Thanks you guys for the warm welcome back! Meanwhile i've quit the Cymbalta. I know ur supposed to go of the pills slowly but i honestly couldnt bother anymore so i quit full stop last week....
In the mornings i always feel stiff and heavy (wich is obviously very odd since i only way about 120 pounds) it's a little like carrying the weight of the world on you shoulders but fysically and not...
Hi Guys! U know what? I missed u guys loads the past few weeks! First of: i want to apologize for not showing my face round here much in the past few weeks, i've just been very very busy, and when i...
Hi Springsun, I can fully understand how u feel and i can get that on some days your patience just runs out. Your kids are at an age that they should be adult enough to understand, however they are...
Yeah i think that's just one of those things with fibro. I'm having one of them days myself actualy, am very exhausted and painfull mucsles all over. Hope u feel better soon Fiona...
I would really go ahead with the sleep study, even if ur not waking up all hours of the night, like me, it still might be interesting to find out how your sleep pattern works. I would like to have a...
I've finished my first week of Cymbalta bow and i have to say that for me it works. I have a lot more energy during the day and i am in a better mood. It is also starting to have an effect on the...
Luv2ride, well isn't that a cool coincedence! Nice to meet you Fiona ;)...
Welcome to Healing well Littlemama :) This place is great, i've been coming here a couple of months now from when i "suspected" fibro and it has been such a great help to me! Everyone is standing by...
So far the only side effect i am having is that tight throat, feels difficult to swallow, not in a painfull way or anything, it's just weird is all. I also get an energy boos from the stuff, just...
So i had my follow up appointment yesterday with the rheumatologist. Told him that the Amitriptyline wasn't realy working for me, that the pain wasn't better in fact was worse and that my sleep is...
I'm also not comfotable sitting on hard surfaces, i'm really not comfortable sitting in general half of the time lol. I keep moving around and changes positions often, that helps me. At work i have a...
I Can't really say i've got that problem, really quite the opposite... I've always been real thin ussualy round 120 lbs, there have been times when i was seriously underweight only around 92-94 lbs...
Love your conclusion Hypervee!! Will keep that in mind next time someones ever rude to me, they'll have it coming :D Fiona...
Hi Springsun and welcome to this wonderfull community! Everyone is genuinly nice, friendly and above all: helpfull! Wheter u need a shoulder to cry on, someone to vent to, or just someone to share...
That's so sweet! I bet she'll be over the moon when the big night comes!! My daughter is only 7 and she still thinks boys are yukkie, son is 11 but he has a crush on a different girl every month si...
I've had the numb hands thing to but on both hands simultaneously and it didn't go to my legs just stayed in the hands up to the elbow. I don't know if it's fibro or anything else. I phone my rheumy...
My god how rude was she! If i were nin your shoes i would have given her a good piece of my mind. Where does she get off calling u lazy? Does she have no shame? I'm so sorry u had to go through this,...
Hi Kathy, sorry to hear that your sleeping has been off. I'm also going through a rough patch right now so i can relate to how you are feeling. I hope u continue sleeping 7-8 hours like u managed...
Thanks everyone for your kind replies and your support! I know a lot of you too suffer from insomnia and disturbed sleep patterns. It seems to be another fibro-thing. In the past i've nevere really...
I am so totally exhausted it's not even funny anymore! Lately my sleep pattern seems to be getting worse instead of better.... Last night it took me two brutal hours to get down and THAN i wake up...
On my first apointment they took a lot of blood for testing, i had to get a full spinal X-ray done and the doc did the "tenderpoint" test to see how many i had. So basically they will poke you with...
I've had a similirar experience, also when i was under sever stress. But i never had an actual fever though it just "felt" like one. Aches and chills all over and skin feeling hot to the touch, but...
Thanks you guys. I used to write tons of poetry when i was younger, i still do now but a lot is in flemish :) Fiona...
Bet you love this topic John :) Nice to meet you by the way i'm not quite new here anymore but i hadn't met you yet :) Fiona...
Hi GlassOlive, and a very warm welcome from me too! Your symptoms not beeing as severe doesn't neccesarily mean that you do or don't have fibro. A lot of diseases seam to mimick fibro pains, for that...
Hi SleepingDaisy, Welcome to the forum. This place is full of great people nand every single one of them has a heap of helpfull tips, a shoulder to cyber-cry on and pats on the back whenever u need...
German sheperds are lovely dogs Karen and they are known to be very playfull so don't get your hopes up that she'll calm down. My parents have a Belgian Malinois sheperd dog, they look a lot like...
Bit too late to wave you off, but still, have an amazing time and all the best of wishes for your anniversary. Hugs all round Fiona...
Congrats on your renewed freedom!! Move over some tables and chairs and get that party going! Fiona PS i've still got years to go, at least 11 more (and thats IF they move out at 18 lol)...
Hi Karen! It's 4 in the afternoon here in sunny Belgium. Yes we've been having lovely weather the past few days, nice and warm though not too warm. Went to an amusment park on saturday and allthough...
It's sooo boring here... Nothing to do and my body is all stiff from sitting on my lazy all day. While i'm counting the hours, I made a little poem to share. Hope y'all like it :) My body is like my...
I know how you feel. I've not slept well in ages, i've always been a bad sleeper even from way before the Fibro. But it used to be difficulty getting to sleep, now it's both the getting to sleep and...
Yeah i get them all the time. never lasts long and it can be in random places. It is similar to beeing stung only it doesn't really burn afterwards. Over time i've kinda gotten used to the pricks, so...
Thanks for all your replies, i feel slightly less anxious now. I have a new appointment with my rheumatologist on the 12th of october so i will tell him my concerns then. Hopefully he'll be able to...
I am really, and i mean REALLY worried and anxious about a very strange episode i had last weekend. I've never had this symptom before, well it's not even really a symptom cause so far it happend...
I SO get what you're talking about! I bet it's like that for all people with so called "invisible diseases"... Other people just don't seem to "get it" do they? It's almost like they think that what...
Hi, I'm so glad to hear you found such a wonderfull doctor. It's nice knowing u got someone else thats also fighting in your corner. I'm sure together with him you will find the treatment that works...
Trust me, you aint crazy... We've all been through that 'what the hell is wrong with me-fase', and i think some people on here still are. I would also reccomend you to write down all your symptoms...
Hi everyone, I know this isn't really Fibro-related, but still on top of the rest my dental problems are driving me mad! I've always had bad teeth, as a matter of fact it seems to run through the...
OMG! I'm gonna wet my pants now seriously! My "sista's" are also down under lol! I've had my babies early on in life so i've only got to enjoy their perkyness untill my late teens (no i'm not kidding...
I still work full time, but honestly i wish i didn't. It's become way too stressfull for me to handle. I also have my household to run and have two children. My work is just generally extremely...
I've got it with clothes, need to cut out everysingle label, and if even the tiniest thread of fabric in the seam is loose i will feel it poking me non stop untill the point when i go half mad......
I think is more than likely a case of fibro-fog. I've been foggy minded, wheter i'm on drugs or off them. I've only started treatment about 2 months or so back. I've been put on 25 Mg of...
I have had this sensation only very locally, meaning just in the one leg.. With me its not the whole leg but it's realy my upper leg muscle that's doing all the shaking. u can even see it when u...
Sounds like one good trip! I agree that sometimes we just gotta get on with it and do what we would like to do, cause if we would listen to our bodies every single time we would never come round to...
Haven't tried it for the IBS but i do like to have thos bedtime teas though i must say they sometimes give me stomach acid so i cant have one every evening. I mus say they do help u relax a bit so i...
Dito on both subjects. Allthoug my jaw problem existed long before the fibro: i've clenched my jaw at night for ages. I read a while ago that it's actually a sleep disorder, has a name and...
Welcome Bluebell2! This place offers realy great support and everyone is so nice. The Fibro 101 thread has heaps of info and helped me a lot in the beginning. I'm also half English so it's twice as...
I'm so happy for you! Its the first step on a long road but at least now u have taken that first step so u can get on with your life. I'm also very glad to hear that you found a good and decent...