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  1. Forgetmenot

    Dr taking me off tramadol

    So I'm coming off tramadol. I'm addict to it.sadly.even the small among I take if I miss a dose I feel ill. I no il have to be weened off it.and Im Bloody mad I didn't no what this drug would do to me. So I'm being put on gabby .my dr told me it is better then tramadol for Fibro. And when I...
  2. T

    Fibromyalgia and Daily Functioning

    Hello, everyone. I was hesitant about joining a support group of any kind, because I felt like it would mainly consist of complaining (on my part), and I didn’t want to annoy people. I finally decided that I was merely being close-minded and that I needed to talk with people dealing with...
    • ThePainPoet
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    • arm back confused cry crying depressed and young diagnosis drugs falling fell fibromyalgia grief happy insomnia medicine pain physical therapy pneumonia sad shoulder sleep story support swallowing symptoms tests understanding wheelchair withdrawal
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: General discussions about fibromyalgia
  3. D

    New to Fibromyalgia

    Hello all! I have been being aggressively treated for Rheumatoid Arthritis for two yrs. All treatments helped my all over joint and muscle pain at all. To shorten the story, I went to a new Rheumatologist because my own had retired. After going over my case and doing a physical exam, she told me...
    • deanma
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    • depressed diagnosis family fibro flare fibromyalgia flare flu gabapentin happy men muscle muscle pain new diagnosis pain rheumatologist story symptoms treatments
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Welcome new members
  4. B

    Getting worse!

    :cry::cry: Hi this is my first time ever using a forum of any kind please be kind. I am at my end I was told 5 years ago when I just had minor aches and pains in what they said was pinpoint places by many doctors and after many test it was fibro...I have been in denial... I'm not any longer.. as...
  5. L

    Red hot face and swollen ankles

    Still no diagnosis my GP thinks it is FM. Does anyone get a red hot face, hot thighs, general hot sweaty feeling. And or swollen ankles. 3 months ago I had a general sick feeling, very uncomfortable all over with swollen ankles and hands with a really heavy feeling on my chest and back making it...
    • LiLi
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    • back back pain blood pressure clinic comfortable diagnosis female heart leg pain medicine no diagnosis pain pressure sick story tests ultrasound weight work
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: General discussions about fibromyalgia
  6. N

    Diagnosis After Child Birth

    Hi Everyone, I am new to the forum. I want to share my story with you and find out if anyone has had a similar experience. I have lived with bad anxiety off and on since I was a child, but after the birth of my son in October 2013 my whole life turned upside down. I had a fine pregnancy... no...
    • new_mommy13
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    • anxiety back burning confused delivery depression diagnosis disability early energy exercise exhausted feet ice iron job lost massage neck pain power pregnancy rheumatologist sleep story supplements support symptoms trauma work
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Recently diagnosed
  7. Nexi

    New...Not New To Fibromyalgia...Flared Again

    I have been through hell and back with the debilitating pain of fibro and the fatigue. I couldn't work, get out of bed to take care of my kids, going to the bathroom took all my effort. I ended up on T3's, and a crazy dose of gabapentin, morphine and tramadol. I ended up staying on this for...
    • Nexi
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    • angry back bed denial doctor fatigue fibromyalgia frustrated gabapentin good ibuprofen kids medications meds morphine pain sick story tramadol work working
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Welcome new members
  8. D

    Hello, My Fibro Story

    I have been looking for a good forum for quite some time now and very happy to have found this one! I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia after the birth of my first child in 1988, I was 20 years old - however - I have suffered from this pain as early as my pre teen years. It didn't start out with...
    • Dejaye68
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    • back bed burning cymbalta doctor early fibromyalgia flare friend good happy healing hip looking for muscle pain pressure rant relief shoulder sleep sore story support surgery teen tingling
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Welcome new members
  9. D

    Kicking option B

    I came across a moving open letter on fb about grief and resilience by Sheryl Sandberg, COO at fb and activist for women. She tragically lost her husband a few months ago and wrote this letter after 30 days of grief, sheloshim. It was heartbreaking to read her story but also deeply empowering in...
  10. M

    Sick with a cold and used Mucinex - Guaifenesin

    Hello. I'm joining this forum to say hello and to offer my story on my recent use of Mucinex during a 10 day nasty cold virus. My history with Fibromyalgia - I have known I've had it for over 15 years and I have tried to manage through the pain and over the last year it has almost disabled me...
    • MelE
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    • age arm back back pain chronic pain cough drugs feet fibromyalgia free gluten grace guaifenesin heartburn hope ibs ignore immediately lyrica mobility muscle night pain research story stress surgery symptoms update weight working
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Welcome new members
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