To all of you out there with fibro or lupus, do not get the seasonal flu vaccine or the H1N1 vaccine. Both fibromyalgia and lupus are auto-immune diseases cause the release of too many antibodies that attack your muscles causing a wide-spread pain condition. Getting the vaccines will cause your body to release more antibodies […]

Have you tried Savella (milnacipran) for fibromyalgia-its a new medication, it just came out in 2009. Anybody tried it? What was your experience with it? Also, if you have tried Lyrica or Cymbalta, I’d like your opinions on those as wel…
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Most everything available by prescription indicates that you should not operate heavy machinery or drive. I have a class A CDL license and drive big trucks for a living so that’s not a viable option. And I’d rather not continue taking Aleeve all the time, although it helps, because its just hard on your kidneys […]

For about the last month my left foot has been hurting intensely. I am not aware of anything that I have done to hurt myself. It hurts to put my weight on it, especially firt thing in the morning. It hurts when I bend it certain ways. I do not think it is broken or […]

31 y/o female presents with chief complaint of right groin pain which extends to midline pelvis down to inner thigh. Symptoms are generally mild until patient drives, sits, or stands 30 minutes or longer. Patient states onset has been about 3 months ago and is now progressively getting worse. No trauma or […]

Those things are being diagnosed in women younger and younger. I was curious to know if anyone thought maybe HPV could be an underlying cause no one thought of.

I have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia - i have black floaters in my eyes and raised veins in both hands -apparently i have this in my neck and it causes a throbbing pain in my head.Does anyone suffer from this and can anyone recommend anything that helps the pain .Finally is there a cure for […]

what exactly is fibromyalgia and how do you know if you have it? I have heard that it can be related to tmd? would frequent migrane headaches and bulging disks in your neck constitute as having fibromyalgia?