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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PegZo 07/16/2011

Has this happened to you? Your talking to a person about business or anything for that matter and they go off on a talk fast spree and my mind says just walk away, I can't keep up. It can make me anxious and feel horrible. Is this fibro? Or am I going nuts?

deleted_user 07/17/2011

I agree Elizabeth; I hate that when everyone is talking and you feel like you are in a wind tunnel, cannot stand that.

MaryKathryn

deleted_user 07/19/2011

I just say, " I know you said something cause I saw your mouth moving, but you spoke at such acspeed I did not comprehend a word you said. Can you slow it down and not make it so wordy?"

That helps a lot. Then I thank them and I relisten.

Lorrie

deleted_user 07/19/2011

Me, too! Oh, I get so frustrated. I'll say to my family, "I've lost my thought". They'll say, "Huh, I do that, too". Oh, it makes me so aggrivated!!! Thanks for letting me vent on this subject!

love to all,
Martha

deleted_user 07/19/2011

Oh I can relate. Seinfeld called them "fast talkers". I stop the person mid-sentence and say, "Whoa Whoa whoa...you are talking way too fast. Please slow it down for me." If they want to think I am some kind of freak---no problem. It's just the way it is with me and I'm not embarassed by it. I can't watch certain t.v. shows because one or more of the main characters is talking too fast, or worse yet, mumbling too fast.

Homebod

deleted_user 07/19/2011

I am worse out in crowds, and I hate if I have to go to Cricket functions with my hubby. He worries that I am sitting alone while he is talking cricket with his buddys, but I have told him I am quite happy to sit by myself and listen to the music. All the meds I'm on mean I cant drink. What I cant explain to him is that if I am sitting with people, and several are talking at once I seem to switch off. I cant understand one thing they are talking about. It is like I have cotton wool in my ears, I can see the mouth moving, and the people are looking at me, but nothing is going in. Hugs xxxxx

deleted_user 07/20/2011

I call it "pain fog" because after so much for so long my mind just takes a trip to "confusion land" and my migraines have this side effect too a day or to before and a day or two after. The migraine doesn't have to hurt that much to mess me up. fibro-migraine-either way I still have the confusion problem also. The funny thing is that I study languages. At this time I am working in Irish!
I must love torture!!
Irish really messes up my English spelling but I love it. Many people just think that I am not all that smart. Even my sister and brother, mom etc. Not my son or husband though! Thank god!! I don't talk to my family I got tired of their treatment of me. Stick with the people who understand and treat you well is my rule.

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