hey everyone! my dr has prescribed me elavil to take since cymbalta and lyrica did no good! supposedly its gonna help me sleep a whole lot better. my concern is that although lyrica didnt give me any...
ive been absent for a while now... i ran away on purpose. i would go to this site and then quickly change the subject in my brain to something else... one day i asked why? why had the safe haven...
i posted this because i knew everyone here would understand.... and in this case, ONLY you will. its times like these when i realize this place... this "haven" is invaluable. i love being able to...
the pain didn't end on friday and continued on so monday i made the tough decision of calling in sick to work and going on to see a dr. i waited and waited in the clinic near my house, hoping that...
thank you everyone! i've been really feeling the prayers and managed to not flare yet! its a miracle haha! my grandpa is stable and we are at kind of a stand still until his regular heart doctor...
yesterday was intense for me.... work was unusually crazy yesterday and caused our lunch breaks to be really off.... i usually take mine at 12:30 and by 1:30 i was just STARVING! i started feeling...
i have a terrible cold and just went to the doctor this morning... anyways the doctor stressed to me the importance of quitting smoking in order to allow my body to heal quicker... thanks so much for...
i've been rebelling a lot lately.... now don't get me wrong i still love my job but all i do is work and sleep.... i know not to eat gluten because it makes me worse, but i do anyways sometimes. i...
hey ashley! most of my posts lately are about my job! i just started working full time a little over a month ago.... i love everyone i work with and my job! i am a teller at a bank, and some days are...
i'm sorry i haven't been very active but i've been coming home from work and absolutely crashing! i was also offended by the martyr post and mulled over what my place was in all of that.... i realize...
so maybe my good days aren't welcome here? i'll be sure to remember that. i am so offended right now....
I'm silly and couldn't find the post someone wrote about those! I wanted to respond now that I have a little free time! I have had those since I was around 12 years old... I've been to doctors and...
I haven't been around for a little bit because I've been so busy! I wanted to update everyone on how I am doing with Fibro and my first full time job. I can honestly say it can be a challenge, but...
I have to take 2 melatonin (3mg) every night to ensure that I fall asleep and have GOOD sleep. I have to take that and valerian root.... especially now that I am working because I just can't get...
i am praying right now!! praying for peace of mind, wisdom from the drs, and husband's recovery!!! Dear Lord, Thank you for the blessing that Marlee is to so many of us. Lord, I pray that you would...
i wish i could give you the perfect answer about what is okay and what isn't... but i've learned everyone has different limits. i definitely feel that walking is the best thing. walking kicks in your...
sleepybug, no you haven't told me you worked as a teller!! at least... not that i remember?! did you have fibro when you worked? thanks all of you! you really have done wonders for me....
as i told everyone i got a new job! i had orientation yesterday, and today i got to go to my branch and observe what a "day in the life" would be like. i SOOO enjoyed it. i am finding so much joy in...
well i believe i can now pinpoint the start of my fibro.... and that was about 3 years ago... it started with overall fatigue and about 6 months later came the aches. since then the fatigue isn't as...
thanks so much Nanda! i am new to this since before i was on my parents health insurance! i am not too worried about waiting... the area where i live seems to have long waits anyways with...
there is a band called MGMT and i love love love their music... the song "electric feel" puts me in the best mood! music is what gets me through some days!!!...
hello all! i decided to take a break from college this semester and i have been on a job hunt for months now! nothing was working out and i lost my health insurance which halted my process of getting...
SO first of all... thank you thank you thank you for that AMAZING post! I just loved that story! Anyways I have a funny story! My best friend is one of the most understanding and easy people to talk...
does anyone find that their diet helps or hurts their fibro symptoms? i was on a no gluten, no dairy, real healthy diet before the holidays and i remember a whole lot more "better days" than i've...
did i read this wrong? everyone is so mad with the cop but what i was reading is that he understood you weren't in the wrong but the laws tied his hands up? thats why he said take it to court? sorry,...
oh girl!! believe me i know exactly how you feel! for me though, i didn't know i had fibro for the longest time so i just always thought it was so weird that it took me SOOO long to recover after a...
DISCLAIMER: I am a Christian and this post is mainly to other believers... however, no matter what your beliefs are I hope you can take something away from my post. I was a dancer, as I've mentioned...
SPOKE TOO SOON!!! I am miserable! Last night I was pushed entirely too far and today I sat in my car and cried after the soreness and cold weather hit. So I'm thinking I should decline from the...
Thanks so much for your input! My trainer is always asking me, what kind of sore are you?... He likes to keep tabs on what's normal and what's Fibro. I can honestly say I've only been with him a...
Oh my, I feel like I'm being nagging now because of how much I'm posting.... but this is all soo new! Do any of you work out? I want to get back in really good shape, but I often take a few days to...
I am having a hard time right now with fibro. I haven't been diagnosed yet, but everyday seems more and more like I've found what's wrong. I am relieved in a way, but I don't feel like I can tell...
wow thanks! i actually left out that the pain all started in the right side of my back and its moves into my hips also! crazy that yall explained these extra symptoms!! i am starting the heated...
i had three months of physical therapy over the summer for lower back pain... basically i was told if i didn't keep up the exercise i would go right back to my pain. anyways because of what i now to...
I'm going through what I've learned is called a "flare". I've also learned another new term called "fibro fog" which usually isn't much worse than my normal spazziness. haha However, this past...
Hey everyone, thank you so much for welcoming me in my earlier post! I read the fibro 101 post and it was very informative! I also got a lot of info from my mom's friend who had transcribed a fibro...
thank you so much for the warm welcome! i am looking to get diagnosed professionally... how do you recommend avoiding the doctors who aren't going to be helpful at all?...
Hello Everyone! I am very new to this all but found this site and wanted to reach out to people who are dealing with fibro. I have not been diagnosed yet, but think I have finally found my answer. My...