, 20mg set to increase to 40mg in the next couple of days), and...
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    • Forum: Recently diagnosed
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    Apparently it never gets better. You just learn to deal with it.

    I don't even know where to start. The pain is life (as I knew it) ending. The process of elimination is all consuming. The explanation to everyone you care about is like explaining the Big Bang to Evangelists. The medication is never ending, more pills, higher doses, weider effects and changes...
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    • Replies: 28
    • Forum: Recently diagnosed
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    Approved for SSD - Tips and info if you are looking to apply in the U.S.

    It has been a while since I have been on this forum. I have a few friends that I have become acquainted with that are disabled and wanting to apply for disability. I thought about it and figured I would share with all of you that may be in the same boat. I am 51 and had to stop working at 49. I...
    • terbaer
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    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: General discussions about fibromyalgia
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    15 years since diagnosis

    I began having insomnia, headaches, diffuse body-wide pain and cognitive problems back in early 2000. By June of that year, I could only work a few hours per week at my senior analyst position at Siemens Power Corp, Nuclear Div. At year's end, with no diagnosis and unable to really perform my...
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    • Forum: Welcome new members
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    What is the best book on fibromyalgia?

    I would be interested to know what you feel is the best book(s) to read for someone who has been diagnosed with fibromyalgia. Need information on how to cope with this, how to not always be complaining,coping with doing things despite symptoms and flares. Thank you.
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    ruined life please help , is it really fibromyalgia?

    Since my childhood,I use to suffer from chronic head heaviness and fatigue which used to get worse after school ,in addition to occasional migraine like headaches.When i got 16 , the heaviness in head and fatigue intensified suddenly and my life got hell from being manageable and negligible...
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    • abdominal chronic fatigue feet fibromyalgia good headaches heaviness information migraine nausea pain please help relief school sleep symptoms
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Do I have fibromyalgia?
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    Life-long Effects from Fibro

    I have been doing a lot of research lately on this dz, and after digging and digging, I found some information on loss of gray matter. They equated the loss of gray matter in the brain to that of Alzheimer's. Unsure as to the exact reason, but potentially from always being in a chronic pain...
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    Diagnosed and Confused

    Hi. My Name is Dalisay Nunez 36, I was diagnosed way back August of 2013 after having muscle weakness and chronic legs and arm pain. I've been in and out of the hospital, new doctors for every new complain i have with my body before i was diagnosed. I have been checked by a lot of Doctors and I...
    • donna1218
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    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Welcome new members
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    Disability

    Has anyone on here file for disability? I did,I also have anxiety attacks pretty much regularly depression meds aren't helping so I assume they think they are I have costrocondritis linked to anxiety and fibro and PTSD. I got denied saying evedince proves I can stand and sit and walk..... The...
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