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Losing weight with fibromyalgia..

Hi hope you are okay, since ive had fibro ive put on weight, i used to be slim when i first had it now im fat and i dont like it. It makes me feel down and i...

Hi hope you are okay, since ive had fibro ive put on weight, i used to be slim w...

fibrogirl41

•6 days ago

69 Replies

Wheelchair

Hi, I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia in 2017 and have been getting worse. I cannot walk round town without being in considerable pain and the pain doesn't...

Hi, I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia in 2017 and have been getting worse. I can...

Tisticenby

•7 days ago

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Id like to announce my 1st goslings in my garden😁😁😁😁😊

I truly hope they survive the attacks of the swans😭.But Chicks yey 😁. There will be loads soon😊 They're at my back door. Fed them seed. As you can tell I'm...

I truly hope they survive the attacks of the swans😭.But Chicks yey 😁. There wi...

Smilesalot

•8 days ago

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Costochondritis in fibromyalgia

This can be so painful and scary

Tommygurl

•2 days ago

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Anxiety/ brain fog

I feel I want to get back to work but the anxiety gets worse when there's any pressure. My friends feel it will.help to go back and wase myself back in to a...

I feel I want to get back to work but the anxiety gets worse when there's any pr...

Laupecyndi

•24 hours ago

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Getting a job with fibro, college and dont know what to do...

Hi hope you are alright, i just would like some advice about working, someone in my family made a conment that really upset me about working it made me feel...

Hi hope you are alright, i just would like some advice about working, someone in...

fibrogirl41

•3 days ago

18 Replies

Pip mobility

Goodmorning.Im new on this group.I have fibromyalgia and degenerative disc disease a heart condition and mental health problem. I was awarded standard daily...

Goodmorning.Im new on this group.I have fibromyalgia and degenerative disc disea...

Nahr79

•15 days ago

37 Replies

PIP higher rate

Hello, I had a letter at the end of March to say I’d be receiving a bit more money from 8th April from my PIP . I was still paid the same amount even though...

Hello, I had a letter at the end of March to say I’d be receiving a bit more m...

Marleymoo13

•2 days ago

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I Need help please,

Tomorrow Hubby and me are having a baking day Friday, Not sure how that's going to turn out but If I don't get all Mary Berry on him we should have a good...

Tomorrow Hubby and me are having a baking day Friday, Not sure how that's goin...

Debsdelight72

•9 days ago

26 Replies

Dizziness

Hi guys my first post on here I love this page it really good to know you guys I'm just wondering if anybody has experienced dizziness when they are either...

Hi guys my first post on here I love this page it really good to know you guys I...

Dolly6789

•5 days ago

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Pip call

Dwp just called me regarding my mandatory reconsideration. At no point did they say it was to negotiate my claim, or tell me how much I would receive. But now...

Dwp just called me regarding my mandatory reconsideration. At no point did they ...

Spectralvix

•3 days ago

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feeling like a fake 😩

my recent Dr appointment to see how I was getting on with the Duloxetine & amitriptyline , I also discussed the awful night pain I get in my hands when...

my recent Dr appointment to see how I was getting on with the Duloxetine & amit...

Applespearspeaches

•1 month ago

43 Replies

Housekeeping job and fibromyalgia.

Hi everyone, hope you are all ok, i wrote to my previous employer about jobs i could do, they said there werent any specific sit down jobs but offered to see...

Hi everyone, hope you are all ok, i wrote to my previous employer about jobs i c...

fibrogirl41

•1 month ago

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Thinking about college to retrain, feeling a bit down again and worrying about what jobs i could do...

Hi everyone, hope you are okay, i am thinking of going back to college, yes even at my age, i have done some online courses, one in cyber security and data...

Hi everyone, hope you are okay, i am thinking of going back to college, yes even...

fibrogirl41

•12 days ago

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Cleaning up and me Supervising aww

My friend and I have cptsd. And we buy lots of things we don't need them never throw it away but but more. So today Jon is room by room binning all clutter and...

My friend and I have cptsd. And we buy lots of things we don't need them never t...

Smilesalot

•28 days ago

33 Replies

tribunal lies

hello everyone. I’m diagnosed Fibro/copd which trigger each other daily , also adhd and bpd. On my 3rd attempt at claiming pip after going through the 3...

hello everyone. I’m diagnosed Fibro/copd which trigger each other daily , also a...

Robdickson

•9 days ago

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Why don’t my Family understand what Fibro does to me?

Despite everything that I put in front of them and how much my GP has told my wife I still get sarcastic comments about when I just can’t push myself any...

Despite everything that I put in front of them and how much my GP has told my wi...

Tisme72

•21 days ago

27 Replies

Brain fog

I have fibromyalgia for about 18years but over the last few years brain fog was getting me down. Forgetting if I had taken med. Couldn't remember names places...

I have fibromyalgia for about 18years but over the last few years brain fog was ...

pinot

•11 days ago

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Feeling down and belittled by GP

My GP rang me over an hour ago asking why I wanted to talk to her.I pointed out I was in chronic pain and fatigue and that the Gabapentin wasn't working. I've...

My GP rang me over an hour ago asking why I wanted to talk to her.I pointed out ...

Smilesalot

•26 days ago

29 Replies

Hypermobility?

Hi all, about three years ago I started having excruciating pain in my ribs. I would suddenly feel as if my ribs were crossing over.. is the only way I can...

Hi all, about three years ago I started having excruciating pain in my ribs. I w...

Cotswolds25121

•18 days ago

23 Replies

ill health retirement

hi everyone, I am just wondering if anyone has been through the ill health retirement process to be dismissed from work? I’ve been off a year next month...

hi everyone, I am just wondering if anyone has been through the ill health re...

Geordie-chick

•11 days ago

18 Replies

grief and pain

l lost my husband 4 weeks ago before watching him in the last stage of terminal cancer , The pain in my body is so much l have been To the doctors who put...

l lost my husband 4 weeks ago before watching him in the last stage of termina...

Evietime

•24 days ago

25 Replies

So much pain and more

Is everyone of our fibro friends suffering more with this horrible weather because I seem to be having an awful lot of flare ups, I can't seem to go out in my...

Is everyone of our fibro friends suffering more with this horrible weather becau...

Tillytrots

•5 days ago

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Update on pain management appointment

This is the 3rd time of trying to post this it keeps saying refresh when I do my message has gone 🤷‍♀️😡I was actually in a flare up when I saw the doctor...

This is the 3rd time of trying to post this it keeps saying refresh when I do my...

Tommygurl

•5 days ago

11 Replies

New diagnosis

I was just diagnosed with fibromyalgia. Four years ago, I was diagnosed with Giant Cell Arteritis and, about 2 years later, Polymyalgia Rheumatica. My life...

I was just diagnosed with fibromyalgia. Four years ago, I was diagnosed with Gia...

Miacaro45

•1 hour ago

1 Reply

Fibromyalgia 10 times worse

Hi everyone I was diagnosed with fibromialgia around 2 years ago and I have had a few flare ups. Can stress cause fibromylgia to flare up ? I'm under alot of...

Hi everyone I was diagnosed with fibromialgia around 2 years ago and I have had ...

Kazzza1976

•19 days ago

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Going out😫

I have agoraphobia amongst other things.I hate going out anywhere and don't most of the time. Drs Dentist and occasionally the gp surgery that's it. Already...

I have agoraphobia amongst other things.I hate going out anywhere and don't most...

Smilesalot

•10 days ago

15 Replies

Nhs I’ll health retirement

hi all, I’m on the way to the site after 20 years of my NHS job have been dismissed on medical grounds due to the main one being fibromyalgia. I have applied...

hi all, I’m on the way to the site after 20 years of my NHS job have been dismi...

10x10

•3 days ago

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Statin and very bad calf pain in right leg

My husband took 10mg Atorvastatin for the first time 2 weeks ago. then a couple of days ago be got terrible calf cramp feeling in right leg which only eases...

My husband took 10mg Atorvastatin for the first time 2 weeks ago. then a couple ...

Catloveruk

•26 days ago

23 Replies

Unsympathetic husband...

Well, here I am again having had the same discussion with the husband about what I can and can't do etc and still he just doesn't get it. Anyone else have this...

Well, here I am again having had the same discussion with the husband about what...

LittleDaisy67

•28 days ago

23 Replies

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