Fibromyalgia Support Group

You're not alone in your pain. Fibromyalgia is a condition that can be difficult to diagnose and manage. If you're trying to cope with pain throughout your body, sleep problems, general fatigue, or other common fibromyalgia symptoms, you're in the right place. The community is here for you to talk about therapies and share your challenges.

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Bichonmom
Bichonmom

I guess I felt like I was whining when I was last here. As most of you, I am fed up with doctors. My rheumatologist put me on a muscle relaxer called Zanaflex to take at night. For the first week or so, I didn't wake up numerous times in pain. The honeymoon stage is over. Woke up multiple times with hips hurting last night. When you think about it, none of us has had a "normal" life in so long that the abnormal  becomes our normal. I have people tell me "I don't know how you do it" and my answer is I don't either. You just do it. You have to start finding happiness in the smallest things, and tonight I am happy for lavender Epson  salts in a hot bath and a full bottle of Advil on my bedside table. Oh, and butter pecan ice cream☺

lilmissy7
lilmissy7
Hi bichonmom,
I'm fed up with doctors rite now too. I had to change my insurance recently & some of these new doctors are driving me nuts, feeling like I'm not really being heard & appalled by some of the bedside manner. Some doctors out there are good but I find some doctors have trouble listening to us & think they know all & forget that maybe some of their patients have dealt with these issues for years & just cause we didn't go to medical school does not mean we don't know our bodies. Sorry that started becoming a rant whoops :)

That lavender salts sound lovely. & oooh that butter pecan ice cream, yummy!
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jenleigh1
jenleigh1
I don't check in much lately but just saw your post. I too had to go through insurance changes and issues and could relate with you. It just reminds me that these doctors are trained to try to fix our symptoms with a medication and for me, I do know my body and listen to it but it is a very thin line in knowing when to trust a doctors advice and when to do my own research and decide for myself. I just wish these medical school trained doctors could/would treat each and every patient as if it were one of their loved ones. Somehow, i bet the treatment would be totally different. That should be a course in their training.
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sonyacon
sonyacon
I understand being hard on yourself about venting, I tend to also convince myself that I'm whingeing.

This might sound very backwards, but a reason why I'm hesitant to try regular pain medication or whatnot is because I'm worried that my pain will get better, but then get worse again. That thought disturbs me more than the notion of the meds not helping at all. I worry about getting used to lower pain levels, because I don't know how I'd manage the return of the bad pain.

Sorry, maybe a bit of a rambling and not-too-happy response on my part. Short version; I understand your feelings, and I'm sorry to hear you had to have an "end of honeymoon" moments.

And don't worry, it's not whining. My brain adds "when others do it," but I'll remind myself of the same thing. :) Take care and nice to see you again.