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This is a safe place for us to discuss the debilitating illness known as fibromyalgia.Wikipedia posted:The defining symptoms of fibromyalgia are chronic widespread pain, fatigue, sleep disturbance, and heightened pain in response to tactile pressure (allodynia). Other symptoms may include tingling of the skin (paresthesias), prolonged muscle spasms, weakness in the limbs, nerve pain, muscle twitching, palpitations, and functional bowel disturbances. Spell check doesn't even recognize fibromyalgia as a legitimate word, which is just one example of the discrimination I face every day due to my illness.  I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia about a year and a half ago. I'm doing much better now that I'm on percocet, demerol and long term disability from work. Share your stories and tips for living with this awful disease.
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fagomyalgia
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Jun 26, 2014 02:29
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I considered having fibromyalgia, but then I tried out the gabapentin pills they give you and they aren't actually any fun.
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Jun 26, 2014 02:29
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I've got it all OP. Each day is a struggle.
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Jun 26, 2014 02:31
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Maoist Pussy posted:I considered having fibromyalgia, but then I tried out the gabapentin pills they give you and they aren't actually any fun. try taking 15 of them you'll get pretty mellow
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Jun 26, 2014 02:31
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ooooh me! me! I have it! When can I pick up my fentanyl and clonazepam scripts?
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Jun 26, 2014 02:32
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i too have morgellons
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Jun 26, 2014 02:33
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My pops is a extremely well known (in his field) physician and he calls fibromyalgia "whiny woman syndrome, not otherwise specified"
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Jun 26, 2014 02:33
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All the branded fibromyalgia drugs are just psych meds in disguise.
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Jun 26, 2014 02:34
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fibromyalgia's old and busted myasthenia gravis is the new hotness
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Jun 26, 2014 02:37
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gotta give them bitches methedrine like we used to, maybe spiked with some methqualone for good measure (forget what they called that poo poo but you used to be able to get both drugs combined in an XR form for lazy housewives with anxiety) seriously check this poo poo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desbutal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexamyl Baby boomers got all the good drugs, now they just whine
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Jun 26, 2014 02:37
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I heard fibromyalgia doesn't exist.
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Jun 26, 2014 02:40
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SpicyMeatSandwich posted:All the branded fibromyalgia drugs are just psych meds in disguise. this I had a doctor diagnose me with fibromyalgia about two years ago. I promptly switched doctors to someone competent and after he actually ran some lab tests and then looked at them, he found out that what I had was Hashimoto's disease and my thyroid was half-destroyed. Yay for synthroid and for medical professionals who don't try to fob you off with something one step above Morgellon's
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Jun 26, 2014 02:45
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I'm allergic to electricity and wifi.
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Jun 26, 2014 02:52
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don't forget windmills. they make my fibro act up something fierce
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Jun 26, 2014 02:53
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paging mr nice
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Jun 26, 2014 02:54
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I have neurofibromutosis. Get a real disease you posers.
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Jun 26, 2014 03:18
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*pulls out nerve endings* LOOK AT THESE THREADS FIBROMYALGIA IS REAL
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Jun 26, 2014 03:26
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I, too, am too lazy to get a job.
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Jun 26, 2014 03:28
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I have a FB friend "with" fibromyalgia & she looks like she's going to die at any moment & I think she got diagnosed with fibromyalgia because they tested her for a million things, couldn't find anything & eventually shrugged their shoulders & said "yo poo poo's hosed up" and sent her home to be sick until whatever is wrong with her kills her.
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Jun 26, 2014 03:29
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Trixie Hardcore posted:I have a FB friend "with" fibromyalgia & she looks like she's going to die at any moment & I think she got diagnosed with fibromyalgia because they tested her for a million things, couldn't find anything & eventually shrugged their shoulders & said "yo poo poo's hosed up" and sent her home to be sick until whatever is wrong with her kills her. They do that, they really loving do that. It's like we're all back in the nineteenth century being diagnosed with "hysteria." I'm pretty bitter about my previous doctor's (lack of) actions. The medical community uses fibromyalgia as a helpful euphemism for mild to moderate depression, because it is just so much easier to get people to take the meds if you call it fibro. In a way that's good because it's getting people who need it some help, but along with that it's become a catchall diagnosis for anything to do with women that a doctor can't or won't figure out. edit: this is all aside from fat grifter goon fibromyalgia, which is usually achieved by pestering a doctor for that diagnosis until he or she gives in bonestructure fucked around with this message at 03:40 on Jun 26, 2014 |
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Jun 26, 2014 03:38
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bonestructure posted:this same but Graves' wilfredmerriweathr posted:don't forget windmills. they make my fibro act up something fierce I think my smart meter gave me radiation poisoning and muchausen's.
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Jun 26, 2014 03:40
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holy loving poo poo as I was literally reading the replies to this thread the ad my girlfriend was watching on hulu was about a medicine that claimed to ease fibromyalgia pain http://www.lyrica.com/Fibromyalgia/fibromyalgia-introduction lmfao you can literally show an advertisement in america to cure symptoms of a disease that doesn't loving exist god bless america e: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYZNHHAz-BY here's the ad my head loving snapped over when I heard fibromyalgia then they showed it in big letters on the screen and I started laughing my rear end off
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Jun 26, 2014 03:42
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suck it up candy rear end
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Jun 26, 2014 03:45
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deadwing posted:holy loving poo poo as I was literally reading the replies to this thread the ad my girlfriend was watching on hulu was about a medicine that claimed to ease fibromyalgia pain Lyrica is an anti-seizure med that is also used to treat anxiety. Some people with anxiety disorders who refuse to believe they have anxiety disorders & take well known anxiety meds will take Lyrica because they think it's treating their mystery pains.
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Jun 26, 2014 03:56
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Jun 26, 2014 03:57
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fibromyalgia totally exists and isn't just crazy people being crazy
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Jun 26, 2014 03:59
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Telesphorus posted:I heard fibromyalgia doesn't exist.
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Jun 26, 2014 03:59
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antisocial democrat posted:fibromyalgia totally exists and isn't just crazy people being crazy
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Jun 26, 2014 04:07
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I've found that the best thing for my fibro is a bit of heroin. Don't ask me why but it really makes me feel a lot better; secret for all the fi- bro's out there.
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Jun 26, 2014 04:09
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BASF posted:all the fi- bro's out there. holy poo poo I'm going to steal this term and refer to anyone claiming to have this poo poo as a fi-bro (even though they are all women p much)
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Jun 26, 2014 04:16
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wilfredmerriweathr posted:holy poo poo I'm going to steal this term and refer to anyone claiming to have this poo poo as a fi-bro (even though they are all women p much) Please don't mock people with fibromyalgia to their faces, a lot of them have untreated anxiety disorders & you could trigger an attack. I'm just kidding there's no way you will ever talk to a woman irl.
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Jun 26, 2014 04:20
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BASF posted:I've found that the best thing for my fibro is a bit of heroin. Don't ask me why but it really makes me feel a lot better; secret for all the fi- bro's out there.  this guy knows whats up
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Jun 26, 2014 04:24
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Whiskey Sours posted:
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BASF posted:I've found that the best thing for my fibro is a bit of heroin. Don't ask me why but it really makes me feel a lot better; secret for all the fi- bro's out there. Heroin is pretty much a cure all. It's the miracle medicine "they" don't want you to know about, which is why it's illegal. Anxiety, depression, diarrhea, kidney stones, alcoholism, morphine addiction, it cures them all. It even cures autism. vvv There's probably a co-morbidity factor in there somewhere. Depression can result from other medical issues (fibro is apparently called the "suicide disease" or something), and depression likewise makes you more likely to get sick in other ways. IronClaymore fucked around with this message at 04:45 on Jun 26, 2014 |
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Jun 26, 2014 04:34
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Fibro probably being mild depression suddenly puts some of my ex's behavior in perspective. She's constantly stressed out & doesn't exercise (this might have changed) and SURPRISE she's in some degree of pain & discomfort 24/7. There any chance these people have some legit issue that just hasn't been figured out or the fact that no matter what tests and poking and knowledge thrown at them it continues so they must be nutty?
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Jun 26, 2014 04:35
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Jun 26, 2014 04:35
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IronClaymore posted:(fibro is apparently called the "suicide disease" or something) Excellent idea, quit whining about your fake disease and kill yourself
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Jun 26, 2014 04:57
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i'll fibro your algia
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LethalGeek posted:There any chance these people have some legit issue that just hasn't been figured out or the fact that no matter what tests and poking and knowledge thrown at them it continues so they must be nutty?
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