Depression

[Lean32]

Hi all I'm new on here but I've had fibromyalgia for 5 yrs now but only been diagnosed for 1. It's so hard I'm in real pain at the mo and this horrid weather isn't helping at all. Ive had to go back on to my medications which tire me out and working at the mo is painful.

[Lean32]

Rant over gotta carry on regardless

[Extremelygrumpy]

Hi there, could you not phone in sick and get your gp to sign you off for a week you sound as if you need a good rest... I know how hard it is to work when fibro gets you in such a flare up,

Listening is no problem that's what we are here for I just I could suggest something more positive

Gentle hugs VGx

[Lean32]

Thank vg but I'm self employed so I don't get money when I'm on the sick that's y I'm struggling so much. I'm so happy to have found these sites though coz I've felt so alone since I've had it. Xx

[Extremelygrumpy]

Well be assured we are all here to listen and help if we can

VG x

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I think when we have several things going on health wise its no wonder we end up feeling depressed...I had been keeping myself as chirpy as possible but for my last few docs trips the floodgates have opened and I simply have to say I am getting low myself and also considering being signed off work too just to try to get well.

Are there any benifits you could get if unable to work...might be worth a look at the benefits and work site...I know I would get SSP but have never claimed before

[Lean32]

Hi mumof5, yeah I would get that too but I'd loose my house coz it won't b enuf too keep it. It's so hard coz I'm a single mum of a 12yr old boy with ADHD aswell and I'm constantly on the go with him. I could do with a villa in the sun lol xx

[fleurmp]

Unfortunately depression is all part and parcel of fibro, I've been taking anti-depressants for about 3 years now and have recently had mine changed to Fluoxtine (prozac). I am feeling better, but don't know if I'm ready to go back to work next week after four weeks off. I feel for you being self employed, not being able to take a break when you need to. Could you enlist the help of someone else to take the weight off for a while?

[Goodienuff]

I was pensioned off from my superannuated job years ago, before I was diagnosed with Fibro, and I really have no idea how anyone CAN work - I look around my home and see dust, cobwebs, a giant pile of ironing and wish I could afford to pay someone to do it for me!!!

I have recently been in meltdown, and had my antidepressants increased (Stertriline) but within 2 weeks of feeling a tad less depressed, my cardiologist tells me I really need open-heart surgery (arterial bypass graft) which |I haven't agreed to yuet, i see him again next Friday (23rd November)

I am SO dreading this, and I do know a couple of peop[le who've had this and say it's the best thing they've ever done, and would do it again tomorrow if they had to. BUT none of them has fibro!!!

I am seeing a CBT therapist fortnightly, not sure if it's helping, but he's a nice bloke, and seems to understand a bit about fibro. I am sometimes spending days at a time in bed, cos that's the only place I feel comfortable. Not much of a life eh?