DX: Hashimoto and Fibromyalgia. Meds: None, my rheumatology doctor refused to prescribed anything. But I went to a medical marijuana clinic and I received a prescription for medical marijuana under...
Hello all! I just returned from a 5 days vacation in California. Oh the joy of flying for hours and being unable to change position! I had fun expect for one incident I can't explain. First night, we...
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I'm asking here because I don't know where else to go, and I'm hoping someone can help me identify what happened. I have Hashimoto and Fibromyalgia. Nothing else that I know of. I'm 37, overweight as...
I'm not sure how to ask, I normally speak French. I was talking to a friend I hadn't seen in a long time. Someone who knew me back in High school. She was comparing the old me to the new FM me. I was...
Love Bikini Kill! As for Lyme Fibro. I asked myself when I read about Lyme the first time and still ask myself the same question! I talked to my rheumatology doctor, my endocrinology doc, my...
I have fibro and I had exactly what you mentioned. The same thing! It got so bad that they thought it was MS or ALS. They tested me and all that, but only to figure it out it was part of fibro. I...
Anna, I put your post in our Diet and Food Discussions thread. That's where we are keeping these discussions. There is a ton of info there and it's all in one spot too so check it out. Sherrine ...
I was reading online that MSM pills from Trader Joe's could be good for us. Anyone here tried it before? They sell them on other stores too, but I've never heard of it until now in my search. My...
You know when you go buy foundation, and you look at all the shades on display, and there's that shade at the beginning, the palest of them all, and you look at it and you think to yourself "Woah,...
I obsessively wash my hands from October til spring time, and use hand sanitizer every time I go somewhere public, or touch something that isn't mine. I wear a scarf, light one so if someone close to...
How often do you hurt yourself without doing anything? I'm taking walking and then feeling like your knee just gave up, or waking up feeling like you sprained your ankle like you ran a marathon but...
The one time I felt myself again was last year when I went to Las Vegas for a week. No humidity at all, warm sun. It was AMAZING!...
I just need to vent a little bit. For the last week or so I rested, took my time, did everything I could to sleep well for an upcoming weekend getaway. Something that was suppose to be fun and...
I'm going to be rude and I apologize if I offend someone, I love my family and friends but I dealt with similar issues before. It takes a bit of training, but here's what I do: I explain to them...
I have been scared of this word my whole life. To me, depression means being put on happy pills and being unable to see reality. But since I've been sick, with both Hashimoto (DX 2009) and Fibro (DX...
I'm so sorry for your loss. She helped a LOT of us here. Love, Anna...
Hello, I'm sure I asked this before, brain fog galore! But, pacing myself works good for me. Energy wise except, I can only do so much without feeling like I need to nap for hours. The problem is, I...
Worst: Really cold winter. Rainy days too. I live in Montreal. -45C days are killing me! I can feel your pain. My husband and I are also considering moving and we're looking at B.C. too. Best: Las...
In the first week of January I started a chronic pain program. In my program, 4 of them have fibromyalgia. This program consists of physiotherapy, hydrotherapy, pool exercises, kinesiology,...
Hi Karen, Thanks for your answer. I never thought about the medicinal use of it until today when a friend told me her aunt with fibro smokes. Do you have an official card for it? I'm not sure of the...
I may have asked before. I don't remember. Fibro brain here. Know what I'm talking about? Has anyone here considered medical marijuana to help with the pain? Has it worked or not work for you? Pros...
Hello from Montreal :)...
Joy, Debbie, you both describe fatigue perfectly the exact way I live it and couldn't describe or explain to anyone. Thank you so much...
Has your hearing every been affected by fibromyalgia? If so, how?...
If you had to quantify the amount of fatigue you have to deal with, how much would you say you have to endure? Let's say in a month? Or a week? Or, is it an everyday thing? Does it depends on the...
Hi Michael, Mix 3 drops of tea tree oil to 1/4 tea spoon of facial moisturizer and apply to where it's warm. It works for me to help ease the flush hot face. It kills a type of mites that lives in...
Every winter, every time of the year we start using indoor heat it's the same. At around 9 pm my face start heating up. It feels like it's on fire. None of that is happening in the day at all. I was...
I have that and mine is thyroid related as well. When my levels were fine, it stopped. I also drink a lot of water and it helps :)...
Anyone else experience dizziness sometimes?...
2005: Started getting tired and needed to sleep 12 hours a day or so. Thought I was just sad from losing my job but, started having my period non stop for months. Saw a gynecologist, who tested my...
Thanks for asking the question about eyes. I came here to ask about the same thing. Eyes feel tired sometimes. Like my eyes muscles been replaced by rubber bands. It started at the same time we...
Bear with me, English is my second language and I have honestly no idea how to describe it, even in French. Sometimes I will get a weird back or side pain. It will feel like a muscle or organ, I'm...
Hey! What fixed it from me is reduce the humidity in my house and drinking a lot of water. I cough again when it's humid outside like when it rains, but it only lasts for a short instant. And I now...
That's what I was afraid of :(...
My Rheuma refered me to a pain clinic. I went today, got accepted and I'm starting in January. Yay! However, today when doing their tests: touch here, bend like this, stretch that, they mentioned...
Every time I have my period it's worst. I'm laying in my bed unable to sleep because my face on the left side is sooo sensitive and painful. I can't blink with my left eye without feeling it. The...
What's the cause of this? Since fibro is nerves, is it nerves related?...
As I'm still learning about Fibromyalgia, I'm hoping you can help me understand something. Today I went out with my husband to run some errands. Grocery store and frozen yogurt. Something we do once...
Background: I'm allergic to cats, all trees, birch the most, dust mites and cats. I'll try my best to explain what happened. I take Avamys nasal spray and Singulair for my allergies every night...
Yesterday and Saturday I had no choice but to push myself. There's just life situations you can't put on hold like a family member at the hospital. I drove for hours, had to deal with family members....
Yes! Totally fibro. It comes and goes. When I feel it, I listen to music and concentrate on that. It kinda helps. Or drive to cancel out the feeling....
"I can taste the smell" I have that too. When I say that to people, they think I'm crazy lol. But no, I can feel it and it's real!...
I try to make mine fibro friendly. 1- I have those pretty bins with fabric on them in my living room and when I know someone is coming over, I will just put the cluster in. It looks clean without...
I had that too, twitch near my heart. I thought I was having a heart attack. With it came all the stress of: "OMG am I dying??". I don't know about CFS, but I need to pace myself more than an average...
I had a big flare-up last week and this weekend, I have less pain now but I'm twitching like crazy! Always the same place too. My stomach! Or abs. I'm not sure what muscles are affected. It's driving...
I went to my yearly rheumatologist appointment today. She is the kind of doctor who only put patients on meds when they really need it. She started me on primrose oil 6 times a day, and it went well...
Hello all, I feel like this been asked multiple times, but felt like asking again to have a new set of answers. Do any of you have vision problems that you think might be caused by fibromyalgia? I...
I live in Montreal where it's warm and humid most of the summer, and last week I went to Las Vegas for a week, where it's hot and dry. I don't know if it's the temperature change or flying. Hence I'm...
Hi Reanna, Yes I get that too. Sometimes on my legs, sometimes on my arms. I talked to my neuro and rheumatologist and was told that it's indeed a fibromyalgia thing. What I do to "fix" it is relax,...