Hi all, I have just joined and feeling just like I need to vent and someone to say it’s not you, fibro sucks . I was a Police officer for 10 years then developed PTSD. I found running my escape and it helped me through everything. I was running half marathons, running with my kids and it was looking up, I was training for my first marathon… Too hard thou apparently. Then it turned in to patella tendinitis in my knee which sidelined me for three months. Then my old injuries I had ever had, stress fracture in foot, elbow strain, sore knees all come back hurting at once. Not for a day it was like this way for six months. I felt crazy like it must be in my head. The GP said it was in my head but tried me on Lyrica which my body hated. After more months I went to a rheumatologist who said straight away 100% Fibro let’s start meds. Tried four different anti depressants, more lyrica and others. Everything makes me feel tired, fatigued and just plain off. Even little doses of Endep make me feel groggy and off.
Now the specialist says Fibro has made me sensitive to medications and maybe I shouldn’t try any of them. So after 18 months of drugs, acupuncture, massages, natrapaths I am cutting off everything and just going to see what my body is telling me. I haven’t worked in 18 months and to be honest getting mighty sick of it all. I can get a few good hours out of a day but the rest is just sore and uncomfortable for my knees and feet. My wife asks what’s it like I say you know that feeling you have at the end of day when you just want to get off your feet and so tired, that’s what I feel like all the time… it’s getting a bit old but hey as I tell my kids one day at a time and the next day I may wake and it’s just gone wishful thinking. Thanks for letting me vent. If you have any advise or tips I’m all ears. Thanks fellow fibro fighters
Now the specialist says Fibro has made me sensitive to medications and maybe I shouldn’t try any of them. So after 18 months of drugs, acupuncture, massages, natrapaths I am cutting off everything and just going to see what my body is telling me. I haven’t worked in 18 months and to be honest getting mighty sick of it all. I can get a few good hours out of a day but the rest is just sore and uncomfortable for my knees and feet. My wife asks what’s it like I say you know that feeling you have at the end of day when you just want to get off your feet and so tired, that’s what I feel like all the time… it’s getting a bit old but hey as I tell my kids one day at a time and the next day I may wake and it’s just gone wishful thinking. Thanks for letting me vent. If you have any advise or tips I’m all ears. Thanks fellow fibro fighters