i haven’t been officially diagnosed with fibromyalgia, partly because i don’t have health insurance and have been unable to afford a doctor visit and partly because i’m afraid that yet another doctor will tell me it’s all in my head. for years i thought it was, until i really started reading up on FM. so […]

My doctor says I have Fibromyalgia, and gave me Elavil. 2nd opinion doc says Rhumatoid arthritis, and to see a Rhumatoligist. My research showa Elavil is an antidepressant, will mess with my birth control, and the side effects are some of my original symptoms. I cant take aleve (sent my bp soaring) and […]

Last September I started getting minor fevers, 1-2 degrees above normal. I saw the doctor in January, she suspected an auto-immune disease and I was referred to a reumatologist. I saw the reumatologist in March and he dismissed the fevers, saying "slight fevers are normal". I had other symptoms as well, but […]

About nine months ago, I got sick. I had a swollen lymph node in my armpit, severe pain all over my body, and intense headaches. Three months ago, I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia. Since the diagnoses, I have developed more symtpoms. I have rectal bleeding, excessive urinatian, a large growth in my vagina that hurts […]

About nine months ago, I got sick. I had a swollen lymph node in my armpit, severe pain all over my body, and intense headaches. Three months ago, I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia. Since the diagnoses, I have developed more symtpoms. I have rectal bleeding, excessive urinatian, a large growth in my vagina that hurts […]

Ok…first off lets start off with this…I am 23 have 2 children and have never had any health problems (that I knew of) until October of 2008. I went to the er with terrible pain and vomiting, turned out I had a UTI…took the antibiotics and went to see my doctor to make sure it […]

for a few years now dr’s have been telling me i have anxiety but this happens out of no where so its hard to believe it is anxiety because my daughter has it and she has totaly diffrent symptoms. My heart races went to the hospital several times they told me i was fine and […]

I’ve had fibromyalgia for over 3-4 years now, starting off with little symptoms and get a lot worse. I know here in Nova Scotia where I live, when its hot in the summer my mom (an RN) who also has it) says that air is very moist even when its really hot and not cloudy […]

I am a mother of 3. I had my tubes cut & burned at the ends over 7 years ago when I was 25. I started noticing subtle "activity" in my belly a few weeks ago, but attributed it to gas bubbles. Now I have very forceful movements in my belly, mostly on the right […]