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    Stopping BCP and Stress Triggering a Flare?

    I have always suspected I may have fibromyalgia but in a mild form, never been diagnosed yet. I also have hashimotos but levels are controlled by Armour Thyroid. Anyway this last month I went off birth control and had some severe worry and stress I've had these pains that have moved around my...
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    Newly Diagnosed :(

    Hi, I just been diagnosed with FM for about a month and been only dealing with in since April of this year. So not long but it does feel like its been years already. I not sure what started the pain but we think it was stress because I was upgrading some of my skills for work and during that...
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    Hello Everyone

    Hi, I just been diagnosed with FM for about a month and been only dealing with in since April of this year. So not long but it does feel like its been years already. I not sure what started the pain but we think it was stress because I was upgrading some of my skills for work and during that...
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    Trouble exercising

    Over the past couple of weeks I've been trying to become more active by biking and running but it's putting a lot more stress on my joints than usual and I'm in need of something to ease the pain in my knees while exercising. Has anybody with fibromyalgia had any luck using braces (ex. copper...
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    Pain While Sleeping

    Hi all. New here and want to share how I got this condition and ask a few questions. I was dealt a severe emotional blow about 6 y ago and after that my hair started falling out and the stress did something to my body. A few years later, I moved into an apartment with huge mold colonies inside...
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    About me!

    Hello! I am Jess, I am 24. I have even married to my amazing husband for 7 years we have 2 beautiful children a 5 year old daughter and a 2 year old son. I have been in pain for a long time, since I was about 10 everything has always hurt. I hav been diagnosed with POTS (postural orthistatic...
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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...
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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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    Stress and Blood pressure

    I had an experiance today....simple to others but not me. I was planning a dr. Appointment but was side swiped by someone who thought they needed my car worse, thus i was late, this was a new dr. New clinic. I'm netorios about being on time. This person whom borrowed my car forgot to bring it...
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    MENOPAUSE..one for the ladies

    Hi girls. I am almost 56 but still having periods. I missed a couple this summer for the first time in 44 years but they have come back. As you all know from all my posts my fibro is off the scale daily for months and i am struggling with stress. I am weepy as i am in so much pain...got the...
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