Recent content by alexisfinch24

This has been a crazy past two weeks. That is all I can say. I had a really awful flare up that landed me in the hospital. It sucks that we have to deal with this. I am a very positive person and, I believe we can live normal lives with this disease. When these bad days and weeks come up I...

Its amazing all the facts this thread has generated it is exactly what I was hoping for when I posted the original post. I had a bad battle with my fibro over the past two weeks and that is why I have not been around. It makea me feel better to read all these posts. It gives us hope that we...

I do get some fluid retention on a regular basis. I am not sure if it is related to my fibro but, my doctor thinks it is aggravated by it. So, he has me taking a water pill everyday. HTZ is the medication that I take and, it seems to do the trick.

Medical marijuana is a very big help to those of us with this disease. It is one thing that truly helps with my pain and I am not ashamed to admit it. We must take the shame away from something that has been nothing but, beneficial to us.

I love my unit. It absolutely makes my life better after a long painful day full of stress at work. It allows me to relax from the inside out if anyone can relate to what that means. Its hard to relax with pain going on so the unit helps the pain so I can relax on the outside.

Those are some very great points. It is amazing that they do not know what the cause is but, that really does tell us that it is not mental. But, the pain and suffering that we go through can cause us mental issues. Depression as many of us have stated is the big thing.

I agree with your post to my original thread. It is a physical disease but, the mental anguish caused by fibro can cause many mental problems for many of us. Depression is the number one dual diagnosis with our disease. So many lose faith because of the pain and depression that they may ever...

Emotional stress does tend to make our pain flare up. Especially if we are having a large amount of stress in our lives at a particular moment. That is why counseling is so important and, other forms of dealing with stress to avoid something like that from happening. Deep breathing and...

That is one of the great things about this board. We can post our frustrated feelings and, actually have people who understand reply with news of hope we can get through this. It is a daily battle that we must wage with this disease. Here we can find comfort with others who are in the same...

I will be honest that I have always been a little scared of getting this done because, I have a huge fear of needles. But, I tried it the other day and, let me say I felt so much better after it was done. You really can not even feel the needles oing in but, during it you feel some type of...

Your very right about depression not being treated. No one wants to here that they should just deal with it. I know that it would destroy me if someone told me that about my depression. I see a counselor monthly and, I take my meds daily. There are times I wish I could just suck it up...

Social security disability is the only option many of us have because, of this disease that has impacted many of our live. And, that is such a taak in its self that it can shake us to our core. It can make us even more depressed than we were before we started the application process to get our...

I agree with everyone that it is physical because, of the symptoms we experience with the disease. But, those who said it was also mental, too, I see your point. I also would like to point out the depression and mind games that we go through are veey much mentally generated. So, it would be...

These are all very good examples of the topic of this thread. Your responses are the type I was hoping for. This thread and this entire forum are another excellent way of staying positive. It allows us all to connect with hundreds of people just like us and, share our lives with. Getting...

Well, we all know that maintaining a positive outlook on our lives with Fibro can make a huge difference in our overall quality of life. But, we also know sometimes that is easier said than done. Between the pain, soreness, depression, doctors visits, and medication regiment some days it...