Mamaras
New member
- Joined
- Jan 16, 2018
- Messages
- 1
- Reason
- DX FIBRO
- Diagnosis
- 06/2012
- Country
- US
- State
- Utah
Hi all.
I'm a 21 year old single mother, and was diagnosed with fibromyalgia almost 6 years ago. At first things were okay still. I could function through the pain and still live a normal life. However, in the past 6 months or so, everything has started spiraling out of control. The flare ups that used to come about 2-4 times a year are now happening about once a month. When I'm not having a flare the exhaustion and fibro fog are almost too much to bear. Oh, and let's not forget the fact that I just found out I'm developing arthrits now, too. For almost 2 months I've been unable to work, and chasing after my toddler is almost more than I can handle most days. My body has betrayed me, and I feel like a prisoner in my own life. I really don't know what to do. Nothing I've tried seems to help with any of the symptoms, and I'm at my wits end. I had so many plans, so many things I wanted to do. Now it's a battle just to get off the couch. My mother keeps telling me it's time to stop trying to live a "normal" life and just file for disability already. She thinks I'm just prolonging the inevitable and hurting myself even more. I feel like I'm letting everyone down - my daughter, my mother, myself. I don't really even know why writing this. I guess I just needed to vent or whatever. Thanks for reading.
I'm a 21 year old single mother, and was diagnosed with fibromyalgia almost 6 years ago. At first things were okay still. I could function through the pain and still live a normal life. However, in the past 6 months or so, everything has started spiraling out of control. The flare ups that used to come about 2-4 times a year are now happening about once a month. When I'm not having a flare the exhaustion and fibro fog are almost too much to bear. Oh, and let's not forget the fact that I just found out I'm developing arthrits now, too. For almost 2 months I've been unable to work, and chasing after my toddler is almost more than I can handle most days. My body has betrayed me, and I feel like a prisoner in my own life. I really don't know what to do. Nothing I've tried seems to help with any of the symptoms, and I'm at my wits end. I had so many plans, so many things I wanted to do. Now it's a battle just to get off the couch. My mother keeps telling me it's time to stop trying to live a "normal" life and just file for disability already. She thinks I'm just prolonging the inevitable and hurting myself even more. I feel like I'm letting everyone down - my daughter, my mother, myself. I don't really even know why writing this. I guess I just needed to vent or whatever. Thanks for reading.