Currently being diagnosed and scared

[Whit135]

I am 24 years old. I've known something just wasn't right since I was about 19 with the chronic fatigue, leg tingling and spasms, couldn't sleep, couldn't concentrate, and muscle aches. The aches weren't bad though, because I stayed active and just thought I was over working myself. Well over the last few years I've become less active and more invested in my job. I've gained weight and have become more fatigued and had more pain. I've been to doctors for the numerous symptoms I've had including skins rashes and IBS, but nothing ever came of it. Well I never would have considered Fibromyalgia until I broke my foot in June and became totally inactive. Very quickly my aches started getting deeper and more painful. During our vacation to Disney world in July i didn't even walk because of my foot, but I found my self crying to myself because I was so frustrated that I couldn't just enjoy myself. I've had instances over the past few months where I almost couldn't get out of bed or I come home from work and just sit because I ache so much. I've tried not to break down because my husband doesn't understand what's going on. At the beginning he just thought I was being lazy and not wanting to do anything. However, I find myself breaking down more and more. I am 24 years old and feel like I'm 60. I don't have any kids yet and all my friends are pretty active. They think that I've let myself go, but really I try to convince myself to hang out or go be active with my friends but I just can't get the energy to move or I find myself fearing the pain that comes afterwords. I can't function like I want to at work and despise telling people whats going on (even my friends) because I don't want a pity party. I find that I feel alone and am having trouble getting my self out of this slump. Does anyone have any suggestions??

[DebiBauer]

I'm so sorry you are going through all this! I was there with you years ago - cluster headaches, body aches, needing to sleep but not getting any real rest. I does wear you down and make you feel incredibly old, doesn't it? I finally got mad, found a good doctor and took charge of making myself better to the point that I'm now almost free of the symptoms of FMS. Almost, but not completely. I decided to start a blog/website to share what I've done over the years to get to this point and would love to share it with you. Maybe something I've done could help you.

I started getting the aches and pains after a car accident when I was 16. I'm now 58 and in better shape than when I was in my 40's and early 50's. You have to start slowly with anything but overtime you can start feeling better. check out www.bestfibrotreatment.net and see what you think. I believe the only way to get better is to decide you will get better and take charge of yourself, no one else will do it for you. The longer you wait the longer it takes to start feeling better. I'd like to help.