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Hello everybody. My dentist says I need braces to fix overcrowding of my lower teeth but I've been putting it off because I'm worried it'll be very painful and I don't need more pain. Do any of you wear braces and how has the experience been for you? Thanks for your help, and hope you are all...

Well I went back to the doctor today and she gave me a prescription for gabapentin. Anybody else take this? If so does it work for you? I was told it "might" work but was reading about it and am really worried about the side affects. Normally I do not experience side affects from medication but...

Hello, So my mother is the one who has fibromyalgia, she's been diagnosed in 1997. Recently, she went to see a doctor about a spot on her right breast, and he told her it was most definitely a cancerous tumor. She needs to confirm the diagnostic, but I wanted to know if the two are somehow...

Hi, I was looking for support for an alkaline diet and happened to find this board. I'm 65 and have had FM for for about 15 to 20 years. I've controlled it with acupuncture, but lately, the acupuncture has been making my nerves worse. My daughter in law suggested that i try an alkaline diet...

I am 32 & have been suffering with fibro symptoms for the past 10 years. I was just recently formally diagnosed with 16 tender points. My symptoms have increased drastically, I can no longer work, I have 2 children ages 8 & 13 & am really struggling. In addition to the fibro, I now have...

BUT... is NOT! I think i have mentioned it here a couple times, but I will do it again :lol: I'm moving to the Netherlands soon (if things go well). I'm moving to a city full of canals... A lot people ask me why I don't seem so excited and such, that it should all be happiness, because I've...

Hi I'm not sure how to start but I need to find out answers to questions I have about fibromyalgia. Here is some backround information about my wife and I. We are both in in our early 30s and we are highschool sweethearts. We have been together for 14 years, married for 8 of the 14 (no breaks or...

It really irks me :-| to hear people (and doctors) tell me: It's the weather. Monday was sunny and I had huge FM on Monday. Today it's stormy and I woke up with no pain this morning (this worried me :shock:) And it's not just today, I checked my symptoms vs the weather many times over the...

Hello everyone. I am new to this group. Although, my support system is great, I need advice in how to voice my discomfort from my fibro to my boyfriend. He is SO amazing. I am just always worried he may leave me eventually :-(

The first signs of fibromyalgia came about when I was in college. My arms would be aching after completing blue book tests, and my knees would hurt from climbing stairs all day. I figured this was normal at the time. After about a year or so, however, I found my legs throbbing, my arms...