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When I first started with Yoga I almost gave up, as I found the pain nearly unbearable after a few simple stretching exercises. I was then advised to take it really easy and gradually build up my strength. So, I did the recommended poses ever so gently and focused on my breathing. It took me a...

Hi everyone! I think I have had fibromyalgia for years but I was diagnosed in May 2014. I'm a 30 year old stay at home mom of two girls from Michigan. I feel some relief in knowing that I have a syndrome not a string of things constantly wrong with me! Also I was surgically diagnosed with...

I would like to start a new forum. POEM CORNER exclusivly for members to write poems about fibro Regardless of whether its a poem about suffering or getting by with fibro, i feel this deserves it's own new section. Here is one to start that I wrote. now listen up tracy, I hear your pain you...

Hi! My name is Linda and I was given a fibro diagnosis at the beginning of May. I believe this is something I've been dealing with for awhile though (as I'm sure it is for most people that finally get the diagnosis). For me, getting the diagnosis was a big relief. I certainly wasn't looking to...

Hi! I'm happy to have found somewhere to get support. I've been facing this diagnosis with little support for the past year. I have fibromyalgia ... And I have to say learning how to juggle this illness is something! At this point I'm realizing that I did not cause this and I can't cure it. I...

I am sure many of us go to physical therapy as a part of our treatment. So, I am thinking we can share some of the excercises that our physical therapist give us with those who cannot afford to go to therapy so that they can get some relief as well. If you can copy a link to a you tube or...

How to treat Fibromyalgia is not as easy as doctors may think, in my opinion. Treating this condition in the right way, should be determined alone by each one separately, not as if all suffers are the same. Treating Fibromyalgia may be as simple as finding the right doctor that will listen to...

I believe that we need this thread so that people who are suffering from the pain of fibro with nothing to help stop it or, make it more bearable at least. So, we all have little or big things that we do when in pain to help and, I want this thread to serve as the playform where everyone can go...

I am probably going to sound like I am rambling, so I apologize in advance, I just need to get this off my chest. Let me start with background... I have been suffering silently with this for many, many years. A couple of years ago I couldn't take it anymore when after work every day I would...

Hi All.. I'm 52 years old with a 20 yr history of drug - resistant depression. I even went thru a round of electro convulsive treatments. Over the last 2 years I've also been dealing with some other issues. I had a hernia repair and then dealt with months of recurrent zero mas (fluid build...