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I have been a lurker on Fibromyalgia forums for years but I am a pretty private person so I never joined the forums and online support groups because I didn't want people to feel sorry for me. I have finally had some success in treating my health issues and decided it was time to share. a...

I have been a lurker on Fibromyalgia forums for years but I am a pretty private person so I never joined the forums and online support groups because I didn't want people to feel sorry for me. I have finally had some success in treating my health issues and decided it was time to share. a...

Hi there, I'm new here and was recently diagnosed with fibromyalgia by my rheumatologist. She didn't seem totally confident with the diagnosis but sort of as a way to "give me something" and send me on my way. This is going to be long but I would so appreciate some thoughts. Here's some...

Hello all, Although I still have not been diagnosed with fibro (at this time doc just keeps claiming it's myfascial syndrome) I had yet another incident that makes me think that I may have fibro. Being that my doctor hasn't given me any guidance or direction on how to manage my "myofascial...

I was surprised to run across a good research paper that was focused on uunderstanding how fibromyalgia patients view their condition. Many times this kind of research seems to be focused on identifying ways that the patients are making their symptoms worse by having a bad attitude (which...

I've been researching the possible connection between Fibro and in utero. For anyone interested or doing research on the origination of Fibro - Based on this article Early Life Adversity as a Risk Factor for Fibromyalgia in Later Life It appears there could be a strong connection found...

I was diagnosed as "probably" having Fibromyalgia last October when i mentioned my aches and pains and anxiety and IBS to my doctor. He, however has no real experience with treating fibro so I've been trying to wing it on my own. My symptoms now are: overall fatigue joint pain unrelieved by...

It still says newbie say hi in my info on the left. So I though I'd post here again to see if it'll take care of it. (it's bothering me) Maybe I never did say hi. Could have easily forgot. I also have not been logged in for over a year so maybe that's something. HI There should be a sleeping...

aloha fibro family, i recently reactivated my fb account and would love to connect with you guys there as i just began sharing my very private journey with fibro with fb friends. and i need y'alls support! i don't add anyone i don't know so please let me know if you want to be friends here or...

Hi David,, I see the new signs for sharing threads on facebook etc. Does this mean anything we post can be shared with anyone or in a public place on these social networking sites. I have to say from a purely personal perspective this fills me with great concern as when i joined i thought...