Already a member? Sign in
Welcome to Inspire!
What - Inspire is a place where you can connect with people who share your health concerns and find information and advice in groups sponsored by organizations you know and trust.
Why - As a member you can use Inspire to let friends and family know how you're doing, contact others who share your health concerns, receive personalized updates and information about participating in surveys and clinical trials, and more.
How - Joining Inspire is completely free and usually takes less than a minute. Join now!
Living with an autoimmune disease
Which autoimmune disease(s) do you have?
- By sport · New reply yesterday at 9:23 pm
- 181 replies
- Since there are at least 80 distinct autoimmune diseases, I'm asking which one(s) people here have ...
to boost or not to boost the immune system
- By Annette99 · New reply yesterday at 12:28 pm
- 7 replies
- I'm wondering everyones thoughts on whether we should boost our immune systems with all the wonderful supplements out there or what? Any thoughts ...
Should I be concerned?
- By ptcbelle · New reply November 23, 2009
- 10 replies
- I am currently taking prednisone and plaquenil for a autoimmune disorder that remains elusive to name right now (no definitive dx). Well, I have never really felt well since starting meds. People always ...
TIRED OF EXPLAINING WHATS WRONG WITH ME
- By Hollee · New reply November 23, 2009
- 12 replies
- I have a mixed connective tissue disease along with Raynauds syndrome. I am constantly explaining to friends, and family that I am tired and don't feet that good. This always comes up when family and ...
Why do doctors lie? Can someone explain it to me?
- By Aly81 · New reply November 18, 2009
- 10 replies
- So I was referred to a neurologist for possible MS. I do have some neurological symptoms, but I don't think I have MS. I went to the neurologist and he did an exam. While we were talking he was surprised ...
remicade use
- By rnstephdcandbri · Posted November 17, 2009
- 0 replies
- anybody on remicade. My daughter is 11 and Docs want to place her on remicade for scleritis/uveitis ...
discrimination
- By Tinman · New reply November 16, 2009
- 4 replies
- I am on my way right now to put in a discrimination case for assuming I was a liar, druggy, drinker, abnormal mentally and many other things rather than truly ill with a rare disease. Medications and ...
Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease
- By jangove · New reply November 16, 2009
- 67 replies
- Does anyone have any information on this? I was diagnosed with this a few years ago and thought the doctor had made it up to get me to go away. Im surprised how debilitating it is. I've practically given ...
I would like to speak and meet others with Mixed connective tissue disease
- By Meema · New reply November 13, 2009
- 21 replies
- I have been lead to this site so I could possibly meet up with or talk with people with Mixed tissue disease. I want to understand my symptoms and concerns about this condition. Thank you ...
wow
- By marana · New reply November 2, 2009
- 2 replies
- Hi guys joined this group last week and have been to scared to write but I feel like I have gotten to know some of you through reading the discussions. All I can say is wow, I thought my life has been ...
Looking for others with autoimmune vasculitis
- By artsygrl · New reply October 18, 2009
- 18 replies
- Hi ! I am a new member to this group. I have a rare type of vasculitis called Behcet's disease. I suffer from systemic involvement like other types of vasculitis. I would like to connect with others to ...
Oh My God The Pain
- By kraemer40 · New reply October 18, 2009
- 1 reply
- Dr. says it fibromylgia. I like many, have gone through many drs. Nerve pain is hitting hard. Doing fairly decent on medication,lyrica,tegretol, savella and now lortab. The lortab didn't even touch the ...
Where do I go from here!
- By RT09 · New reply October 7, 2009
- 6 replies
- Hi all! I'm new here and hope someone can offer some advice. I was dagnosed with autoimmune symptoms in July 2007. First it attacked my liver, then severe scleritis in my eyes. I have been on 2000 mg ...
Flu Shots
- By ckb · New reply September 28, 2009
- 1 reply
- Does anyone have any knowledge about connect of flu shots and autoimmune diseases ...
UCTD Flare
- By tanya3319 · New reply September 27, 2009
- 14 replies
- Hi Everyone, I just joined after reading some of your responses regarding Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease. I was diagnosed when I was 18, and I am 25 now. I have been off work since Tuesday ...
Scleroderma Community Joining Inspire
- By Carol_Lynn · New reply September 22, 2009
- 3 replies
- Just wanted to mention to all who deal with scleroderma or similar that the Scleroderma community is joining Inspire as of Monday. A number of my friends have noted that there was not a group specific ...
Blood tests and Results
- By mardeesue2 · New reply September 20, 2009
- 5 replies
- I have been researching this site as well as the internet for a topic that discusses, while taking maintenance medication for my lupus and other autoimmune disases, why are my titers continually increaseing ...
Honestly?
- By Jaxs · New reply September 18, 2009
- 9 replies
- I hear a lot of people ask why me?i want to ask why not?if you could pass your illness on to anyone, who would you give it to?honestly?think about it who could you wish such pain on?i cant think of anyone ...
Celiac Disease
- By SistaMoon · Posted September 16, 2009
- 0 replies
- A friend of mine recently told me that she suffers from Celiac Disease. I did not know what it was, so I looked it up. This is informational only. Information obtained from the Mayo Clinic website. Definition ...
Just joined
- By HeyBetz · New reply September 12, 2009
- 8 replies
- Hi everyone. Good to find an active forum on this subject, as there are few. I started w/ the diagnoses of Lupus at 34, moved up to RA, onto Sjogrens and fibro, add osteo and end w/ scoliosis and degenerate ...
