I am currently 44 as well. I have been thinking about joining the Y and since I have been researching how to cope with fibro I have seen a lot of suggestions for doing water exercise. I think I will...
Thanks! I have dabbled with exercise, but I really, really, really hate it. I get very stiff in my low back and hips when I walk too far. I guess that is the key, to stop before I get to that point....
Thank you for responding! I have tried Ambien and Lunesta. With the Lunesta I would do things in my sleep like sleep text gobbledy gook to my daughter. It was interesting. But those meds just leave...
I have posted on here one time before. Not sure how long ago. But reading everyone's posts makes me realize I am not the only one who can't remember anything! Which makes me feel somewhat better. I...
Angel11, thank you for your information. Even though you are in OH, SSDI is a federal program so your advice spans all states. I used to work for the US Attorney in Iowa doing SSDI claims as "local"...
I have those days as well. Since I am newly diagnosed, my husband has difficulty understanding how I can be well one day and sick the next. He tried to be supportive but he gets frustrated. Not sure...
I will talk to my Dr., I am worried that he will suggest I use vicodin again, but I don't want to feel drugged and the vicodin doesn't exactly help the fatigue. I am getting some relief with Lyrica,...
Snowbunny21, thank you for the suggestions! It is the fatigue that is most troubling, but I still have "flares", I guess you could call them, of the severe nerve pain in the exact same area as my...
I am finding that I am having difficulty working a full day. I work 8:30 -4:30 and start really feeling fatigued and having pain around 3. Does anyone have any advice about how/if I should ask my...
I know. The research isn't clear. It seems even the experts can't decide what causes what but they have found a correlation. I forgot endometriosis and restless leg syndrome. I had a hysterectomy...
Apparently you don't always get a rash with shingles, you get neuro type pain. The way my GP described it to me was that the virus can irritate a nerve root and you will have pain all along that...
Ok, I must have what you call "fibro fog". I took VICODIN not valium. Ugh. I don't know how to deal with this........
I had a case of the shingles at the beginning of May. I did not have a rash, I have had shingles before and no rash either. Last time I got over the shingles in about 1 week. This time however, I...