Waterbaby, I'm fairly new here, but I wanted to say I really feel for your situation. I don't know why so many people and doctors want to blame fibro on depression, but I believe that it's not...
Thank you too, Sassy, you wouldn't believe how much better I feel just knowing that you guys understand and others can relate to what I'm feeling! I don't like to bring up every little ailment to my...
Thank you, Spirit, for replying! It's nice to know that I'm not losing my mind like I think a lot of the time, :) It really is a weird and painful sensation, I'm thinking it has to have something to...
Hello, everyone! I have noticed something lately, it's kind of hard to explain so please bare with me.... I had a really bad flare a few months ago, I feel it has passed within the last couple weeks....
Thank you all for your responses and support. My husband and I just got back from his specialist appointment for his thyroid. They actually told him they were perplexed because they say his thyroid...
I am so sorry to hear what you and your daughter have been going through. It sounds like she is such a wonderful person! I am sending prayers for you and your daughter!...
Beutymom5, thank you for responding and being supportive. I have put a chore sheet in place with the help of our counselor. It isn't working out very well. It's like pulling teeth. My husband and...
I'm just curious if anyone knows if the environment you live in can make you flare? Does stress make you feel worse? I will try not to make this long, I just need to vent. My family and I have been...
I understand 100%! I have 4 children, 3-12-14-22; and of course my husband. Every single one of them expect me to do everything, even my husband. I had my fill a couple months ago when I started a...
I can pretty much relate to everything you are feeling, I have 4 children, 2 just started their school year. Right now I am hurting so bad it's hard to hold my head up, or use my arm-let alone the...
Thank you all for your replies and feedback. Fibro is such a mysterious disease that I am always looking for more & more info....something that everyone may have in common and not realize. It just...
Hello everyone, I just wanted to more or less introduce myself. I have been kind of reading on this forum for a couple months, but haven't posted a topic. I have been diagnosed with fibromyagia...
I'm not sure if this helps, but I have been dx'd with fibro & migraines. I have daily headaches, I have to take some type of pain killer every day (excedrin migraine, ibuprofen, tylenol); some...
My Dr's put me on Ambien CR to help me sleep throughout the night with the fibromyaglia pain, it didn't seem to help much so they switched me to Lunesta. I wake up dizzy and in a fog every morning...
I'm not sure myself, I have my first rheumy appt in August. I do know, however, that my primary Dr. told me he has ruled out everything else so I should only have to go to this one appointment to...
I also have had a million and one tests ran, such as MRI's; MRA's, bloodwork, EKG's, EEG's, sleep studies, etc. My Dr. first thought Lupus about 10 yrs ago with the first ANA antiboties test being...
My Dr. put me on Concerta, which he says is like a longer acting Ritalin. Along with Fibromyalgia I have narcolepsy & sleep apnea. I was on Ritalin and Provigil years ago, didn't seem to help very...