Fibromyalgia Support Group

I don't know if I've introduced myself on here yet, but here I am. I'm Kelly Ann. 25 and recently diagnosed.

I suppose I should introduce myself here too. I'm Bekah, diagnosed with Fibro in 2006. I'm a photographer, 28 years old. Will happily respond to any PM's if you need a friendly ear to listen.

Hi everyone, I have IC and haven't been diagnosed with FMS yet, but that's the next step. I have been reading this forum and it brought tears to my eyes. Finding this group has been such a blessing with helping me deal with IC, and since FMS was brought up I'm praying it will help me with that as well. I never understood what was making my body feel the pain it feels, always just assumed it was the IC. God bless you all!

Stacey. Hi there. I LOVE humus. But I read that the garbanzo bean is not a complete protein--- with all of the essential amino acids. Do you happen to know what ffood to eat with it to round it out??

PS sorry leaders? Am I supposed to start a new thread if I change the subject???

Post edited by: Zaira, at: 09/08/2012 02:52 PM

Hi I am 27y and have five kids, always in pain with my legs

Kerri,

Sorry to hear that you are having so much pain in your legs. Sounds like you have a full plate with 5 kids...Wow!! They must be young since you are only 28. We'd love for you to introduce yourself and tell us a little more about you. This way, we will be able to see what we can help you with. Welcome to the fibro family!! HUGS

I second that. It's nice to meet you Kerri. I'm Kelly Ann. I'm 25 just diagnosed in June

I guess I fit into this category too... I'm 22, was diagnosed at 17. The reigning theory is that my fibro is the result of chronic, undiagnosed Lyme from a tick bite around age 6 that my pediatrician thought was ringworm. Happy to be in the company of you all, but distressed on principle to know how many of us youngins there are living with this burden.

Hi, i'm brandi.

Was diagnosed at just shy of 18 currently 19 now, after 2 years of being poked and tested for everything else under the sun.

I get my worst pain in my hands the last few months.

Every flare up is worst than the last.

It was really important for me read every page before i posted so i could understand. I'm 21 and just got diagnosed this summer though i'm sure i've had it for years. I was diagnosed with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis freshman year of HS so i'm sure through the years i was still trying to find out which pain meant what. I'm a filmmaker and made a short film about my experience with JRA, senior year, college etc. If anyone wants a link to it feel free to PM me. Being a young person (or anyone of course) with an invisible disease is tough so i learned a lot making it.

Anyway, 4 years later i've been thinking about a follow up to the film but this fibro stuff is something else. I'm not sure i've accepted it. At the very least i haven't grieved if that's something you're supposed to do. I found film in middle school and started actively pursuing it in hs and have been working non stop ever since and i mean work through every school year and summer. I think i was too busy all these years to ever 'notice' what was happening. I just graduated college and despite 2 internships over the summer; one finished and another ending next month, i've never had this much 'free time' so it finally hit me and i'm at a loss for words. I can only say its sucked the life out of me. The creativity i lived on is gone, most of the time i don't wanna bother going out or can't do what my friends are doing so i'm sitting there watching them. I'm sure this isn't the only factor (post college depression maybe, pursuing a creative field is HARD etc) but it seems pretty high on the list. It's a shame knowing negative talk/thinking is going to make things worse but physically, emotionally, mental i am...i don't know in a rut/fog. I'm surprised i've typed this much with the forgetfulness/fibro fog lol.