What is Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia (FM or FMS or Fibro) is a debilitating chronic syndrome (constellation of signs and symptoms) characterized by diffuse or specific muscle, joint, or bone pain, fatigue...
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FM/CFS rating scale. What number are you?
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CFS/Fibromyalgia Rating Scale
-- 100 Fully recovered. Normal activity level with no symptoms. -- 90 Normal activity level with mild symptoms at times. -- 80 Near normal activity level with some symptoms. -- 70 Able to work full time but with difficulty. Mostly mild symptoms. -- 60 Able to do about 6-7 hours of work a day. Mostly mild to moderate symptoms. -- 50 Able to do about 4-5 hours a day of work or similar activity at home. Daily rests required. Symptoms mostly moderate. -- 40 Able to leave house every day. Moderate symptoms on average. Able to do about 3-4 hours a day of work or activity like housework, shopping, using computer. -- 30 Able to leave house several times a week. Moderate to severe symptoms much of the time. Able to do about 2 hours a day of work at home or activity like housework, shopping, using computer. -- 20 Able to leave house once or twice a week. Moderate to severe symptoms. Able to concentrate for 1 hour or less per day. -- 10 Mostly bedridden. Severe symptoms. -- 0 Bedridden constantly. Unable to care for self. This scale was copied from recoveryfromcfs.org by Bruce Campbell, PhD. I find myself to be a 50 but because I work I am forced to be a 70. This is probably why I have those 30 type days. What number are you? Jeanne Posted on 07/09/09, 05:07 pm |
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Oh wow! I'd never really stopped to think about how severely it had...what's the word I'm trying to think of...stupid fibro fog...let's just say "limited" my life. I had been right around a 20, but I've been taking Lyrica for a week and am up around a 60 now! Blood work tomorrow, knock on wood that no serious side effects continue! Cool post, Jeanne! 
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sounds horrible to write but am probably a 30 that would like to be a 50,but ends up a 10 when i try too hard. also have never seen this before-do appreciate objective, however sobering it may be. thanks for posting this!
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I guess i'm between 50 and 70...although I have no choice in how many hours I work really or how much I do around the house etc. I just have no choice. Yesterday I felt A.W.F.U.L....but still went downtown to get a bus pass (on the bus, with non-cushioned seats, over a cobble street, with a bad headache) and then got the dog some food and walked home (about 3 blocks with rocks in my hips).
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I forgot to add....that's with two different everyday meds for pain, plus painkillers. I don't even want to IMAGINE where I would be without that. Maybe around 30 then.
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hmmm.. Never thought of it like this. Because I work, I would technically be a 70. But I only leave the house once a day- usually to work, and after I work I can hardly do anything else, so that's a 40. And on weekends, unless I have someone motivating me, it's more like 30. With motivation/determination and rest, I can reach a 50-60 (on weekends, or vacation time).
Haha, that's Fibro for you! Even when you have a clear concise, multiple choice question, it still calls for an open-ended answer.
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Wow, I feel like I am blessed. I may have my bad weekends but at least I am able to work. Thank god I'm off at 2:20! I can go home and rest.
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Every day is different but not like a roller coaster, more like a ping pong ball.
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FLOAT BETWEEN 10 & 30 W/ SOME 30 ONCE A MONTH NO WORKING A JOB NO ACTIVITY OVER 1HR W.OUT 15MIN REST OR LYING DOWN FOR A CAT NAP!
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I am about 30 but i can be 20 or 10 depend what i did a day before ..
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I am between 20 and 30 most of the time. I can sometimes push myself to a 30 but than I can go down to a ten....sigh.
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