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How to manage your employer when you have fibromyalgia?

Here I go again, I have a new manager and he is calling me in to see HR because apparently he is giving me a lot of leeway at the moment. The leeway in...

Here I go again, I have a new manager and he is calling me in to see HR because ...

Feather

•5 years ago

16 Replies

Duloxetine - suicidal thoughts and loss of appetite

Hi everyone, I take 80mg Duloxetine and lately i have no appetite and have not been eating so much. Then when I start eating I realize I was hungry. Does...

Hi everyone, I take 80mg Duloxetine and lately i have no appetite and have not ...

Jeep2000

•5 years ago

12 Replies

Waking up with lower back, arm & leg pain

Every morning I’m waking up early with pain in my lower back, the right arm I’m leaned on & leg. Does anyone else get anything similar with their Fibromyalgia?...

Every morning I’m waking up early with pain in my lower back, the right arm I’m ...

kar004

•5 years ago

13 Replies

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Help it's so painful

I've suffered for around 20 years with neuralgia. For the past few months ive been getting excruciating pains in left side of chest, neck, arm. Cannot move,...

I've suffered for around 20 years with neuralgia. For the past few months ive be...

Childcareassessor

•5 years ago

1 Reply

Newbie!

Hello all, I’m new here! Diagnosed with fibro today after being referred to a consultant with queried arthritis. Its been almost a decade and to finally have...

Hello all, I’m new here! Diagnosed with fibro today after being referred to a c...

Babybear2017

•5 years ago

1 Reply

Please can anybody. with Fibromyalgia give me some advice on how to cope with the Agony when you get either Hot or Cold.So very depressed.

Can anyone with Fibromyalgia please tell me that if you get cold, do your pains get so very bad that it makes you cry ??? .But then when you turn the Central...

Can anyone with Fibromyalgia please tell me that if you get cold, do your pains ...

Gjkas

•5 years ago

38 Replies

I have a question about ESA

Hi everyone hope you are all as well as can be. I was diagnosed with osteoarthritis in my hands wrists shoulders hips and kness and also fibromyalgia about 18...

Hi everyone hope you are all as well as can be. I was diagnosed with osteoarthri...

Cn657

•5 years ago

6 Replies

ESA

I filled in ESA f2f and sent it off in March got a appointment for October requested home visit which they denied . Then my doctor sent another letter in...

I filled in ESA f2f and sent it off in March got a appointment for October reque...

Hidden

•5 years ago

8 Replies

Beta Glucan

Hello everyone! A friend just call me that she heard that beta glucan can help with fibro. I will like to know from you good people if it is something that has...

Hello everyone! A friend just call me that she heard that beta glucan can help w...

BLOSSOMing

•5 years ago

3 Replies

Flare up!

Hiya everyone! Hope your all having a good day! Need some advice, I decided to help my mum reorganise her bedroom yesterday, so a lot of physical exertion...

Hiya everyone! Hope your all having a good day! Need some advice, I decided to h...

SS2695

•5 years ago

2 Replies

Proving you have pain

It’s always been a bugbear about how to prove if you are in pain and how intense the pain is. They say that there is no way to tell if someone is genuinely in...

It’s always been a bugbear about how to prove if you are in pain and how intense...

Scotduck

•5 years ago

9 Replies

Rapid steroid reduction

Hello again I received 9 weeks of steroid treatment for suspected GCA (40mg daily), and then the consultant decided that it might be a different condition....

Hello again I received 9 weeks of steroid treatment for suspected GCA (40mg dai...

Linda3009

•5 years ago

6 Replies

When to inform work off absence

Morning all. I'm just wondering at what point you call in ill for work? I'm a home carer and love my job, I realise the impact (covering my shift) calling in...

Morning all. I'm just wondering at what point you call in ill for work? I'm a ho...

Simba_1

•5 years ago

13 Replies

ESA assessment

Hi I'm new here today I had a ESA assessment on Friday I had a terrible day was talked to very badly and I'm so dreading my answer as I know I've failed they...

Hi I'm new here today I had a ESA assessment on Friday I had a terrible day was ...

Djemima

•5 years ago

3 Replies

A reminder

It’s ok.

Jbluek

•5 years ago

3 Replies

Am I really fibro?

I am 29 and was diagnosed with fibro only within the last 12 months, can't remember exactly when... my sister-in-law has fibro and she has it seemingly much...

I am 29 and was diagnosed with fibro only within the last 12 months, can't remem...

PurplePotter

•5 years ago

7 Replies

Angry bird🦅

Omg got a b****ing magpie at my window banging to get in wtf

Hidden

•5 years ago

1 Reply

Another knock back

Morning all hope you all managed a good night sleep.. Yesterday I went to a MSK centre to see a physiotherapist.... my doctor has referred me after I had a hip...

Morning all hope you all managed a good night sleep.. Yesterday I went to a MSK ...

Hidden

•5 years ago

25 Replies

Morning

Morning guys 😜😜😜 Hope you’re all feeling aswell as you could be on this dreary Saturday morning Myself is in agony My hips and shoulders are on fire 🔥 🔥...

Morning guys 😜😜😜 Hope you’re all feeling aswell as you could be on this drear...

Hidden

•5 years ago

1 Reply

Citroplam

What nururological pills does anyone take with citroplam ? I’m really struggling and that seemed to be the only one that worked for me , but finding a...

What nururological pills does anyone take with citroplam ? I’m really strugglin...

dottielotti

•5 years ago

6 Replies

PIP Application arrived

Hi everyone, please could I have some advice. I rang and applied via phone and now they’ve sent me the application form to fill out. What are things to focus...

Hi everyone, please could I have some advice. I rang and applied via phone and n...

wanagetoverthis

•5 years ago

5 Replies

Need advice for an Pip assessment!!!

Hi guys need some advice???? I’ve just got a date for my assessment for pip next Thursday. It is really stressing me out🤯!!! I’ve gone through an assessment 2...

Hi guys need some advice???? I’ve just got a date for my assessment for pip next...

Shellypeas1

•5 years ago

10 Replies

New here

Hi I am new on here.i am 52 from Yorkshire uk...I have many different types of illnesses. And depression......I am looking forward to chatting to new people...

Hi I am new on here.i am 52 from Yorkshire uk...I have many different types of i...

Jamue-lee

•5 years ago

8 Replies

Need some advise

Hi Guys, My friend has recently been diagnosed with Fibromyalgia within the last couple weeks, I just needs some top tips and advise to help 1) understand...

Hi Guys, My friend has recently been diagnosed with Fibromyalgia within the las...

MacGill123

•5 years ago

32 Replies

In the beginning

Hi. I've recently been diagnosed with fibromyalgia. For the past four years, I've had episodes of muscle stiffness, extreme fatigue and dizziness. Each...

Hi. I've recently been diagnosed with fibromyalgia. For the past four years, I'...

Linda3009

•5 years ago

6 Replies

Duloxetine

Does anyone else take this and there thoughts pls? Gradually been weened off amitriptiline and sertrine. Thanks

Does anyone else take this and there thoughts pls? Gradually been weened off ami...

dottielotti

•5 years ago

18 Replies

Are antidepressants a must in helping fibro symptoms & which one works for you?

Ive recently been prescribed mirtazapine after trying many other antidepressants. Although i feel i am not depressed they do seem to help in functioning day to...

Ive recently been prescribed mirtazapine after trying many other antidepressants...

Minicar5

•5 years ago

7 Replies

Female contraception

A question for women. Hello, I have depression (16 years) Fybromyalgia (1 year) I am in my early 30s with no intention of having children (any time in the near...

A question for women. Hello, I have depression (16 years) Fybromyalgia (1 year) ...

avantgardener

•5 years ago

2 Replies

I got a phone call☎☎☎☎📱PIP

Last week I received a phone call from DWP about my pip appeal !! In all including the mandatory I have been waiting 9 months The call was to say that they had...

Last week I received a phone call from DWP about my pip appeal !! In all includi...

Hidden

•5 years ago

28 Replies

Elevated Oestradiol

I’ve been suffering from frequent heavy periods and constant spotting for over a year. Around a year ago I had some blood tests and a pelvic scan - pelvic scan...

I’ve been suffering from frequent heavy periods and constant spotting for over a...

Isitlupus

•5 years ago

4 Replies

Posts - Fibromyalgia Action UK | HealthUnlocked

Fibromyalgia Action UK

All posts for October 2019

How to manage your employer when you have fibromyalgia?

Duloxetine - suicidal thoughts and loss of appetite

Waking up with lower back, arm & leg pain

Help it's so painful

Newbie!

Please can anybody. with Fibromyalgia give me some advice on how to cope with the Agony when you get either Hot or Cold.So very depressed.

I have a question about ESA

ESA

Beta Glucan

Flare up!

Proving you have pain

Rapid steroid reduction

When to inform work off absence

ESA assessment

A reminder

Am I really fibro?

Angry bird🦅

Another knock back

Morning

Citroplam

PIP Application arrived

Need advice for an Pip assessment!!!

New here

Need some advise

In the beginning

Duloxetine

Are antidepressants a must in helping fibro symptoms & which one works for you?

Female contraception

I got a phone call☎☎☎☎📱PIP

Elevated Oestradiol

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