Buckette
New member
- Joined
- Mar 28, 2014
- Messages
- 3
- Reason
- DX FIBRO
- Diagnosis
- 05/2005
- Country
- AU
- State
- Qld
Hi,
I have been encourage to join a fibromyalgia group for some time now by my daughter who was recently diagnosed with fibromyalgia
I was diagnosed about 9 years ago & have pretty much coped with it by myself
I think I have avoided forums as I thought & felt a bit pathetic with my condition as I have a few other conditions that come in flare ups & have tried to deal with them by changing lifestyle & diets, thinking it was all in my head & stress related. Which I still believe.
Having had it for so long I thought I should just suck it up & get over myself.
Sometimes it is not so easy
With the fibromyalgia I also have Menieres disease, and have been a depression sufferer for 15 years - which I am ok with & have under control with medication & I suffer occasionally from anxiety attacks.
So pretty much I put it all together as one condition telling myself it's all in my head - where it IS & validate what I do by thinking there are others a lot worse off.
It has been getting a little harder the older I get & a bit more dibilating, so maybe it is time to put it out there.
So hi to everyone & hopefully I will be able to learn better coping skills & share some
Buckette
I have been encourage to join a fibromyalgia group for some time now by my daughter who was recently diagnosed with fibromyalgia
I was diagnosed about 9 years ago & have pretty much coped with it by myself
I think I have avoided forums as I thought & felt a bit pathetic with my condition as I have a few other conditions that come in flare ups & have tried to deal with them by changing lifestyle & diets, thinking it was all in my head & stress related. Which I still believe.
Having had it for so long I thought I should just suck it up & get over myself.
Sometimes it is not so easy
With the fibromyalgia I also have Menieres disease, and have been a depression sufferer for 15 years - which I am ok with & have under control with medication & I suffer occasionally from anxiety attacks.
So pretty much I put it all together as one condition telling myself it's all in my head - where it IS & validate what I do by thinking there are others a lot worse off.
It has been getting a little harder the older I get & a bit more dibilating, so maybe it is time to put it out there.
So hi to everyone & hopefully I will be able to learn better coping skills & share some
Buckette