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What is wrong with me?

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Okay. So, lately, I've been going to the spa once a week. I'm not super rich, I just decided that with the money I'm currently spending on healthcare, I might as well go to the spa. So anyway, I am trying to get there once week for a one hour private dip in the hot tub (only $22!). So I go, and this time decide to treat myself to a foot massage (definitely a rarity guys!). Anyway, as I'm lying there I practically have a panic attack. 1.) I can't get relaxed, no matter what I do or how hard I try and that is ALL the time. 2.) The pain from a weather change (rain!) was SO terrible. I actually was almost crying because I forgot my pain medication. Does anyone else have this issue? It is like--do I have FMS because I can't relax? Or is it that I can't relax BECAUSE I have FMS?
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oh man are you kidding everytime it gets cold i have continuous fits of crying and everytime it snows or rain i am crying so honey you are not alone there.
love trish
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might be either both or fibromyalgia.

trish
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know what you mean. have arthritis to could write a book on pain.
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Thank you guys for the replies. I guess I"m just having a really bad pain day and I just HATE it! I have to honestly say that not only is it depressing, but I also find myself getting REALLY angry. WHY ME? I'm only 24 (I was diagnosed when I was 14). I am healthy in every other way besides this. THIS SUCKS!
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It really is the chicken or the egg thing. I think about it too, I get really tense and stressed now, and I never really used to so I am leaning toward the fm causing the stress.
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You are not alone, I had two conversations about this very subject yesterday. I've always been a pretty laid back person, but I feel like I'm a walking ball of stress. ;0 I have an extremely hard time relaxing as well...but I'm going to keep trying and I hope you will too. Peace and blessings!
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It is almost as if...after all this pain and suffering, you have to retrain yourself to relax. It isn't like "normal" people who can just say ready, set, relax. It takes hours for me to relax,and days and months when I'm getting over a certain project.
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I just had this very conversation with my boyfriend tonight!

I told him, when my pain gets overwhelming and I just can't take it any longer I stress and try to control the world because I cannot control this disease at all and I need something in my life that doesn't feel so out of whack! So that's why I stress and try to control things!

I think that makes sense!

Take care,
Stay sane!
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It does suck!! Crying and getting angry are natural responses that we just can't avoid. I hate it when I feel like crying in public, but it happens. I think pampering yourself at the spa is a wonderful idea. I try and try to learn relaxation techniques but am never very good at them. I hope you feel better soon.Hugs and more hugs, Donna
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