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    Long post alert: 8 things to say to a loved one with a chronic Illness

    1. I believe you: Instead of its all in your in your head. We all have heard this before and it hurts. Especially coming from a loved one. Saying these words to your loved one or fried is a beautiful gift they will be eternally grateful for. 2. I want to understand: The best way to to show...
    • BrandySpencer
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    • Forum: Welcome new members
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    Relationships

    I DISCOVERED I AM MARRIED TO A MALIGNANT NARSASSIST. IF ANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS YOUR TAKE ING A DEEP BREATH, RIGHT? I WAS JUST TOLD BY HIM TO MOVE OUT OF HIS WAY, AS I AM SO (WIDE). 😃Oh here's the great part, it was said in front of a family member. So sad! THAT KIND OF TALK IS GOING...
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    Relationships

    Do you guys worry about the impact on your partners if you are married etc especially when you have long periods when fibro gets so bad you feel useless and can't do or be what you once were and know your partner is not having the life they expected ( Or want).
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    Men with Fibromyalgia - my son's experience

    Once suffering from FM but last year diagnosed with Addison's disease and now I'm 90% better. However, I want to share with you my experience with my now almost 17 year old son. My son often complained about depression but, since he has ADHD and has been on that medication since 3rd grade, one...
    • Chilly63
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    • adhd anxiety back caring depression fatigue fibromyalgia good hair health medication medications men mri muscle pain relationships story symptoms tests therapy treatment wanted weather weight weight gain work
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    • Forum: General discussions about fibromyalgia
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    Losing my mind,my man,my family, my job etc

    Basically I am losing my entire world that I have spent 27 years creating. Where to start? well first off my family thinks im crazy, my brother does not believe my condition ONE bit and the times I have tried to "educate" him, he makes jokes which is extremely hurtful. My mom is supermom so she...
    • katrina
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    • bed cfs condition decline family isolated job kids lost pain relationships scared sick sleep support symptoms work
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Moan, complain and vent
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    Falling for Someone with FM

    I've recently met a woman that has FM and I'm falling for her pretty badly. We haven't actually 'gotten together' in any meaningful sense, so she doesn't actually know that I'm romantically inteterested, but the vibes between us suggest to me that it might be heading in that direction. On the...
    • LooneyTunes
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    • ability accupuncture back comfortable condition cooking doctors falling family fatigue friendship good lead lost meals men muscle onset pain questions relationships work
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: General discussions about fibromyalgia
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    Intimacy and Fibro

    I am wondering how others are dealing with being intimate with their partners with fibro. What do you do to keep your relationship going when all you want to do in bed is sleep and everything hurts? My partner and I love to cuddle. I love it when he rubs my back and holds me, however sometimes...
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    Ask a doctor?

    I am an M.D. and just joined the Forum. I was diagnosed 20 years ago with Chronic Fibro and Myofascial Pain Syndrome. I also have sleep problems at the third most intense of the components that I carry with me all day,, every day. I have studied this complex condition as both a physician and...
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    I dont know what to say ? :(

    So my chiro said i have fibro. I ha e been to soooo many rhemos and orthos and the last rhemos i went to said this exactly " If ur still in pain this time next year, its most likely fibro" ..he suggested excercise and less sugar. so here i am. Feeling happy but sad. i have all over joint...
    • Sapphire
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    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Recently diagnosed
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    Struggling with increasing symptoms

    I am a 26 years old and was diagnosed December 2013 with fibromyalgia after many years of neck and upper back pain. My pain started with very tight muscles and frequent spasms. I'd get headaches and just a lot of pain in my neck. Now that has diminished somewhat, although I still get shooting...
    • Alanna
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    • anxiety back back pain bed comfortable cymbalta depressed exercise fibromyalgia good headaches helpful medication medications natural neck pain pressure relationships scared sensitivity sore spasms symptom symptoms weight women worried
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Recently diagnosed
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