Here's a good article as well https://medium.com/cbd-origin/is-cbd-legal-legal-status-of-cbd-2018-d1b4a0ed42df...
You are right, I should have clarified. Marijuana derived cbd is not legal in all 50 states. Hemp derived is legal so check your state laws. Marijuana derived will show up positive on your drug tests...
Hello, its been a long time since Ive been on. I ame blessed with Fibro,Sjrogrens as well as a laundry list of other issues including a relatively new amputation. My joint pain, all over pain and...
Hello, its been a long time since Ive been on. I ame blessed withe Sjrogrens as well as a laundry list of other issues including a relatively new amputation. My joint pain, all over pain and...
Hi there. I had to go off of the Plaquenil because of surgery and other meds i had to take for a time. Thought nothing of it because i didnt think the med was doing anything any longer. I was off for...
Sad.... I guess I should have looked it up before posting. I know better. Lol Sorry guys...
Joy, funny you say that.. I thought I heard do Ketamine. IT'S been outlawed in horse racing. Called doping. A horse that's hurt and treated cannot run. My understanding is that it a lower dose and...
Short side note... ON my dr. Appt. Last week my doc said they had been told Lyrica is going generic in July this year...... It will still be high priced I'm sure but my medicare advantage plan makes...
[purple] :redface: Hell everyone, It's been a long while since I have been on. This past year has been a door and seems it just keeps getting better and better. I had 4 surgery this past year and a...
Thank you everyone for your encouragement. Sherrine, its funny you were talking about the probiotics. I am taking that. And they are making me eat my weight in Activia. Not my favorite yogert but a...
Hi everyone, its been a long time since I have been on. First off, I suffer with Fibro, lupus, and shogren's with connective tissue disorders, joint disorders and on top of all that I had a back...
/community/emoticons/mad.gif Good morning all. Well, I tipped the scales at 250lbs at the doctors office on the 13th and am feeling like this weight thing is a horrible up hill battle. On top of...
Hello everyone, I think I finally hit rock bottom. It started about 8 weeks ago. The pail level had well reached that . 10and I was literally sleeping 20hours a day. Went to my pain management doc...
I know that most of us are using Restasis twice a day for dry eyes. Just wanted to let you know. My eyes have been so dry , they hurt. I called my eye doctor and he prescribed for me Lotamax. Its. A...
I was 49, when the dx was written. Looking through my records they made the onset in 2000. 10 years earlier....
Biotene really helps the dry mouth. IT comes in a rinse , gum (the best) and a spray. Its at Walmart in the tooth paste isle....
I got to my new doc today,the Endocrinologist. Carried 10 years of tests and the poking and shrugging and talking me."you are sick,you have to just learn to cope with your illness" I pay the doctors...
I have had the nerve conduction study done twice and both were considered normal. You will find with fibro that all your tests will be normal. At least mine were. I did not begin getting diagnosis...
Hi Robin, Boy, do I ask that question so often. I think most of us probably do. I have several other things going on along with the fibro, so "flaring" is something that I live with almost every day....
That's so awesome. I need to find the strength to do the same. Keep up the great work. You can see it's working....
I also had fibro, had this illness for at least 10 years before seeking help. I was diagnosed in 2010. I too had other illnesses and conditions and since have also been diagnosed with shogrens's...
Hello Everyone. I am in the process of testing for MS. Many many symptoms but as you know they all overlap. I have Sjrogrens and also just found out that my Thyroid is really in trouble, my vitamine...
OMG! I would sue them too!...
Thick saliva and lack of fluid is part of the sjrogren progression according to my rheumy. I am being treated with Plaquinil for the sjrogrens and and been on it for over a year. You have to be...
Hey there, sorry you are having so many problems. I think that all of us have probably gone through similar situations during our quest for the right doctors. I know I had my share of non-believers,...
I have problems with this all the time. My eye doctor says that there are two reasons for my blurriness. 1) I have Sjrogrens which is basically draining all the fluid from my eyes and 2) some of the...
I have been living with this issue for some time. I ended up taking a muscle relaxer and just let it blow. Not a funny problem and very painful. I am concerned that it might be something not related...
This is such a big question to answer. As a teen I was in an accident that was devestating, My left leg is now about 2 inches shorter than my right. I was 17. Nothing could stop me and I thought I...
Hi Kathy, sorry you are feeling so bad at the moment. Tendinitis is a ugly part of what I think all of us have at least a little somewhere. I don't have the issues with not being able to take...
Thank you everyone for responding. I know that sometimes we / I get overwhellmed and this was just one of those times. It's great knowing there are others out that just to lend a kind word of...
I had full hysto at age 26, they took it all. I was put on high doses of premarin and took it for years until getting a new doctor who had a fit over the dosage I was taking and took me off of it...
Hi everyone, I haven't been on much lately and almost feel guilty for coming on tonight to be a crybaby to someone. I have had chronic pain for the last 20 some years and 4 years ago was diagnosed...
Thank you Sherrine, You brought me back down to a good breathing level. Steph...
HI guy's , I guess today is my day to rant. Sorry about that. As I have been reading through the posts this morning coupled with my experience with my doctor yesterday I have alot of frustration....
Hello and welcome, it's nice to meet you. I suffer and have been suffering with fibro for about 20 years now, finally found a great doctor that gave it a definitive diagnosis. Like everyone else, I...
Boy, LOL you need to put that doctor in your pocket and never let her go. Good doc's are so hard to find. You did come to the right place for support and so many people that are full of knowledge ,...
I can't even tell you how may bath soaks I have tried. Bought yet another today hoping to actually get some moisture back in my skin. Will look for those too. My favorite pass time, seems when I'm...
Well, I have not been on for awhile. And you know how it goes, when the going gets tough I always wander back to my fibro family. Today I went to the rheumy, my symptoms have been changing and I...
Sor sorry to hear this Dominique. This is a real issue with most of us I think. In order to get better, feel better you have to have the health care but it breaks you in the mean time. I kow it's...
Hi there, I have owned two termur's at this point. The first I purchased about 8 years ago and it was a very thick but firm feel. I really liked it in the beginning, but it never did what they had...
I had an awesome Thanksgiving with my youngest daughter and her husband. It was a good long weekend and my husband was off with me the whold time. I got up for the first time ever on Black Friday and...
Hello Do=over - So sorry to hear of the miscarriage prospect. I have had several although no longer are even in the age group that has babies, not me anyway. I would be very careful about using the...
Hi all, I'm new to this forum, have been on the Figromyalgia forum for some time now. It's time for me to learn more about the Lupus and Sjogren's diseases. I have been having symptoms and all my...
STAY CALM..... REALLY??? LOL... I read your post and was anything but calm.... I don't think you should deny your pain or your feelings. I am blessed with a family that undestands and a husband that...
Boy, Have had this condition for so long. I really remember is starting after the birth of my daughter, that's when the pain increased. I had an accident with a gun when I was 17, 1977 and she was...
OH My, do-over, All I can say is that right now prayers are going up for you and your family. I'm so sorry for the pain you are in and have absolutly no idea what I could possibly say to you to help...
Karen... I feel for you. I moved OUT of Wisconsin on September 1st and am back in Texas where I'm enjoying the heat. I can't even imgaine going through another winter. I was just so miserable in the...
Hi Ivey, My coordination issues have increased and sometimes it's as severe as I don't know how to walk straight and run into everything and then my grasp and balance has been very effected too. This...
Pain pain and more pain, 24/7 oh yes and what's worse is I'm watching my 19 year old daugher being struck down by this horrible condition as well. My legs hurt so bad I can't walk, my arms, shoulders...