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Hi, i am new to the site, i have been living with fibro since 2002 at least that is when i was diagnosed with it. I have some good days and then the days that i call my tin man days. My joints get stiff and most of my body hurts. I am on medication for this and take pain pills for when the pain...

My name is Shelly and I'm from Melbourne Australia. I am 38 years old. I am married with 3 children. I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia when I was 20 but have shown signs of it since I was around 7-8 years old. When I was 8 years old I was diagnosed with Tourette's Syndrome. Thank goodness I have...

I am a Fibro fighter. I was diagnosed in 2009 when my kids were only 2 and 3 years old. At the time, I was in my mid-20's. I tried the traditional approach to treating this illness with all the drugs that my docs prescribed. They made me worse and worse to the point that I was completely...

It has been such a long road for me. I first got diagnosed with fibro in September, 2011. I had all the classical symptoms of fibro. I have been getting treated for fibro since that time by a neurologist that I recently encountered a problem with. I last saw him in October of 2013. I take...

I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia shortly after my c-section, but I believe I had it before that just not as severe. I have PCOS and Graves Disease, but the Fibro is worse than both of them put together. My thyroid disease has gone into remission for the time, so I don't have to take as many...

Happy to have found this forum. Is it hard for you to stay positive? I often feel like I don't know how to cope with my "new" self.

Hello, I've just joined this site and I'm very excited about being able to talk to people who can empathise rather than sympathise. I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia/CFS/Neuropathy in my legs from my feet to my hips and in my arms from my fingertips to my shoulders aprrox 6 - 7 years ago. I've...

I have been on Cymbalta for 4 years and have been happy with the results. For my last refill I was given the generic version and it doesn't seem to be working. Very slowly all of my symptoms are returning and I'm not happy. It usually starts in my neck, my forearms and strangely enough, the...

I've had autoimmune issues since I was 8 years old. I'm 34 now, so I've been 'sick' longer than I haven't been. It's a way of life and I can hide it pretty darn well. My parents have retired in Mexico and I spend, at least, the winters there, with them. The stable and not cold weather makes a...

Guys I just wanted to write a little post about alternative medicine. There are many scam artists out there who would do and tell anything to get your money so be careful! As a physician I see things like this often, people who are in pain and without hope are those who would try anything to...