neuropathy

  1. S

    Fibromyalgia - a thief in the night

    Fibromyalgia has stolen my life. I have lost my ability to work, then my home and my car during bankruptcy and now my ability to live alone so I sleep in my sisters dining room. In addition to Fibro, I also have Hidradenitis Suppurativa, Extreme Hypothyroidism (thanks to the graves disease...
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    • Forum: General discussions about fibromyalgia
  2. S

    Hello - new today

    Hello, I've just joined this site and I'm very excited about being able to talk to people who can empathise rather than sympathise. I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia/CFS/Neuropathy in my legs from my feet to my hips and in my arms from my fingertips to my shoulders aprrox 6 - 7 years ago. I've...
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    • Forum: Welcome new members
  3. J

    The realization

    For the last two years of going to different doctors and feeling like I was seeing the wrong doctors, since I wasn't only diagnosed with this but I was also diagnosed with Diabetic neuropathy, which honestly I did expect being a diabetic for so long. My symptoms were much different when I first...
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    • Forum: Welcome new members
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    Do I really need the diagnosis?

    Hi all, I'm new here and am finding such helpful information. I have painful traumatic neuropathy that mostly affects the femoral nerve in my right leg but has now progressed to also affect my right hand and arm. My pain level is high and energy is low. For the past year or so, I've had...
    • L.Briscoe
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    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Do I have fibromyalgia?
  5. Trellum

    Norflaxin

    Hello everyone! I just wanted to share a really scary experience I had with an antibiotic named ''Norfloxacin''. I was taking it for a very stubborn UTI, by the time I took my second pill I started to feel really funny; my arms, legs, face, everything started to get numb! My arms felt like...
  6. M

    I'm new

    Hi, I'm Peg and I was diagnosed several years ago. I also have diabetes related neuropathy, sleep apnea, psoriasis, and arthritis. I am a widow (lost my husband of 34 years last January to cancer) and I live with my 23 year old son who has high functioning autism. So you can imagine that my life...
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    • Forum: Welcome new members
  7. N

    whole body tingling

    Hi, this is my first post here and I found the group by googling "tingling in face." i have had tingling in my arms, legs and face for about 6 years. It just suddenly started and didn't go away. It's gotten progressively worse but I do yoga, tai chi and other forms of exercise and I also eat an...
    • ntxwriter
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    • Forum: Do I have fibromyalgia?
  8. D

    Hi there! FMS/CFS...now on top of a rare disorder

    I'm so glad that there is a support group forum here! I was diagnosed with FMS and CFS all in the same year of 2006. Just recently I found out that I may have inherited my mother's rare disorder Stickler Disease, but some of my symptoms are not as severe as hers. Stickler Disease is a...
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    • Forum: Welcome new members
  9. S

    officially diagnosed, new member

    Ive been lurking for a couple weeks and gained so much info. I have been Officially diagnosed with fibromyalgia, in addition to RA, Diabetes, Neuropathy, non alcoholic liver disease, IBS and depression. Im a hot mess. I am on so much medication, just started lyrica today with an injection...
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    • Forum: Recently diagnosed
  10. S

    Almost Diagnosed

    So I've had doctors say "Well, it could be Fibromyalgia. Here, you should try this Metanx stuff." It's basically a B-vitamin food supplement that costs an arm and a leg and is marketed for diabetic neuropathy, not fibromyalgia. Another doctor did some blood tests and said "You have non-specific...
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    • Forum: Recently diagnosed
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