I wouldn't take it personally either. Face book is so much easier to upload multiple pictures at one time then to try to put them into email. I LOVE my facebook it is the way that i can connect with...
I have to agree that just sitting around on a couch or in bed is only going to make the pain worse and the muscles deteriate which can cause a whole set of other problems. Walking even around your...
The noise doesn't bother me as much as the bright lights with those ones that are just white and have the huge BOOM.. LOL I do enjoy them the having my head tipped back hurts so some of them I have...
I live in upstate NY 45 miles south of Buffalo in a small town called Farnham....
I agree you should change your name. I am sure you are not ugly and by labeling yourself that way you will make yourself feel that way. I was diagnoised with Fibro over a year ago and to be honest it...
Queenie have you had a MRI yet for your mirgraines? If not have the doc write it to rule out Chiari Malformation???...
My son has a condition that he had brain surgery for and what I think you are talking about is Chiari Malformation I there are different degrees of the condition. What it is, is the brain stem is...
Stopping any med cold turkey like that is not good. Even with the Cymbalta I wanted to stop I tried cold turkey but it was horrible. The withdrawl symptoms are like going through withdrawl from...
Sherrine I agree with your post on here 100% I refuse to let this run my life. I never stay home just because I may be in pain or I may not be as chipper as people expect. I go to everything that I...
I have seen a few people talk about taking Topamax is this for fibro of for headaches? Or pain? I am thinking of asking my doctor about this med because it is reasonable insurance wise to get it. The...
I agree with what everyone is saying here. My flares go more with stress then anything else for me. I also find that if I sit around and not get up and move that the day I "relax" I am in pain. I...
Prayers and hugs to you and your husband. I hope that they can figure this out and get him well. I am not sure about avoiding a flare, stress does it to me too. I am not sure how you can't be...
I just purchased from my work discount from their vitamin page the 5HTP or whatever it is for mood and stress and anxiety. I am going to try it. I know St. John Warts was one but I tried it years ago...
I have noticed from what others have posted and what I go through that there is a corrolation between depression and fibro and since I have gone off of the cymbalta I have noticed a difference in my...
Was on Cymbalta for almost 2 years I always took it at night and my doctor suggested it too because it is designed to also help you sleep. It worked for that part for me for a while. So instead of...
My suggestion is try yoga it relaxed me so much I fell asleep. And when I get stressed I practice yoga breathing. Which is something we are all born knowing how to do but we lose it as we get older....
I think I will try this out. I know where to get the olive oil and the peanut butter from but where do you get the other ingredients from?...
Hello and welcome to the boards. I am new to the boards but have been diagnoised with Fibro going on 2 yrs now. I work a mostly desk job but I do have a lot of up and down and walking around with it...
Get well. Hope you are back on your feet. Surgeries even minor ones can really knock us all out for a loop. Best wishes....
I was on Cymbalta for the past year and I just took myself off of it. The side effects were way worse then the benefits. The pain itself it helped a bit with the depression it helped a bit with but...
Welcome to the boards, I am kind of new here to them but not to Fibro. I have been diagonised with it for over a year now so kind of a newbie too but I have had these problems since I ws 30 and that...
Kathy What is a bed buddy?? I have a body pillow but it is getting flat I need a new one. LOL Gina...
My sister has been after me for years to do yoga with her. But I have always had this picture in my mind of people chanting and just weird positions LOL but I decided to give it a try and she started...
I work in a hospital and personally I am very open about this disease with every one. I am lucky where my progression of Fibro does not cause me to loose time from work. I have issues where sometimes...
I LOVE my dishwasher I have a portable one because I don't have the space to have a under the cabinet one but I hav it right next to my sink and the hose goes right to the facuet. It is great. Mine...
I have also had many good days lately. Must be the nice weather. I have had my bad days but the good ones way out number those. I do feel the pain all the time but I am so use to it now and my pain...
I had a day and night sleep study done when I had mine done I had to go there at night and then nap during the day. The problem I had with sleep studies is that they want you to sleep on demand and I...
Thank you all so much already. I already feel I am not alone in this struggle. Today is a tough day for me. I had a Colonoscopy and EGD done yesterday because of problems I have had for years and my...
Hello everyone my name is Gina, I have been diganoised with Fibro last year and for me it was kind of a relief. Because for years I have felt that I was just crazy. It started about 12 yrs ago when I...