I haven't even been here in a few months... but right now I feel terrible and I have no one to talk to. I have been on Celexa for depression for well over a year (this time). Recently, due to a...
Hi, and welcome to the forum. Everyone here is really kind and helpful. Just having the support and knowing there are others out there who share the same feelings can make you feel a lot better. You...
Thank you all. I'm glad to know I'm not alone on this. I am going to the doctor next week and I am going to ask him about it....
Hi Everyone! I was just wondering if any of you ever get small sores on your face that continually come back. For the past several months I have had this problem. The sores are slightly acne-like,...
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For me, my fatigue can vary. At it's best, I just feel tired, like I haven't slept enough. At it's worst, I can fall asleep completely at random any time I am sitting down. My eyelids are always...
I have tried both of these medications before. While everyone is different, I found that the side effects to both of them were definitely worse than their benefits. Lyrica made me very groggy and I...
my boyfriend who had a herniated disk in his lower back. I know a few of you had posted responses to me, so I wanted to let everyone know that he has gotten much better. He had three epidurals over...
himself less and less. I desperately want to be able to help him but there's nothing I can do. I cry for hours every day because I constantly feel like my heart is breaking. Has anyone ever dealt...
A few months ago, my doctor prescribed me Ambien to help me sleep. I took it for a few days, but soon discovered it made me feel extremely groggy for the whole day afterwards. My thoughts were...
On my worst days, every inch of my body hurts. My muscles get so stiff it's difficult to even move. I feel exhausted and like I'm running a fever. I get sweats and cold chills constantly. Sometimes I...
I'm sorry to hear that this is happening to you. It's so frustrating. My family isn't understanding either. Plus, where I work, there is a lady who is supposedly diagnosed with fibromyalgia, so...
Hi Sassy. I used to have the same problem that you have. As some others have suggested, I really encourage you to talk to your doctor. I talked to mine and he was understanding and now prescribes...
I'm sorry for your past and that you're suffering with depression and anxiety. I also suffer from both, and had a lot of trouble accepting it for a while because my best friend is bipolar, and I was...
I get this sometimes too. I also sometimes feel like someone is sticking a needle into one of my finger tips or the tip of one of my toes. Occasionally I have also had the sensation that there is...
I have FMLA at my job too, although I rarely take days off because I am also concerned about losing my job. I know that a good night of rest is very important, although it can be quite hard to come...
I experience this on a regular basis, especially in my legs. It's not a constant spasm, but rather a violent jolt. It mostly happens to me when I'm lying down, trying to relax. It always feels like...
Sorry to hear about your diagnosis, Monica. I have a good friend who also has both chronic lyme and fibro. The symptoms are quite similar. Like others have said, there's a good chance that you might...
When I was on cymbalta I would sweat all the time and get cold chills. It was almost unbearable. It also made me extremely tired and made my mind feel foggy and my thoughts seem unclear. I also...
I've gotten sores in my mouth frequently ever since I was a child. I never realized that it could be linked to fibro. I also always have really dry, cracked lips and the corners of my mouth always...
Thank you for the advice, everyone. I think I will at least have to get in contact with the phone company about shutting my phone off. I even paid them part of the bill, so it's not like they didn't...
three weeks now, and his doctors have finally concluded that it must be his MS. He lays on the floor in agony all the time and there is nothing that helps him. I can hardly stand seeing him in such...
I am angry that my boyfriend and I both suffer chronic illnesses and no one in either of our families seems to be understanding at all. I am angry that I always hurt. I am angry that I feel...
Thank you, Gretchen. He is fine this morning. He woke up again in the middle of the night and was really overheated. I'm pretty certain he was running a fever, although I didn't check his...
My boyfriend has MS and has been taking injections of copaxone for several months now. He hadn't taken it for about the last week or so (which I was unaware of until tonight). Other than some pain...
an hour away from where I live now, and I can't ride in a car that long right now. The weather hasn't been helping either... it alternates between heat and humidity and days of rain. I've been sick...
I have a lot of back pain with my fibro, and at my chiropractor's office they always used an electrical stimulation device on my back before adjusting it. I haven't been able to afford to go to the...
I feel like my life is falling apart at the seams. It's like everyone in my life I turn to for support is suddenly turning their back on me. I've been missing some days of work lately because I've...
Thanks, I think I will ask my rheumotologist about a different muscle relaxer when I go to my appointment next week. Flexeril just doesn't seem to be doing much of anything. Does zanaflex cause a lot...
[color=#800080>Thanks, SaraBeth...
Congratulations and good luck!! Best wishes, SaraBeth...
Thank you all. I finally got a little bit of decent sleep last night, which seems to have helped a little bit. At least I can think more clearly today... yesterday everything was just jumbled...
a dozen times on any given day, stretch about[b] 10 times, try to go walking for as long as I can, either use a handheld massager or get someone to give me a massage, go to the chiropractor... and...
Hi! I used to take Buspar for anxiety. It worked a little, but I didn't find it too helpful. As far as prescription medications go, I think that ativan and klonopin are probably the best. You could...
Hi! I just wanted to say welcome, and also that I can relate to how you're feeling. I am only twenty-three and I was just recently diagnosed. I work full time doing manual labor, which can be...
Hi Vickie, I don't suffer from bipolar disorder, but I have a good friend who does-- and she also has fibro. She has been hospitalized about five different times for bipolar disorder, for periods of...
Thank you, everyone, for your kind and supportive words. I really appreciate it right now. You have started me on the long process of coming to peace with this. I am thankful to have so many...
it. I know this hasn't really hit me yet. I'm not looking forward to when it does. ...
Well, now I'm really between a rock and a hard place. My rheumotologist's office called me and said that she doesn't want to fill out my forms for work because she doesn't feel that she knows me or...
I really should go to work, because I need the money. Also, my rheumotologist is taking her time filling out the paperwork so that missing work doesn't count against my attendance record. I took it...
Thanks, everyone! I've been continuing to feel pretty good during the day, and not so good in the evenings... but it's still much better than feeling bad all the time! I am loving the warmer weather...
at least 6 or 7 hours, I felt almost completely like my old (pre-fibro) self. I haven't had that much energy or that little pain in at least a year. It was wonderful! Of course, my pain and fatigue...
SaraBeth...
Thank you to both of you. I appreciate your responses and advice. Take care, SaraBeth...
Hi! I just wanted to say that you remind me of myself about 6 or 7 years ago. I had extremely low self-esteem, was very shy, and just always felt down. The few friends I did have seemed to take...
Thanks again guys. Like you both pointed out, I realize that there is a danger of addiction and abuse of narcotic type pain killers. Even though I don't abuse them, I do worry about addiction and I...
Wow, I am so sorry you are being treated this way. I can somewhat relate to what you are feeling. My father simply does not understand fibromyalgia, no matter how much I try to explain it to him....
Thanks Rache. I'm only 23, and this has been so difficult for me. I guess I just took my good health for granted for so long. I never expected something like this. I know exactly what you mean about...
Hi everyone. I've looked at this forum a few times but never posted. I've been in the fibromyalgia forum for a couple weeks, but I also suffer from depression. I believe my depression started during...
I have also been told that fibro is supposed to be non-progressive, but all my symptoms have been getting continually worse ever since they started about seven months ago. I'm not quite sure what to...