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My application for the disablement benefit

Sick note. I need a sick note so i can get the disabled part of uc. My doctor says he will not give me a sick note as i have been on benefit for a while. He...

Sick note. I need a sick note so i can get the disabled part of uc. My doctor sa...

Andrema

•3 years ago

13 Replies

Curiosity on posting certain things!

I've noticed we have all sorts of boards to post on! But I've also noticed there's birthday stuff Christmas stuff and so forth! But what about anniversary...

I've noticed we have all sorts of boards to post on! But I've also noticed there...

Country-gal

•3 years ago

7 Replies

Is this also to do with fibro

Hi all. Could somebody please tell me if they get this feeling/sensation? I feel as if when I'm eating, my food is only going as far as my upper chest....

Hi all. Could somebody please tell me if they get this feeling/sensation? I fee...

Purple7265

•3 years ago

12 Replies

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Trying to get a diagnosis.

Hi I was wondering if anyone can help me I’m not sure if I have figbromyalgia but it’s sounds like that’s what I’ve got. My symptoms are pain in my legs they...

Hi I was wondering if anyone can help me I’m not sure if I have figbromyalgia bu...

George123456

•3 years ago

3 Replies

Lyrica vs Gabapentin

Has anyone tried both medications and experienced different effects from them? Please share your experience! Thank you!. 💓

Has anyone tried both medications and experienced different effects from them? P...

LisaSnow

FMA UK Volunteer•3 years ago

39 Replies

Recently Diagnosed

Hi Has anyone taken duloxetine for fybromyalgia and had it worked at all. I’m 63 and I’ve been prescribed it after being diagnosed with it last year. It began...

Hi Has anyone taken duloxetine for fybromyalgia and had it worked at all. I’m 6...

Gillianmarie

•3 years ago

10 Replies

Newby Fellow Fibromyalgia sufferer

Hi. Not used to Forums but decided to join though, as my Fibromyalgia has taken A turn for the worse causing pain in all joints and lack of free mobility....

Hi. Not used to Forums but decided to join though, as my Fibromyalgia has taken ...

Ralky

•3 years ago

10 Replies

Unbalanced

Hi I woke up 4days ago feeling dizzy and unbalanced my dr says its a form of vertigo with crystals forming in my inner ear canal .I have done the exercises she...

Hi I woke up 4days ago feeling dizzy and unbalanced my dr says its a form of ver...

ellebell

•3 years ago

7 Replies

Pain relief being witheld

Hi all, I'm new on this site so please bear with me. I have had fibromyalgia for many years and it has steadily got worse I also have 2 damaged discs in my...

Hi all, I'm new on this site so please bear with me. I have had fibromyalgia for...

Paulainpoole

•3 years ago

19 Replies

Infusion.

Hi everyone. I've not been on here for a long time. I'm at my worst ever at the mo and just feel so down and low. The pains are constant, I cant sleep,...

Hi everyone. I've not been on here for a long time. I'm at my worst ever at the ...

QUEENIE74

•3 years ago

3 Replies

Stomach pain

Hi everyone. I had a very busy week last week which has caused me to flare. Nausea, fatigue and pain. I’ve developed a new pain in my stomach over the past few...

Hi everyone. I had a very busy week last week which has caused me to flare. Naus...

CopingwithEx

•3 years ago

16 Replies

Forgetting

Hi every one sorry I’ve not been on here for a while just been feeling under the weather . But I’ve been struggling with the brain fog and this morning I put...

Hi every one sorry I’ve not been on here for a while just been feeling under the...

hitman57

•3 years ago

8 Replies

A curiosity with questions

Good evening everyone, I know how difficult it can be to conduct research for fibromailgia, I have read so many abstracts on the Pub Med website but I wanted...

Good evening everyone, I know how difficult it can be to conduct research for f...

TabataRossa

•3 years ago

7 Replies

Is anyone finding a lack of belief when you say you have fibromyalgia??

Fibro question

Carilovesscott143

•3 years ago

11 Replies

Does this sound like fibromyalgia?

Hi, I’ve been feeling unwell for just over 3 months now, after blood tests doctors can’t find anything wrong and are putting it down to fibromyalgia. After a...

Hi, I’ve been feeling unwell for just over 3 months now, after blood tests docto...

England24

•3 years ago

5 Replies

Lone working/sole charge/on call nights

I have recently been diagnosed with fibromyalgia and am really struggling. I can just about manage to get through my working day. I have been taken off the on...

I have recently been diagnosed with fibromyalgia and am really struggling. I ca...

WonkyChicken

•3 years ago

8 Replies

Good news week! PHI / PIP / LCWRA

13 months ago I first joined this group when I was in a really, horribly difficult situation, finding it impossible to sleep or concentrate in work, under huge...

13 months ago I first joined this group when I was in a really, horribly difficu...

Hidden

•3 years ago

10 Replies

Reflux

Hi , I’m new to the site and finding it very interesting and beneficial. I have recently been diagnosed with fibromyalgia although have been suffering for...

Hi , I’m new to the site and finding it very interesting and beneficial. I have ...

Ador

•3 years ago

11 Replies

Eye pain

I’m light sensitive, occasional eye pain but fortunately not bad at the moment. But there’s time yet. As you know fibromyalgia moves around your body. My...

I’m light sensitive, occasional eye pain but fortunately not bad at the moment. ...

Hidden

•3 years ago

1 Reply

Family don’t listen

I have had fibromyalgia for many years and have somehow managed to cope. Recently everything has become too much but my family won’t talk about it. They seem...

I have had fibromyalgia for many years and have somehow managed to cope. Recentl...

Jeja

•3 years ago

27 Replies

We are all on our own journey

I feel that Fibro is a term used by Dr’s and Consultants when they can’t pin down an exact cause for the pain that we all experience. They don’t fully...

I feel that Fibro is a term used by Dr’s and Consultants when they can’t pin dow...

Tootiepie

•3 years ago

6 Replies

what can i say to him to help me?

Hi I have fibro confirmed in sept last year after a long battle with pain the doc is messing with tablets and im in alot of pain he is adding and taking away...

Hi I have fibro confirmed in sept last year after a long battle with pain the do...

poet68

•3 years ago

6 Replies

Nerve block

So further to my post on nerve blocks I had it on 9th so far psin worse but not been a week.So we will see

So further to my post on nerve blocks I had it on 9th so far psin worse but not ...

Conolly20

•3 years ago

1 Reply

Will to win!

I find that coming on here, as a 36 year old man, very reassuring. If the majority of people suffering can find the strength to get through their days. Then i...

I find that coming on here, as a 36 year old man, very reassuring. If the majori...

Fibroacne

•3 years ago

3 Replies

Pain Sensitisation, Pain clinic. Labelled & dismissed!

Its been a few years since Ive been on here. I was told I had Fibro way back in 2004. Ive moved to the Midlands from Scotland and am surprised how many folk...

Its been a few years since Ive been on here. I was told I had Fibro way back in ...

NWG23

•3 years ago

6 Replies

Seborrhoeic dermatitis and Cpap

Anyone with Fibromyalgia also diagnosed with Sleep Apnea and suffer with seborrheic dermatitis? I mainly have it on face and scalp. I have never suffered with...

Anyone with Fibromyalgia also diagnosed with Sleep Apnea and suffer with seborrh...

Rosethornend

•3 years ago

11 Replies

Fibromyalgia flair

Hi I’m new on here have been in a full on flair since last September I also have hypersensitive vasculites it’s getting me fed up now

Hi I’m new on here have been in a full on flair since last September I also have...

Hotdogp

•3 years ago

3 Replies

Some helpfulness.

Everyone on here needs some amitriptyline and hydrocodone.It really helped me with my sleep problem.And I have nite terrors.Also talking to myself and crying...

Everyone on here needs some amitriptyline and hydrocodone.It really helped me wi...

Junebug1958

•3 years ago

2 Replies

Peri menopause

What supplements do ppl take to relieve night sweats and hot flushes tia

Ficon

•3 years ago

6 Replies

Anyone got any medications that helped? The pain is too much to bear now.

Hi Fibro forum. My name is debbie. I am 46 with crippling pain from fibro. I just had a hospital spell with covid on facial oxygen too but I'm better from that...

Hi Fibro forum. My name is debbie. I am 46 with crippling pain from fibro. I jus...

debbiemorry

•3 years ago

14 Replies

Posts - Fibromyalgia Action UK | HealthUnlocked

Fibromyalgia Action UK

All posts for January 2021

My application for the disablement benefit

Curiosity on posting certain things!

Is this also to do with fibro

Trying to get a diagnosis.

Lyrica vs Gabapentin

Recently Diagnosed

Newby Fellow Fibromyalgia sufferer

Unbalanced

Pain relief being witheld

Infusion.

Stomach pain

Forgetting

A curiosity with questions

Is anyone finding a lack of belief when you say you have fibromyalgia??

Does this sound like fibromyalgia?

Lone working/sole charge/on call nights

Good news week! PHI / PIP / LCWRA

Reflux

Eye pain

Family don’t listen

We are all on our own journey

what can i say to him to help me?

Nerve block

Will to win!

Pain Sensitisation, Pain clinic. Labelled & dismissed!

Seborrhoeic dermatitis and Cpap

Fibromyalgia flair

Some helpfulness.

Peri menopause

Anyone got any medications that helped? The pain is too much to bear now.

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