Information and opinions on Chronic Pain from learnFMnow at ChronicPainConnection.com. The HealthCentral Network, Inc. (www.HealthCentral.com) is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/856871 http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/856871/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/856871 http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/856871/93984/fibromyalgia Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:52:45 -0500 learnFMnow I wish to explain more about my perspective of the stigma of fibromyalgia.  It seems as if the stigma exists no matter what state the FM patient happens to be in at any given time.  We are not allowed to be sick.  Yet we are also not allowed to have good days or hours without the stigma.  Of course, I have my good and bad hours no matter what.  I attempt to make the miserable hours less noticeable,  though... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/856871/93984/fibromyalgia http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/856871/92679/fibromyalgia Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:05:50 -0400 learnFMnow I think so.  The doctor put me on it about 2 months ago for my depression and nerves.  I also take Paxil and have for a long time.  Well, I noticed the pain is not as bad most days and lets up quicker.  Even a tad more of energy.  I wrote the people over at Bristol Myers Squibb and they called me last week.  They said that they would turn this over to reserach and development to see if it helps others.  I am on... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/856871/92679/fibromyalgia http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/856871/92422/plea-friends Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:58:35 -0400 learnFMnow I just want to introduce myself.  I am an RN of 17 years.  I had never heard the term "fibromyalgia" until I got very ill about 7 years ago.  I had no idea what was wrong with me.  I thought at first I had a fatal disease and would die.  This is because my body literally felt as if I were dying.    I am going to plea with you to read this and lend an ear for a few minutes.  Then if you choose still not... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/856871/92422/plea-friends http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/856871/88625/fibromyalgia Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:47:49 -0400 learnFMnow I am very very happy to see that FINALLY someone did a survey that seems to have included the real or rather more severe FM patients.  For so long I have heard the myth that says "narcotics won't work for fibro pain".  Not true and could not be further from the truth.  The survey results I found on this site is probably the very most accurate I have ever seen yet.   I suspect several reasons why research has made... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/856871/88625/fibromyalgia http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/856871/88527/arrival Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:32:46 -0400 learnFMnow I can recall a night years ago when it first arrived.  In bed, I tossed and turned.  I would put my hands on pillows, postion them every way imagined, and hope the burning hell would leave them.  The tingling would begin.  The tingling would go into numbness and then swing into severe burning torture.  The pendulum of these symptoms would wax and wane within seconds back and forth.  No relief.  No pain med in... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/856871/88527/arrival http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/856871/88384/fibromyalgia Sun, 27 Sep 2009 10:05:39 -0400 learnFMnow Yep,  a real monster.   He steals away the things we use to take for granted.  It is so real and yet so unbelievable.  I am so tired of explaining to people what "is that"?  It is still not known in the mainstream of society and still has false information floating around in spite of the efforts made by the many patients who suffer it.   I hate fibromyalgia.  It is unpredictable, unbelievable, and... http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/856871/88384/fibromyalgia