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    Diagnosed, then sicker than ever with Cymbalta

    I take Cymbalta, 60mg currently, just started taking it a few weeks ago. It's ok for me. It is helping with my pain a little, but I am still having break through pain. I also take Lyrica, which is a total life saver for me. I would not be able to walk without the Lyrica, serious. I have had...
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    Let's talk about pain

    Thanks! I have been meaning to try yoga, but you know, exhausted. I just got a cushion for my chair at work and it helps a lot. I just wish I could move without the low back and hip pain. A bunch of my family is taking a bus trip to the Mall of America in a few weeks and asked if I wanted to...
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    Fmla

    Wow. How are you holding it together? I would not be able to do it. I agree with trfielder, it is important for your sanity and your relationship that your husband be more supportive and empathetic of your illness. Then your doctor. If possible, find a doctor that understands fibro and cares...
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    according to my best friend im a hypochondriac

    It hurts to find out that someone you thought had your back in fact doesn't. My husband and I dealt with these types of issues. I haven't really told many of my "friends" for fear of that reaction. I have only told family and everyone I have told has been supportive and sympathetic. There are...
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    Let's talk about pain

    I have possibly had fibro for a couple of years now. It started as a pain in my side that was misdiagnosed as shingles, when I got tired of narcotics my dr put me on Lyrica. It has been working great until a few months ago. My friend and I started walking this summer after work. There is a...
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    Pain Sucks

    Pain at about a 6 today. Sucks. Making it hard to work. I have decided that my husband hears about my pain all the time so I figured I should share the pain with you people and spare him since he cannot possibly understand how much this hurts and how frustrating it is. This recent "flare" I...
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    How do you deal with frustration?

    I feel you, twiztc. At first my husband didn't understand how I can do one thing one day and not the next day. I tried to explain that every day is different. Different pain, different energy level, it can actually be different from one moment to the next. Sometimes I can start something...
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    Hello *waving energetically*

    Hello! I am new to the fibro diagnosis as well and I can relate to EVERYTHING you just said! It's hard isn't it? I am lucky that my workplace is very understanding of my illness and have gone out of their way to accommodate me, but I know what you are talking about with those B's at work...
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    Working full time with FM

    akajbart, I work a full-time job as a paralegal. It has not been easy. I was just diagnosed last week, but have been suffering for about 2 years. The last three weeks I have had what may be a "flare", not sure how flare's work or how long they last, but I started considering cutting back on my...
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    How do you deal with frustration?

    What frustrates me is when I say to the "normal" people around me, I'm really tired or I really hurt today, I get "oh me too" or "I know what you mean". Yeah, I don't think you do. Plus, it's not a contest. Can't you just let me be tired and hurt and complain about it without trying to one up...
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    Fatigue strikes again - bad week

    Yes! for me, the fatigue is the worst part! The combination of Lyrica and Cymbalta keeps the pain manageable, but I have found nothing that helps the fatigue. Most days I feel like I am wrestling under a heavy, wet blanket. It is the kind of fatigue that sleep, rest or even all the 5 hour...
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    Harder in the morning?

    I drag both in the morning for about 2 hours or so after I wake up and then I hit a wall around 3:00 pm. Like btatro, I too have great difficulty getting up. And once I up it is slow going. I hate mornings.
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    Wrong diagnosis before finally being told its Fibromyalgia?

    I am newly diagnosed. Just received my diagnosis a week ago. 2 years ago I got what my family doctor thought was shingles, but I never developed the rash, my doc said that is not unusual. Well, the "shingles" pain never went away. I was on pain meds for 6 months before I told my doc I didn't...
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