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Haven't Slept in DAYS! Suggestions?

VTway
  • By VTway · Posted 4:59 pm
  • In Treatment · 0 replies
  • To all of my Inspire friends- of late I have not been able to practice what I preach. I have been awake since 2pm on Sunday- it is now Wed. afternoon. It doesnt matter what I take - sleep meds, pain meds ...

Fibro and CFS Handicap Tag Question

bigjoe
  • By bigjoe · Posted 10:28 am
  • In Living with fibromyalgia · 1 reply
  • Hi, Does anyone have one? I have asked for one because when I go anywhere in the car it is a major struggle. There have been times I thought I was going to have to call someone to come get me and give ...

wrong time of the month???

KatUK
  • By KatUK · Posted 2:56 am
  • In Living with fibromyalgia · 3 replies
  • Hi. Each month for two weeks my symptoms are worse. That's one week leading upto my monthly cycle and one week whilst I am on. I manage my sysmptons with a healthy diet and rest when needed. I can eat ...

Tens Unit

dave1960
  • By dave1960 · Posted yesterday at 8:58 pm
  • In Newly diagnosed · 4 replies
  • Has anybody used one of these machines ...

CFS and FIBRO Pain Today!

bigjoe
  • By bigjoe · Posted yesterday at 10:05 am
  • In Symptoms · 7 replies
  • I have increased my Lyrica to 200 mg. per day as my pain and symptoms seem to be increasing. I have been on 200 for a month. I had been sleeping about 9 to 10 hrs a night, but not good sleep. Up and down ...

Anyone stop using Aspartame and find relief?

dragonfly1217
  • By dragonfly1217 · Posted May 14, 2012
  • In Symptoms · 5 replies
  • I recently read many articles talking about Aspartame Disease and how it has caused many other diseases or syndromes. I'm just curious, has anyone cleansed their body of Aspartame and found relief from ...

Happy Mothers Day AND Fibromyalgia Awareness Day

VTway
  • By VTway · Posted May 13, 2012
  • In Living with fibromyalgia · 0 replies
  • Hope you all have a super day today and that your kids remember to honor you for all you do for them. But you may also want to use this opportunity to let them know that today is awareness day for fibro ...

Had no idea I was in so much pain until meds kicked in!

dragonfly1217
  • By dragonfly1217 · Posted May 13, 2012
  • In Newly diagnosed · 7 replies
  • Hi everyone! I'm so happy to find this community. I've been recently diagnosed with Fibro and had no idea the amount of pain that I was living with every day until the doc prescribed me meds. I always ...

OLD MAN

dave1960
  • By dave1960 · Posted May 13, 2012
  • In Living with fibromyalgia · 3 replies
  • Having joint and musle pain 24 7 now, unless take pain pills. Have to hang on rail with two hands just to go up stairs and walk side ways down. Finding it harder to work. Used to working with pain, but ...

fibromyalgia

difetericik
  • By difetericik · Posted May 10, 2012
  • In Living with fibromyalgia · 12 replies
  • Ty to all of u that answered my last post my doctors still arent listening i am still on only lyrica 75mgs no pain meds yet :( i have not found the right doctor yet still looking im trying really hard ...

CFS and Fibro

bigjoe
  • By bigjoe · Posted May 9, 2012
  • In Living with fibromyalgia · 8 replies
  • The only male I knew with this disease committed suicide recently. It is near impossible to connect with anyone with this disease because I a man. Happily married for 34 years I might add and a Christian ...

Hello ~ I'm new here but not new to symptoms

Powitree
  • By Powitree · Posted May 8, 2012
  • In Living with fibromyalgia · 3 replies
  • Hello all, I signed on a few days ago to this support community & thanks for welcoming me, but have just this morning found the energy enough to make an intro. While I've not been formally diagnosed with ...

VAGUS NERVE

Canebaby
  • By Canebaby · Posted May 6, 2012
  • In Living with fibromyalgia · 3 replies
  • A friend of mine just went to the doctor because she thought she has IBS. He said no, you have a damaged vagus nerve from your car accident. Evidently this nerve touches a lot of organs and is responsible ...

Things you might consider when eating healthier

VTway
  • By VTway · Posted May 6, 2012
  • In Living with fibromyalgia · 3 replies
  • One of the members of our local support group let us know about a food coop that she has been a member of for quite some time. The way it works is you buy a "share" of a weekly harvest. A "share" is basically ...

no more meds

ValMolly
  • By ValMolly · Posted May 6, 2012
  • In Treatment · 2 replies
  • Hi all. Well no more methadone for me. After a year I just can't take the side effects anymore. So many of the problems I had I had attributed to menopause. It was the methadone. My neuro put me on it ...

osteoarthritis in lower back and fms???

peace4me
  • By peace4me · Posted May 6, 2012
  • In Symptoms · 1 reply
  • I went to a new chiropractic center last week and they took xrays of my back. i have level 2 sublaxation, whatever that means, and the doc said I have osteoarthritis in my lower back, and bone spurs in ...

One Person Can Make a Difference

VTway
  • By VTway · Posted May 5, 2012
  • In Fibromyalgia in the news · 4 replies
  • Several weeks ago I received a Proclamation from the mayor's office recognizing May 12th as Fibromyalgia Awareness Day in Katy, Texas. I was so proud to have done just one little thing to draw the public's ...

LADIES ~ Do you have BREAST PAIN from your Fibromyalgia?

_Taffy_
  • By _Taffy_ · Posted May 3, 2012
  • In Living with fibromyalgia · 18 replies
  • Hello ladies ~ I'm sure this question has probably been bounced around on this site several times, but since I haven't been around to see any of them I guess it's my turn to ask. Do any of you have terrible ...

So much pain & frustration

butterfly094
  • By butterfly094 · Posted April 30, 2012
  • In Living with fibromyalgia · 9 replies
  • I felt so good yesterday after weeks of constant pain in my right side. Now this morning sharp burning pain in my left arm woke me up. It was scary. I managed to get an appointment with my rhuematologist ...

Burning feet.

dennisjb
  • By dennisjb · Posted April 27, 2012
  • In Symptoms · 2 replies
  • Diabeties can go on for years and not be detechted.If you have a meter in your house hold when your feet burn check your blood sugar levels. Also I ware rubber boots to bed and they do help me sleep hard ...

Things you can do

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