@Beasle I did and I hope the same for you. 
I have recently downloaded an app called Relax Melodies. It has helped me get more sleep. I wake up several times a night and I’ve programmed relaxing sounds that help me go back to sleep faster. When the weather breaks, I’m going to start walking again. I used to walk, but since last February I had severe pain in my feet. I finally found out it was neuropathy. So I’ve stopped eating sweets, which has helped tremendously. I will try the meditation. Thank you for the suggestion. 
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Hi David,
This website is a lifesaver. I’m so happy to have found it. I love how people can be totally honest with each other about our pain and challenges and at the same time there is an emphasis on staying positive.
Thanks,
Julie
Hi Wanda,
Thank you for the recommendation for Relax Melodies. I will try that tonight as I wake up a lot throughout the night.
Julie
Hi Julie,
I think we all try and remain positive for our fellow fibro friends and that is what helps us. We may be negative to ourselves but knowing someone is in pain and you yourself know what that pain is like allows us to become empathetic and sympathetic to others. I try to remain positive but it is quite difficult. Wherever I go I usually look happy and remain positive even when speaking to others about all the obstacles I go through. I think we all do that sometimes when we just push through the conversation as we don’t want people to really know how we truly feel that day. It’s almost like when I’m out of the social spotlight and get alone I tend to go into my unhappy painful self. It’s weird.
David
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I totally hear you on this one. I’m 25 and went from working full time and going to school full time (80+ hour weeks) to having to take a medical leave of absence at school, with like a month and a half left, and not working. luckily my parents can help me out with my bills even tho I don’t live at home anymore which i am super grateful I am in that position and mostly my boyfriend is an amazingly supportive person but he is really weird about me going to school. sometimes it makes me feel like every diagnosis is fake and I should just “buck up” but i literally can’t.
Your welcome, I hope it helps.
I can relate to what you are saying Davey I have suffered with back problems for many years and severe symptoms of Fibromyalgia being an ex nurse I was sure I had but it was only in the past couple of years that a Consultant finally diagnosed me with it I am in a wheelchair now and as my husband is deceased and I live at home with my Special Needs son who is a great help to me I feel so guilty when I am so tired I just feel like staying in bed all day but get up for the sake of my son I am very limited in what I can do I try to plan what I am going to do in a day but it does not always work I used to get annoyed but now I pace myself there is always another day I am so glad I found the forum when I feel really down I can always find someone who will listen and I do not feel so alone Annette.
Hi Annette,
Wow. Being an ex nurse I think must help you a little. I’m sorry to hear about your husband. It can’t be easy. I am glad you have your son there with you. Things happen for a reason Annette. Your son being there really does help you because like you said you get up for the sake of him. If you didn’t have him it would be a lot harder. You feel guilty because you’re a good person and any good person would feel guilty. Where do you live? I wish you lived closer because I would visit you both and keep you company. By all means please message me anytime you’re feeling down because I will lift up your spirits. I promise you! My mom deals with MS and we both get annoyed with how we feel. We both started to do morning yoga at the YMCA which is helping us. We keep each other in check so if i’m not wanting to go she will try to get me to go and vice versa.
I’m glad you found this site
David
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