I mainly want to put random thoughts here about my life with Fibromyalgia and to try to connect with others who are living with it too. I have a horrible memory so I don't even remember when I was diagnosed, but It's probably been about 3 or 4 years now. I'm supposed to be taking Lyrica for it, but because of a couple screw-ups with our mail pharmacy I've been without it for about three weeks or so now. Hence the "I don't know what I'm doing" title. Without Lyrica I can't think straight nor get much work done.
To make a long story short for now I went through what most have gone through before finally being diagnosed with Fibro. My first doctor said I was depressed and put me on Prozac. I told him I wasn't chemically depressed that I'm depressed because I feel like crap and can't live my life normally. I tried the Prozac for awhile, but hated it and stopped. My second doctor diagnosed me with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and had me do a sleep study which revealed that I have Sleep Apnea. Using CPAP therapy helped, but I still couldn't get my life back. It took a 3rd doctor to diagnose me with Fibro and put me on Lyrica.
It really has helped me get back to somewhat of a normal life, but not completely. I still have to pace myself (I can't procrastinate then work in a frenzied state to get caught up like I used to) .The sad thing is I'm still a procrastinator, but now instead of being able to catch up in a day or two I'm never caught up. I'm a stay-at-Mom so it's not like I'm going to get fired or anything...divorced maybe, but not fired. haha. Mental blocks are a real problem for me too. I used to be a fairly creative person, making cards for people instead of buying them, writing poetry here and there and doing random small crafts. Well now things just come in spurts as I'm sure this blog will.
I hope to connect with some of you out there. Maybe we can help each other, rant about what's going wrong and share what's going right.
Take Care!
I love it Bev. This blog will help others who are going through the same thing. A friend of mine has it too and she has bad memory and little desire to do much anymore. I will pray you are able to get your medicine back .
ReplyDeleteThanks Rachel. My medicine should be coming any day now. I was tempted to not start taking it again because it's expensive and I'm sick of taking so many different meds. But I can't cope without it like I had hoped. Maybe your friend will want to read and contribute here. I've never tried reaching out to others with Fibro until now. She can add me on fb, email me or both if she'd like.
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