Recent content by Heavenjumper

Thank you sunkola, sometimes it helps just to know somebody understands. I am definitely planning something fairly simple, any extravagant affair isn't my style even before all the health issues. It helped brighten my spirit about planning the other day when my godmother (my mother passed away a...

I would definitely request an MRI to rule out other possibilities. Especially with past issues in your neck like that, it would be well worth it to make sure. I had a brain MRI during diagnosis and when I had sudden loss of use in my left leg to ensure there was no evidence of stroke, MS, or...

I know exactly how you feel. Even walking across the room, getting dressed, or any tiny task Will absolutely exhaust me to the point that I have to sit down for a while before I do anything else. I've been diagnosed with degenerative disc disease as well as fibro and waiting for an appointment...

I've been absent from the forum for a while, just got into a depression because of multiple things going on and kind of closed off as much as I could to the outside world. My doctor started me on Effexor in February for depression and to block some of the nerve pain I have. She increased my dose...

Hi Living Alone, Welcome tup the forum, i hope we can be as helpful and supportive to you as this place was for me months ago when i found it. I have fibro and have not (at this point) been diagnosed with RA, but I'm waiting for it. My mom had RA and lupus, so I watched her go through years of...

Thank you. It's only been the single visit so far, but she is definitely already listening and doing more than my last doctor did. I refused to go back to him after he denied my request for a referral to a rheumatologist with the reasoning of "rheumatologists don't treat fibromyalgia." I was...

I have been taking it for 4 days now, the last 2 of which I've been dealing with a migraine as well, so I'm not sure if it's helping yet or not. The doctor said it could take a few weeks of taking it to see a noticeable difference, so we'll see how it does. I understand what you mean about so...

I have mentioned here before that I was trying to change my doctor due to the overwhelming urge to knock the first one into the floor. On my last visit to him, he refused my request for a referral to a rheumatologist on the basis of "a rheumatologist only sees patients with rheumatological...

I too understand everything you have said and the way you feel. I have always had difficulty admitting I can't do something or asking for help with a task. I was diagnosed in August and I'm 34, always been independent, active, and self-sufficient. It is a harsh feeling to be in such pain doing...

sunkacola, I also feel for you. Having absolutely no one to hold a conversation with for so long would probably drive me mad! I have been very fortunate in having my fiancé, if I didn't I would be in the same situation with no one else around to help or talk with me. I was always self-sufficient...

Sushi and Japanese hibachi is some of my favorite food, so I'm glad to hear it has this effect on our condition. The only downside to it is that there are no good sushi/Japanese places near me, the closest one being an hour away. I might have to figure out some way to make visits there happen on...

I have also not found a good doctor to get good treatment for the fibro yet and have not learned yet in the 6 months since my diagnosis how to pace myself. It is hard to go from an active, always doing something lifestyle to not pushing too hard. I also have started dealing with depression due...

I have battled depression a few times in my life, but I've always gotten through it before. With my fibro diagnosis last year and symptoms forcing me to have to quit work a month after the diagnosis, depression had come back and I try to just ignore it because being hopeful that things will get...

I understand how you feel. I was always self supporting and active, but have also fought depression and self harm a few times through my life. Having to depend on others for help can take a toll on your self esteem. It is hard to deal with all the pain and limits this condition puts on us, and...

While I don't have direct family around to create the environment your dealing with, I definitely can relate. My best friend moved into my house last August to get a new start and after my symptoms got much worse in September, she became this type of toxic person to me. She would come home and...