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Hi, I am new to this forum, and so very happy to have found it. I am a 40 year old mother of 3. I had been diagnosed over 10 years ago by a rheumatologist; however, my primary had me convinced for years that it was a disease that doctors had made up. That they just came up with a name for...

I wanted to say hello and introduce myself. I'm 50 years old and have suffered for many years never knowing what was wrong with me and all my mysterious pain. After the long process of working through and finding the right doctors sympathetic to my suffering, despite nearly perfect blood work...

Hello, I am a new member and wanted to share how and why I need support right now. I have lived with Severe Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue for over almost 12 yrs. I don't know if others have progressed but both my illnesses have. Furthermore, for over the past year I have had the worst...

Hello, new to forum and to FM. In addition to usual pains and issues, I got a new one. I have been having pain and tingling along with numbness from shoulders to hands. Hurts to drive, zip clothes, text, cannot take jug fromfridge with out two hands. also been having sharp ice pick like pains...

Hi everyone new here hope to get some help and answers and hope to make some wonderful friends here. Hope all is well

Hi I am new to this forum and just sending everybody a nighttime To sleep hello. As I was going through the forum I was reading about Anxiety (x), Pain that never stops (x) - I have herniated cervical Disks and severe cervical Foraminal stenosis ( causes severe muscle Tension in my neck...

Hello everyone, My name is Heather -- I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia all the way back in 2001. I have tried, but I never really gotten a handle on controlling it, and I have yet to find a doctor in my area who I feel I can work with, and who is knowledgeable about Fibro. Anyway -- that's...

Hello all. My name is Debbie and I have had fibro since my early 20's, was diagnosed at 30 and have had it for 30 years. I quickly realized, way back when, that there was a big stigma associated with it, so I stopped telling doctors, or anyone I even had it. I just dealt with it. I worked for...

Hi everyone, I developed fibro gradually from 2009 - 2012. In the fall of 2012 I got it under control effectively by seeing a great massage therapist in the Vancouver (Canada) area. Recently I moved to the Seattle area and A: have a new (worse) bed, and B: am having trouble finding a good...

just thought I come say hello as I,m new to fm