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    G’day, new here

    Hi Harpy, welcome to the forum. I'm glad to hear you found an osteopath that has helped you, let's hope everyone suffering find that one person who is really willing and able to help us. I'm also having huge issues with nights and only last night it occurred to me; it is all because I don't...
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    Anyone not on drugs for Fibro?

    Hi, Living with fibromyalgia for 25 years, 20's, 30's made it through with occasional pain killer, lots of PT, lots of rest - but it was a time when I had trouble accepting my diagnosis so I'd push my body, then burn out, then hit rock bottom, but then try again and again. For the past 9...
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    i'm so tired

    First of all welcome to the forum. My advice; since you have only been recently diagnosed; go through this forum, read all that interests, keep an open mind about treatment options (something as simple as a 'heat pack' can be more powerful than any medication out there for many for example)...
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    how do people live like this?

    you live for the very few ok and good minutes, hours or days that you might have. On those days, yes, one does tend to feel bad because you are reminded head on (like a hard slap) about how bad you have it on your bad days. I go on because of that slither of hope that someday there will be a...
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    Remarks from doctors - that hurt real bad

    Hahaha just picturing rich people being surprised that I won't be able to join them in Belize! LOL!!! I actually do know people like that. The world we live in.... The 10 days after these doctors' visit (which I had to spend mostly in bed and in tears), I am finally doing better and just like...
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    Remarks from doctors - that hurt real bad

    Hi, After many years of living as a recluse, I finally started going to doctors and getting referrals to see specialists. From the 1st doctor I went to; while in a full blast panic attack, these are the remarks she made; - "you should start working" (yeah because I finished an ivy league...
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    Lady gaga

    It was about 6 months right around the time she released a documentary about her life that it was revealed she suffers from fibro, and had to cancel concert tour dates, back then as well. I do hope she brings awareness to fibro - she has the power to do so. I hope she does a sit down interview...
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    Fibro - life sentence

    NEVER feel silly, guilty, weak, or like a drama queen for venting. Like you said, living with fibro is a life sentence. It is there all the time. Healthy people and doctors so often forget this fact. Even on a good day, when everything is working well, it can all turn around in 10 minutes and...
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    Hi everyone im new to this forum

    Sadly, as you will read many times on this forum, it can take years for a diagnosis. Sometimes, if you are a smart patient and have a good doctor, it can take months. Mine was unofficially diagnosed at age 19, but when I moved away and was seeing a different GP at each visit, all my complaints...
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    Feeling Hopelessly Adrift

    I was 19 when I first was unofficially diagnosed with fibro. I thought the pain and fatigue that I had been having for many many years a child and teenager were all normal, that everyone had them. But I did not want to accept a serious diagnosis like that so I went on and on and on - until I...
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    First time in forum vent

    I also feel your pain, and frustration so very much. What you said about your mind wanting to do so so so so much, especially when the depressive thoughts lift and vanish away (even for a few hours) and you feel like you can take on the world, your body is like 'what? you talking to me? No way...
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    anger

    I sooo feel your anger and pain. Every day....but even more today. I finally made it to a doctor today (after 4 years), I had a full blown panic attack despite my anxiety pills, so it was very embarrassing. Then explaining my complaints of pain, fatigue, fibro diagnosis, severe mental issues...
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    Tired of my wife being treated like a criminal

    I have to admit I was quite amazed to read a post from a husband of a fibro warrior. You see and witness your wife's daily fight, I mean fibro alone is a lot. Like you said, the physical side is one thing, but the pain makes us into 'unpredictable' beings as well, so we can react in various...
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    it's too much, just too much....

    These cats are all stray/feral cats. And sadly, in the country where I live, there are millions of stray cats & dogs and we don't have animal control/RSCPA/shelters like you do in the West. I had my group of cats neutered/spayed privately and for many years the numbers around our building were...
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    How To Manage On A Tight Budget With Fibro

    Gosh, I wish I was more of a recipe type of person, but honestly, I just put things together and blend them all with lots of herbs. I'll put whatever veggies I have in the house in the pan, then decide whether to eat them with potatoes, pasta/noddles or rice. Then I decide which cuisine I want...
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