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I've seen a lot of specialists... and have been in sever pain for months now. No one can give me an answer. My mom, my grandmother, and my cousin all have fibromyalgia and they strongly think I do. I'll try to explain; all my joins (etc, fingers, wrists, elbows, back of my neck, in the little...

Diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia at the age of 15, my daughter has definitely encountered challenging days. Now at the age of 18, she still experiences days when the fibromyalgia poses more problems than the RA. She takes Enbrel and Methotrexate (when she remembers the...

Well, it has been almost two years, I have gone from being muscular, full of energy, working fulltime, to being reduced to a parasite. I had to quit my job, I am very, very tired and my feet, ankles, knees, hips, middle of my back, and sometimes my neck hurts. I turn 50 in a few weeks. Since age...

Good Morning, I joined as I need a place to be able to get some feedback and ideas when I'm having a bad flare up. I am married with no children and my "wife" ( We are a gay couple) is great and super understanding and helpful, but it's hard sometimes to feel like crap and look fine. I work a...

I don't know if this has been asked or not, but I'm just curious as to what age everyone was diagnosed? I was diagnosed when I was 32 years old. I was told by my Doctor that symptoms and onset generally started when someone was in "early middle age". I'm just curious if this is a common theme...

Hello All, I am still trying to figure out how to manage all of this. It's all so new. Last week I had a great week (great meaning I could walk and stay up all day - not great as in back to normal) and then we had some rain come through and I have had horrid pain again. Has anyone found that...

I was quite surprised when my new rheumatologist said I had fibro two weeks ago. I knew I had rheumatoid arthritis, but I always figured the other aches and pains, the relentless exhaustion and so forth, were just an extension of that. Naturally, I rang my mum and told her. "Oh," she said...

just wonder if others have already been through caregiving a spouse when you can barely make it through most days yourself? Any advice appreciated! No smilie for pullin my hair out trying to manage!

I just developed high blood pressure in the last few months and am now going to a cardiologist. I recently started smoking again because I'm on nothing for pain and it helps very mildly with symptoms. I live in Virginia, so I can't smoke pot for pain. As it is, I'm already in pain, I'm just...

Lately I've been struggling with neck pain, I think this kind of pain is one of the most debilitating ones, because when I have it I can't even sleep :( I'm firm on my decision tho: I'm NOT taking more meds! I don't want to load my body with more chemicals and expose myself to a lot unpleasant...