mental health

  1. SweetWithSour

    May is Mental Health Awareness Month

    I know I'm not alone having FM and mental health challenges together. I have been diagnosed and am being treated for Anxiety and Treatment Resistant Depression. I've tried many treatments to help my mental health the last 4+ years. This includes: therapy, over a dozen medications and...
  2. J

    Mental health week.and fibromyalgia

    Hi Sorry to be so morbid but I wondered if anyone has ever discuss this subject matter. Suicides and are so common. unfortunately,. If we are more predisposited to having mental health issues sometime in families. We are surely more likely to submit to Suicide tendencies. It's so...
  3. M

    Saying Hi

    Hi everyone Just wanted to introduce myself. I'm recently diagnosed (though suffered at least 3 yrs previously )43yr old Fibro mum who also has depression and anxiety and possible spondyloarthritis . Im a carer also for both my daughters with different diagnosis and my husband has aspergers...
    • my2angels
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    • Forum: Welcome new members
  4. vickythecat

    Inspirational Quotes

    Hi, Watching lots of videos on how to overcome hopelessness, dark thoughts, feeling of utter loneliness, I came upon this one task therapists and sufferers advise one to do. The task is simple - look online every day for inspirational quotes and write them down in your journal. And go back to...
    • vickythecat
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    • Forum: Tea time and pub
  5. vickythecat

    Lady Gaga reveals she suffers from fibromyalgia

    There are a number of celebrities who suffer from fibromyalgia (Morgan Freeman, Sinead O'Connor for example), so now Lady Gaga is added to the list. I also read that her documentary on her chronic pain struggles and mental health issues have been chronicled in a documentary which will air soon...
  6. VanGogh

    Metaphors, stories, lessons, teachers....

    My brain sometimes feels like it wants to explode! I want to get the thoughts and information out " there " but like a Twilight Zone story I often can not find " there ". On one of those political talk shows, I recently heard someone say: " there is no there, there " and I rolled on the floor...
    • VanGogh
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    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: General discussions about fibromyalgia
  7. vickythecat

    disability, benefits and feeling guilty

    Hi, I am not entitled to disability or any benefits in the country I currently live in, as fibromyalgia, CFS, nerve damage or my lifelong mental health issues (BPD, major depression, social anxiety, PTSD) are not considered 'enough' to be entitled. Sad, really really sad. I am very lucky that I...
    • vickythecat
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    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Moan, complain and vent
  8. M

    scared

    Hi there I have been getting treatment for my fibro for about 4 years now . im on 12mg hydromorphone long acting and just recently my dose of 4mg of dilidud has been dropped to 2mg a day. I also go to a pain clinic when needed and get a lidocine and ketamaine infusion when necessary. (sorry...
  9. M

    Fibro Fog, frustrating and psychiatrist issue

    I filed for SSD and they sent me to a psychiatrist because I have fibro fog. In this 20 minute visit, this person is supposed to determine my mental health and if I have "so called fibro-fog". I know it's very real, my neurologist and rheumotologist have both said I have it. Even without them...
    • MelCat
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    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Fibro fog
  10. B

    Hi, New Member Here

    Hi, this is my first time here. I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia my junior year in college right before I turned 20 I think. I'd been experiencing pain since high school but since I was always a dancer I always attributed it to pushing too hard in dance or being sore from practice. It wasn't...
    • brandib819
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    • Forum: Welcome new members
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