Hi AnnaX!!! I think the need for attention comes from the basic need for human contact. We feel validated too, to some degree, when we get attention from others. Babies like attention in order to...
I get the most severe itch on the palms of my hands. Sometimes I want to scrape at them to make it stop. I think I will try astroman's suggestion tomorrow before I shower......
I too have the changing vision. I just had an eye appointment last month and was so happy that he gave me a new script, with all the different measurements. I could actually see with the equipment....
Welcome to the fun house at 123 Fibromyalgia Drive......
Yep I sure do. Never know if I'm really getting sick or not......
I have been on Cymbalta for a while now, helps with my aches and pains. However, it was helping with my depression but stopped. So I had the dosage increased a few weeks ago, from 60mg to 90mg once a...
This is so me!!! Some days my hands feel like they are very contorted even. I look down, and I know I am asking my fingers to move a certain way, and they aren't doing it. Yet I can feel the muscle...
Hi all. Thank you for your replies. I had thought about pitmom's suggestion that I may be blurring the lines between these two boss ladies. I have come to the conclusion that I'm not. I say this...
I am not new to the site, but I am more of a lurker than a poster. However, I need to get feedback from others who understand what goes on inside me. Last year I was let go from a job that I...
Hello all. While not diagnosed as diabetic, I was diagnosed with Metabolic Syndrome and thus put on medication to control my blood sugar. I have a question. My last A1C test (in October) was I think...
I have the same thing, only the redness is always there. I too was tested for Lupus and it was negative. I purposely did not wear make up when I went to see the doc at the Mayo Clinic and all he said...
Thanks ladies.. I think I am grieving for the loss of my old self finally. I think it is time to find my new place in life and let go of the old one. The hard part s going to be letting go of my job,...
I currently have FMLA at work. I chose the intermittent leave, as opposed to taking the whole 12 weeks at once. I am covered for at least 4 days per month to be out due to fibro. However, that often...
Does anyone else try and pretend that there is nothing wrong with them? That their life is as it used to be, before this disease took over? Because that is where I am at right now. I am trying to be...
I am trying to decide whether or not to apply. I am gonna call a lawyer to go through as I don't have the mental capability right now to deal with the process. Huh, never said that "out loud"...
I get a ton of hand pain and it is awful. And being an Admin assistant, it is especially awful when it hurts to type or write or even drive!! And I dont have arthritis... Been checked and that's...
seriously just posted about this very thing on another site yesterday!! I have been getting this more and more over the last few years. On Friday, as I was sitting at my desk, I could see my legs...
Happens to me too. I just say the world is tipping, not me......
I realized today that although my boss is sympathetic to my illness, he actually has no idea what I deal with on a daily basis. He sat me down today to talk about how he can help me to be successful...
I think I may as well give it a try. I too go batty not working. I think I will save the journey towards disability for when I can seriously no longer function as a competent worker in society....
How many of you work full time? I am stuck now on whether or not to pursue disability... I currently work full time at a university...I am on FMLA and I do miss quite a few days a month due to my...
I think I will continue to work at least through December. Then I will get school money and income tax which should help until Ltd would hopefully be approved. I have to be out of work for 135 days...
I started the disability process. I filled out the app online yesterday and a rep called me today to go over some info and tell me the next step in the paperwork process, also online. She told me i...
I too was looking in gastric bypass. However, I had no diagnosis as to what was wrong with me at that time and I was just so sick of being fat. I am kind of glad I didn't do it because I think it...
I am still finding my way since being diagnosed in March. I still have no idea what I am doing or even where to start. Well I take that back, I have an appointment with a rheumatologist that is...
I think it's time for me to really start taking care of myself as best I can. Time to get my body back under my control. I don't like having blurry vision, or metabolic syndrome, for that matter. I...
Oh wow.. My tummy does the same thing!! However, mine is not always protruding. It does it here and there... But it is hard as well... I too have gained weight.. Over 100 pounds in the past 8-9...
I too am still floundering, and don't even know where to start! I have an appointment with a rheumatologist, but it is in March. So until then, I will keep reading, and keep trying to remember what...
You most definitely are not alone. I used to be the life of the party. Always up for a good time with family and friends. Now I pray that no one asks me to go anywhere or do anything on the...
Hello all! Happy hump day!! I know many of us deal with vision issues as a wonderful symptom of FM. How bad does it get for you? What helps to 'restore' your vision? I get to where it feels as if my...
Hi Batou! I feel your pain... Been there done that with all the different back and forth between doctors. It took me over 8 years to get a diagnosis. I finally saw a few different specialists at the...
Im in the same boat. Having a serious flare because I pushed myself this past weekend and went to a Dia De Los Muertos party for a friend who was murdered this past summer. I want to curl into a ball...
Happens to me too! For me, it happens on a daily basis. I have felt bugs crawling on different parts of my body, however it is more prevalent on my arms and legs. I have had it happen and I am...
Hi tingly!! I am new to the world of fibro as well, diagnosed this past March. However, I have had symptoms which have progressively gotten worse over the last 8-9 years. I am still trying to muddle...
Add me to the list! I too get random earaches that have no apparent reason behind them. I never associated it with my fibro.......
Hi all.. Well it's 12:30 am here and I can't sleep, as usual. I was laying here thinking about all the twists and turns life has taken me on. While I am happy with my life, I can't help but feel down...
I seriously came here tonight to ask the same sort of question! I too don't know the difference between a flare and being sick most of the time!! I have not felt good for over a week straight now. I...
Hi and welcome!! I was recently diagnosed with fibro after searching for answers for over eight years. While it is a scary thing to not know what is going on with your body, once a diagnosis is made,...
Joy - I have my appointment on Thursday night at the sleep lab for that exact thing. I am so excited... Lol.....
I am learning that it doesnt have to be done all at once! However, that learning is pprogressing very slowly. I am the type of person who likes to do things myself so I "known it's done right". I was...
Debbie– I am in Las Cruces... Born and raised. I have family in Albuquerque and get up there as often as we can.. I missed the Balloon Fiesta this weekend!!...
I am struggling with this decision too. I need to start seeing a specialist to help manage my fibro on a regular basis. Right now I rely on my PCP and while she is great, her treatment consists of...
I used to dream and be able to remember them easily. However, now I hardly dream that I know of and this may be due to my sleep apnea and lack of deep sleep because of it... I can't wait to dream...
Low over here too.. I think I was low 20s.. Supposed to take I think either 2000 or 5000iui a day.. I try to but forget a lot......
I have not done this yet, but of course now that I said that it will... Lol...
Hi music and welcome!! I am still learning what it means to be a fibromyte myself, but I totally understand what it's like to be lookin for answers and all tests are coming back "normal". For over...
I choose not to get the flu shot because the first, and only, time I said hey, sure, why not?! I got the sickest I have ever been in my life. I will never do that to my body again. I also do not let...
I too am new to the whole fibro thing, still trying to learn what works for me. I have had flares last a day, others last a week or so. I'm still learning what causes mine, and still trying to learn...
It's here in NM too... I had it Thursday and Friday... I wanted to die... But lived through it and now just have the normal aches and pains... Hope you feel better soon, hun!...
One of my first signsthat a flare is coming is my eyes. Starts out with a dull ache, aalmost like a headache is coming. Then comes the blurriness. That has to be my biggest fear - going blind......