OMG!!! THE PERSON BEATING YOU MUST BE BEATING ME ALSO!! I ALSO WAKE UP EVERY MORNING WITH MY ARMS KILLING I FEEL THAT SOME - ONE HAS EITHER BEAT THEM OR I'VE BEEN HUNG UP ALL NIGHT BY MY WRISTS, AND THE NECK THING I FEEL AS IF I AM CARRYING A BAG OF COAL AROUND ALL DAY ON MY BACK. AS FOR THE BRAIN FOG I WAS SO BAD AND WAS FORGETTING EVERYTHING EVEN TO THE POINT OF LAST CHRISTMAS WHEN I WENT TO WRAP MY GRAND - DAUGHTERS CHRISTMAS PRESENT, WHEN I WENT TO WRITE HER NAME I COULDN'T REMEMBER IT, IT TOOK ME 10 MINS BEFORE I REMEMBERED THEN I COULDN'T REMEMBER HOW TO SPELL IT, IT FRIGHTENED THE WITS OUT OF ME I THOUGHT IT WAS THE BEGINING OF ALZHEIMERS EVEN WENT TO MY DOCTOR WITH MY FEARS, SO YOUR IN GOOD COMPANY, IT IS TO DO WITH THE FIBRO I'M AFRAID, AND YOU CAN BE FINE ONE DAY, ONE WEEK AND THEN BACK IT COMES AGAIN BUT NOT ALWAYS IN THE SAME SITE, ITS MY ARMS AT THE MOMENT BEFORE THAT MY BACK IT LIKES TO KEEP US GUESSING HOPE THAT HELPS YOU IN SOME SMALL WAY TAKE CARE GOD BLESS LOVE AND HUGS ELLIE

Are you talking about me?!! lol Sure sounds like fibro fog to me. Take care.

Right there with you my friend.Ellie said it well.It sure like to travel around ones body. As for fog.Thats no fun either.Get plenty of rest and don't overdue on the work. marilyn

i find i cant even drive to the store alone because i will go right through a red light.. for some reason my mind just is gone when i am in the car .. and i have to bed reminded of where i am going and y...i hear new and exciting things many times a day.(because i forgot it the first time)lol

Sadly.....what? oh yeh.... fibro fog, seriously though, that is the nature of fibro, so unpredictable. One day fine, next awful. The only good thing is we understand what you are going thru, coz we go thru too. Take care, hugs Owlxx

that sounds exactly like me. Some days you feel like - what has all the drama been about, I feel fine. Then the very next day it all comes crashing down. I decided to go down to part time next year, then felt great yesterday with a new med and started thinking "maybe I can stay full time?" Hahaha, the body is cruel, feeling like normal again today. Just pace yourself even on good days, cause you never know when the pain and fog hit you hard.

Thanks for all the feed back, I think i understand now why eveyone in here keeps saying dont over do it, when i felt good last week i thought i was superwoman i worked for 3 days in arow did the laundry dished dusted the houseand cleaned it realy good till like 11pm i had so much energy i felt great on sat night because i had one of my brothers and his wife two kids and my mom over on sunday so i cooked breakfast hungout all day by the time they lasft at like 730 pm i could barelyget of the couch fell a sleep at 830 haaha. then monday came and i had to work 3 days straight well i trooped through now i look like a dish rag, i cant belive im recovering from last week... i now understand what a flair is. i didnt know what it meant, i gave in and took a pain pill, i want to get ready to feel good for work monday, whats the best thing todo to end this horrible episode, i know thats a stupid question probably that doesn't have an answer, if it did wed be a lil happier!

PLS SEE A DR DURING THIS FOG TO MAKE SURE IT ISN'T SOMETHING ELSE SWEETIE..LOVE...HELEN

Hmmm sounds like many of us are in the same boat on the same "foggy" waters...I was dx in 2002 and I still seem to be suprized when the fog hits. I am in so much pain one day and then the next I can "handle it." But all the same fibro can be so frustrating...I have lost my car in the parking lot one too many times and I have also gotten lost going to work and did notknow what to say once I got there..The feelings were so intense...Just know that you are NOT alone and that you are not crazy not are you rammbling...andfeeling like you were hit with a stick...OH so familure..I often feel like I stood behind a pick-up truck that was spinning it's wheels in gravel and the little/big stones hit me all over leaving burses that ache to the bones...(((HUGS)))
Peace,
Nicol

Girl, I think you are my long lost twin. This sounds just like me! Hugs....

Yes we are all sisters!! I was required to produce 99 cents from a handful of change...impossible!! Without spell check, I couldn't write this either. I also gotten lost on the way to work, even forgetting where I was going in the first place.
Cindy

Sounds very familiar. I have good days where I thing yes life is great then the bad days with fibro fog hit and I think I am not going to ever be able to function again and then the next day comes with one or the other surprise. What I think sucks is not knowing when it is going to hit.
Good luck sweety we are there with you
Tam

some days im not sure if im coming or going no pun intended. ill go to get something and forget what. sometimes if i just stop and stand there i will remember but not always .were going to my daugthers and he asked the name of the lake she lived on i couldnt remember at first. but ive got a extra excuse age.

Boy, can I relate. And, boy, does it sound like that crazy Fibro guy is really after you these days. Some days we feel so well, we wonder if it is really true, and then, wham, we are hit so hard it almost takes us out. I think it is just the nature of the disease. Although, with Vit. D supplementation and the natural supplement I take, it isn't quite so bad. I can actually push through on some days when in the past I would have been in bed all day. I am so grateful for even that small gain. I really think the Vit. D supplement has played a huge role, and then, having added the natural supplement has really made another huge difference. I feel so blessed. Some never find any relief, and over the years, I wondered if I would just keep getting worse. This has been life changing for me. However, back to you. Yes, I remember those days very well. One feeling like everything was A OK, and then next feeling like I had been hit by a Mack truck. It never makes any sense. I was at my doctor this past week, and she was surprised the Vit. D thing hasn't come up more often, because there is reason to believe that a Vit. D deficiency is responsible for some of the fatigue and fog. A simple blood test will give your Vit. D leaves, and then you will need a prescription, not over the counter varieties, to bring them up to optimal ranges. But with Vit D and the natural supplement I take, I am only on 1 prescription while I used to be on 12. What a blessing. Hope you find that relief. Prayers and hugs

It is soooo cool that DS is available and that we don't have to think we are lone nuts anymore... :0)
~Nicol