When I was finally diagnosed with Fibromyalgia a few months ago, I did the same thing I did when I was diagnosed with PTSD – I joined some support groups on Facebook. It was the natural thing to do, joining groups for those who suffer from PTSD was eye opening and being able to talk with others allowed me to accept and understand my condition. I wish I found Fibro groups as encouraging. I have found myself un-joining many groups simply because of the negativity was making me ill. Granted it is always good to be reminded that you are not alone, other people know exactly how you feel when your body randomly spasms as you try to get to sleep; that we sometimes hurt in places we didn't even think possible and that sometimes we wonder why we go on living. I confess, only hearing the bad things makes it hard to stay positive but how can we be picked up if we don't let others know we have fallen down? What sucks is what I call scaremongering. Not that the membe
I've suffered from my Fibro symptoms for many, many years and have just been diagnosed. I've had to come to terms, painfully, with the fact that my life will always be different from everyone else. Luckily, I know first hand that Fibromyalgia can be controlled as my mum also suffers from the condition. However, with 43 years between us, I face many new problems that she hasn't. The problem at the forefront right now is dating. Due to my various, shall we say, endeavours over my 26 years of life, I've never been in a relationship. 2017 seemed to be the year. In fact, my first date ever happened in February of this year and the less said about it, the better. Luckily online dating is pretty much a stable of my generation and solves the issue of actually going out into the big scary world and meeting people. Oh wait... Moving on. Being fatigued 99.9% of the time naturally presents some issues when meeting anyone but it is something that can be m