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Hi, I seem to have gone into remission from my chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia. I got remarried about 2.5 years ago and slowly my fibro and fatigue seem to be in remission. I would say it has been for about 6 mths now. Slowly over the past few years I seem to get less and less of the...

I work as a high school teacher. I teach four classes, three of which are freshmen. Then I coach for two and a half hours in the afternoon. In all I spend 11-12 hours at work every day. When I mention that it is stressful or hard or tiring, I frequently get asked if I think I'm more tired than...

I am a 26 years old and was diagnosed December 2013 with fibromyalgia after many years of neck and upper back pain. My pain started with very tight muscles and frequent spasms. I'd get headaches and just a lot of pain in my neck. Now that has diminished somewhat, although I still get shooting...

I have been feeling so depressed lately, I just came back from Europe (I was visiting family). I had a great time and everything, but a family member in specific made me feel a bit down. I thought this person really understood how bad things were with my health, but it turns out this person...

I'm just curious as to why so many people say, "I'm not going to take antidepressants". I had this convo with a friend and she feels like they would make her someone else. Is that how people generally view antidepressants? I take them and am not ashamed to admit it. The prednisone made me a...

Just wanted to post a thread for those who suffer from tounge pain. After going through a very stressful time in my life, I began to have horrible tounge pain.very frustrating because after going to my doctor, he refered me to a dentist who said there was nothing he could find. I experienced...

Hey everyone, I just found this site after searching for some information on fibromyalgia. My name is Jessica, I live in IL, I'm 30 married with 5 year old twins. I was diagnosed with fibro last year after lots of blood tests, scans and other tests. I also have Hashimoto's, migraines, Vitamin D...

Hi everyone! My name is Ashley and I will be 30 next month (eeekk!) 2 years ago I dropped something on my big toe, the nail ripped off, got infect so I went to a podiatrist. The podiatrist gave me a prescription for 1000 MGs a day of cipro for 28 days. A few months after being off the...

I'm curious. Those of you with depression and FMS, what came first? For me, I was depressed as a child, but was fine in my twenties. It wasn't until I started getting hard-core symptoms of FMS and lost my job that I became depressed. Also, how many of you have FMS and are not depressed?

I have been feeling so very lousy for a few weeks now. I have fibromyalgia plus cervical disc disease. I was taking 200mg Lyrica and 120mg of Cymbalta each day. My fibro doctor and I have fallen out and he will not give me a new script for Lyrica, had to stop taking it about a month ago...