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Hi everyone 😁 saying hi as new to this group and although I've been suffering on and off for years I've just moved house and a new doctor has diagnosed fibromylalgia and possibly cfs 😣. For the last few years I've felt like people think I'm hyperchondriac 😢 most days complaining of some...

Hello, this is my first post on this forum. I have a daughter that has been suffering from fibromyalgia for four years now. She is currently 16, in her junior year of high school. When she was in the sixth grade I had her take the infamous Gardasil shot. Although we are not sure, we do think...

Hello. My name is Brenda and I was diagnosed with fibro in 2004. I have two children....2 teen children...my son is in high school and my daughter is in junior high. My life with fibro has been very challenging as I have other medical conditions riding along with it. I think though the...

I've always counted myself lucky,I could do most of what I wanted slowly but I could get there..but since first posting about my legs I'm in a bit of trouble . My legs hurt badly ,the minute I wake up.walking is now a fight between me my brain and my legs. I also worry about getting Lauren to...

Hi, guys! My only niece is turning 4 soon and starting school. I usually see her for her birthday-- brave the city and drive down to visit with her. I was the nanny for the first 2 years of her life and even though she doesn't recognize other family members, she always recognizes me and comes...

Hello, I have had issues with concentration and focusing for years, even before the main fibromyalgia symptoms appeared. I am currently in school so it is a particularly big obstacle. It is also difficult to distinguish from the fibro fog. However, I am worried about medication making pain and...

Hi! So, I posted in the newly diagnosed section but this seems to be the place to introduce ones-self, so here I go! I was just diagnosed on monday but have had a lifetime of pain in my 28 short years. I feel like a 90 year old inside and out. I was bullied all through school and never had...

I was surprised to run across a good research paper that was focused on uunderstanding how fibromyalgia patients view their condition. Many times this kind of research seems to be focused on identifying ways that the patients are making their symptoms worse by having a bad attitude (which...

This probably goes w/o saying, but having been diagnosed unexpectedly (ystrdy) after years of searching for answers and coming up short, I feel a lot of denial, frustration and sadness. I am not naive to the realities, but there is a crazy amount of shame that comes w/ this dx for me. First...

Hey guys! The last quarter of the school year is always the most chaotic, so I haven't had time to think much about this until now. I'm hoping you guys can help me understand some thing. Back in April, I saw a specialist on fibro for the first time. My neuro set this up, as a last step to...