Every 6 mths or so I have a bad problem breathing. I'll cough stuff up and run a high temp. When I go to Dr. he does a chest xray and never finds anything wrong. I don't get it.It feels like I have...
I have been diagnosed with fibro but I have some new things happening. I was told I have anemia and the Dr. just put me on an iron pill, I also have a rash I get on my arms every now and then. The...
I have knots under my skin on my arms some are round, some oval shaped. They are always painful. Would this have anything to do with lupus?...
I have had severe right side pain for years now. For the past few mths I've felt a painful knot under my right rib cage and the pain radiates from the front to my back. I had a ct scan because the dr...
I'm very overweight and have been considering having gastric bypass surgery hoping that it will help me with my energy level. I feel crappy everyday and thought that this might help me. I was...
I was wondering if any of you have had this? I've had a painful lump under my right rib cage for months now. The pain radiates rfrom front to back. My docor felt the lump also and sent me for a ct...
Lately I've been having these issues where I have to actually think really hard to get my legs moving like the connection isn't there. I stand there and can't take a step. Its bizarre, I've never had...
The ones that I've been having are in my right side where I have alot of pain anyways and in my stomache. They hurt so bad I feel like I could pass out. It happens when I bend or move just right. I...
Do any of you suffer from charlie horses? When I was young I'd have them in my legs, but now I keep having them in my side and stomach. It seems like all I have to do is move the wrong way....
I recently was looking up info and came across this thing called ME. I have been diagnosed with fibro but have always felt there was more to it. My rhumy says that fibro isn't a degenerative disease...
My rhumy suggested physical therapy. I have 2 kids at home to care for. By the time I do that I have nothing left in me. I try to do as much as I can, but I don't go out of the house much because I'm...
I haven't been able to work in years so my husband is the only supporter. We have insurance through his work, but the copays for appointments are awful. It feels like going to the doctor is a luxery....
Thanks for all the advice, My sister has to work those hours and her hubby is a truck driver so hes gone alot. There is no daycare in our area that opens that early. As far as me getting up with my...
Thanks, I've always had a hard time saying no. I feel consumed with guilt when I do. The same goes for when I try to take time for myself. I even feel guilty for asking someone to bring me a drink....
I'm sorry about the all capital thing I didn't realise. I get up at 4:30 am cuz thats when she has to go to work. I take stuff to help me sleep but then I dont sleep and it messes me up....
i HAVE TRIED TRAMADOL AND I DID GET EXTREMELY FLUSHED FEELING. THE REASON I HAD TO QUIT TAKING IT IS THAT I FELT LIKE I WAS HAVING AN ASTHMA ATTACK EVERYTIME I TOOK IT....
I HAVE TRYED LYRICA, CYMBALTA, EFFEXOR, TRAMADOL, AND THE NEWEST ONE IS SOMETHING STARTING WITH AN M. i AM SO FRUSTRATED BECAUSE I END UP HAVING BAD SIDE EFFECTS TO ALL OF THEM. IS THIS A PROBLEM...
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I normally have high bp. I am on meds for that though. Thanks...
Thanks for the help. I want to get as much knowledge about fibro as I can. Sorry that I have so many questions....
Thanks for all the answers. I amglad that there is this forum. All of this can be very confusing and depending on which site you look at about fibro, there is different info. Thanks again. I have...
I have a question, I am recently diagnosed although I've been suffering with symptoms for 19 years. My Rhumy wants me to go to physical therapy, I'm very nervous about this because I also have...
Even though I've been dealing with all of this for 19 years it took me until last month and tons of doctors blaming it on depression and my weight to be diagnosed with this. I have some symptoms...
I feel like I live in a constant flare. My large list of symptoms come and go, but I never have a day I can say that I feel ok. Even my good days are bad. I don't understand why it seems to never let...
Over the past couple weeks I've had these bout of dizzyness, I feel like everythings spinning and I could fall down. I've had balance problems come and go but this is different. I'm not sure if this...
My Dr. put me on tramadol and told me to take it at night and it would help the pain and help with sleep. I've taken it for 2 nights now and my mind is racing like crazy, worse then ever. I'm having...
Thanks for all the information. My main reason for applying is cuz I need the insurance. Our insurance is really bad. My husbands the only one working and we have 3 kids. I haven't worked in a long...
Thanks so much for the info. I'm always nervous about taking any new meds cuz I've had lots of bad side effects over the years....
I have fibromyalgia, degenerative disc desease in my neck and spine, osteoarthritis in my neck and spine and bone spur in my spine. How hard is it to get disability with having things like this?...
I was just diagnosed with fibromyalgia yesterday after 18 years of pain, weekness and being told it was all in my head. The doctor put me on Effexer, does any of you take this? Does it help and have...
she thinks it could be fibromyalgia, sjorns, and ranauds hopefully those are spelled correctly. I feel better today after 3 weeks of hell....
I recently went to yet another doctor trying to get answers. She said that from the list of symptoms I had and the rash on my face she was positive it was lupus then she ran a bunch of blood work. As...
I have fevers too. Not high ones but they come and go and I never know why. Do any of u have fevers?\...
Do any of you have a problem with the sun and heat? When I'm in the heat for awhile weather from being outside or from taking a hot bath I feel like I retain the heat in my body. I just wondered if...
Thanks so much. Today is the first day I got out of bed. My Dr. gave me glucophage for my insulin resistance due to my PCOS. It made me extremely sick, I couldn't eat and was on the potty all the...
Its 12 am here and I'm awake and in alot of pain. Everyone else is asleep and I don't want to wake them so I'm turning to you guys. I've posted on here about my side pain. It started 2 years ago and...
I noticed that when I'm stressed it does hurt worse then ever. I have been checked for kidney stones and everything else it feels like. Thanks alot for the advice. I tryed a flexeral last nite it...
I didn't realize that vicodin was bad with an enlarged liver....
Thanks everyone. I was wondering too, if anyone knew anything about barometric pressure affecting fibro? I live in MI and right now our pressure is extremely high and I wondered if there wqas any...
I have been having symptoms since I was 17 years old. I am now 36. I have went to doctor after doctor and they run the standard blood work but never can find anything wrong with me. Its always...
Thank you all for the messages. I spent Fri. night in the er they did a cat scan and found nothing again. It makes me feel like I'm crazy or something. I know how bad the pain is but they can't find...
I have been having a pain in my right upper side that goes around to my back. I feel like its on fire and my skin does feel hot to the touch. I went to the Dr. today and was told that my ultrasound...
The sparks come and go. I don't have migrains, and that I know of I don't have high bps. This just started a few months ago. The only head pain I've noticed comes from the back of my head right above...
Thanks so much for the advice. Most of the time I feel like I live with all of this alone. I am married and have 3 kids but they don't understand. You can say that you feel bad, that you are tired,...
I haven't been on here in quite a while. The last time I was I was going through testing and the rhumy said my tests didn't show lupus at this time. So, since then I have pretty much given up on...
For awhile now I've been seeing sparks as I call them. Sometimes blue and sometimes white. Does anyone else ever have this issue and if so what causes it?...
I don't know who to tell. The er drs have been the ones that have given me the prednisone not my rhumy. I haven't been dx yet by her and I don't see her to get the results of my tests till Oct 10. I...
I had been having breathing problems and was given prednisone, at first 20mg 3x aday, then 2x a day, then once a day. I actually had a littlle more energy then usual but now feel like I'm on a spiral...