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  1. L

    What, me smoke?

    Hi all. I've just discovered this Forum, and it already feels better to know there are many other Fibro sufferers out there. So, I am now smoking about 10 cigs a day, which I might feel somewhat guilty about, but will continue if it gives me the small pleasure that it does. NOT advocating this...
  2. P

    Newly diagnosed..a little overwhelmed

    I am in my 30's, married with one fur baby...a kitty. I work as a orderly at a psychiatric hospital. I am also an artist; I studied photography but I also draw, paint and write poetry. I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia this year. I have been experiencing symptoms since I was in my early 20's, as...
  3. Z

    Newbie introduction

    Hello everyone! My name is Paula Zachary. I am 39yrs old a wife for 21 yrs and a mother of 2. I was just recently diagnosed with Fibromyalgia on the 20th of January. I have had the symptoms since I was 15. I am glad to finally be diagnosed. I was told by one doctor that I was just depressed...
  4. L

    Feeling bad about feeling ill and trying to explain it to family

    Hi everyone, I am feeling overwhelmed and frustrated. I find myself feeling bad for feeling so crappy all the time and don't even want to share it with my husband anymore. Feelings of guilt overwhelm me, because I feel like I am bringing everyone around me down due to my condition. I try to...
  5. L

    Hello, I'm new to the forum.

    I was finally diagnosed with Fibromyalgia within the last couple of years. Recently I've started researching and discovered that my first symptoms made a debut when I was in my 30's. I'm now 62. So much makes sense now. Saturday, I had my first eye related flare. More research and a general...
  6. B

    Newly diagnosed

    Hello, I've joined this site as I'm having a difficult time at the moment and don't know what to do next. I was diagnosed in October after struggling for nearly 5 years and a doctor finally listening to me! Even though it was such a fight to get diagnosed and start getting treatment, I'm now...
  7. E

    missing work becoming depressing

    Every time I call out of work I break down crying. It breaks my heart that 1, I cannot SAFELY do my job (as a home health nurse) due to fatigue and mental fog, 2, I cannot be reliable for families who depend on me, 3, I'm losing out of the rewards of caring for others, which is in and of itself...
  8. J

    Just feeling overwhelmed..

    :(These last few weeks have been a bear...dealing with knee pain ....dealing with a change in pain meds...and now facing my husband leaving for a job 2 1/2 hours out of town for 9 months... Now my husband's job move would not be so bad as I can visit him on the weekends or he can come home if...
  9. M

    sick day today

    HI all, I am taking a sick day as I need to pace myself and am a bit overwhelmed today. I am diagnosed with fibro and am so fed up with the doctors. I am on Cymbalta and Lyrica but feel pretty well the same as I have for the past three years. I feel my doc thinks I am full of crap but am not...
  10. Justmesuzi

    Feeling like death sucking through a life saver

    Diagnosed in 2001 with chronic fatigue, 2007 with Fibromyalgia, sciatica, scoliosis, arthritis, degenerated disc disease, degenerated nerve and bone disease. This is the first time I have ever posted on a support group however I have visited and read many over these long years. I am just...
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