I have lived with stress my whole life, had depression since 17 and I think a major emotional issue happened and pushed me over board. I always pushed myself because I had to, I was a nurse and had really bad arthritis - I mean when you are signing up for a job, do you think of what illnesses you "might" get in the future. I was single with three kids. and then a horrible relationship that went sour really quick after it had been going great for a year. That was the final straw for me. I know that my thyroid has been tested a million times because I always have the symptoms of under active thyroid. My mom had Fibro I am sure of, but they didn't know what to call it then. Now just like everyone else I feel like I lost my life and am settling with what I can do now. I need about 10-12 hours of sleep to feel decent and that really sucks. The pain is pretty much ok - like 2-3 days, but when it gets worse I can be red-ridden. I think the exhausting thing for me is I always have pain somewhere. Getting out of bed is painful, walking to the bathroom is painful, it is really had to stay positive when you start your day like this everyday. I still work full time, I have an arrangement with my work that I work 4 days a week and have Fridays off, but I work from home on Fridays. It lets me sleep in at least. I feel like I sleep all weekend just to get the energy to work those 4 days. I will fight with this until I physically can't do it any longer. Then I will settle for the next thing I can do.