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  1. P

    New member....Military

    Thanks for letting me join! I'm 39. I was diagnosed in March '17. I am coming up on my 15th year in the military. I just found out I am going through the MED Board process. Looking for advice, treatment options and somewhere to research more about Fibro.
  2. L

    I suddenly feel so old...hello, everyone, new 'club' member here.

    Hello, everyone!! Well, so here I am. After going through all the stages of "grief", I'm finally at the acceptance stage: I have fibro, and ignoring it for several years hasn't worked to dispel it. Long story short: our doctor diagnosed me several years ago, but I've always "carried on" like I...
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  3. B

    Curious if this sounds like Fibro..

    Hey everyone I'm new here. I'm a 31 year old male who has had IBS, anxiety, irritability, tics, tremors, twitches, fidgety, fatigue, wake up feeling like I haven't slept...since I was a kid. Even as a kid, I thought I would end up with fibro someday. Most of my symptoms are in the right side...
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    • Forum: Do I have fibromyalgia?
  4. J

    Hello. New to forums and diagnosis

    Hello. I just got diagnosed with fibromyalgia. Been having a lot of things wrong with me ever since I got back from my deployment when I was in the military. Was medically retired from the military. And recently got diagnosed with fibromyalgia. I'm not so much scared of the pain that comes with...
    • John M
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  5. M

    New here, finally!

    If this is confusing at all - I apologize...I am trying to condense tons of information into this space while sick in bed...home from work. My name is "Meesha". I am a military wife of 17 years, this year. Mother of 6: 5 boys and 1 girl. I live in the Northwest with my husband and two boys...
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  6. T

    Don't know ......

    Hey yall I'm using this as a vent because I have nobody that knows about this, so here goes. I was officially diagnosed today and I don't know how to feel, I have been in the military for the last 15 years and have been fighting these symptoms on my own for the last 8-10. I could not take it...
  7. P

    Hello

    Hi, I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia in 2010 when I started having headaches every day. When the doctor told me my diagnosis I was hesitate to believe him, I thought he just didn't know what was wrong with me. I had never heard of fibromyalgia before. I took lyrica for about 6 months and it...
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  8. M

    It can become exhausting or it can be rewarding when you try different things.

    I have found out the hard way and so has the people who I care for that it is exhausting on the mind as well as the wallet when you hear that a supplement can possibly help and you go out and buy it then use it for some time and it yields no results. I think back to a phrase my uncle used to say...
    • Michael26Anderson
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  9. Zomglawlz

    Hi

    Hello. New here. Dx with Fibro after suffering a TBI. Still trying to sort out the residuals from the TBI and the Fibro symptoms. I'm active duty military looking at a medical retirement due to my injuries. 17 years down the drain and a life of pain to look forward to it seems with the Fibro...
  10. J

    Topical treatments...herbal creams/lotions?

    Last year a friend of mine gave me an ointment that was meant for topical pain relief. Where I live, medical marijuana is legal and it's not hard to get a prescription. The ointment was made from cannabis and I loved it because I could use it during the day without getting high (I have 2...
    • jayelle
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    • Forum: Alternative medicines and therapies
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