u/DrLizoSpoons

(This has been crossposted to r/fibromyalgia, I hope that's OK. I have fibro but find this group invaluable)

I'm so lonely cos I can't leave the house & I'm stuck with my highly unsupportive & emotionally abusive parents. I'm so scared because an endoscopy left me not sleeping for 10 days. This activated my fibro in a way I've never experienced before, & now it's in full, out-of-control runaway train mode. I know it's being fired up by the tremendous anxiety of being in so much pain, as well as super-fun mystery pelvic agony, which I'm booked an MRI for.

I saw a doctor on Monday & he genuinely seemed to give a s***. He was not dismissive like all doctors I've seen. However all he did was up my Duloxetine a tiny bit. Genuinely, how am I supposed to carry on like this?

I'm so lonely cos I can't leave the house & I'm stuck with my highly unsupportive & emotionally abusive parents. I'm so scared because an endoscopy left me not sleeping for 10 days. This activated my fibro in a way I've never experienced before, & now it's in full, out-of-control runaway train mode. I know it's being fired up by the tremendous anxiety of being in so much pain, as well as super-fun mystery pelvic agony, which I'm booked an MRI for.

I saw a doctor on Monday & he genuinely seemed to give a s***. He was not dismissive like all doctors I've seen. However all he did was up my Duloxetine a tiny bit. Genuinely, how am I supposed to carry on like this?

I have a doctors appointment today, & 30-odd years of being throughly dismissed, minimised & ignored behind me. I'm absolutely riddled with medical trauma - as you know it's hard not to be when you have chronic pain & are forced to interact with bad medical care on a constant basis.

I'm in so much pain at the moment. Had fibro for 10 years, probably have some form of undiagnosed, life-long hypermobility that no-one has ever picked up on. This is because I fall into the "hysteria trap." And today I need help more than I ever have, after pulling a neck muscle. But I'm in so much pain, I'm terrified I'll be incoherent, dismissed & ignored. Again! Any tips to help with this?

I've developed post-nasal drip from gerd & it's driving me quite literally insane. Has anyone found wedge pillows useful, or will it only aggravate my fibro even further?Also I'm very short, & I'm worried it would be too big. If bought one out of sheer desperation, would it only make things worse?

I can't take things being worse. I'm already at the very edge of sanity here. Hope someone (ideally as short as me!) sees this & replies.

Sorry for the crosspost but I'm just in desperate need of support.

Had an endoscopy on Tuesday & can't believe how much it's ****** up my digestive system & throat. Feels like I've got blades of glass shredding it to bits. The stress of that has reeked absolute havoc on my stomach, which in turn has provided such severe acid reflux I can't sleep a wink.

And you guessed it, that's cranked up my overall pain levels to stratospheric, as aren't I just so lucky to have fibromyalgia as well. It's good the endoscopy didn't show anything desperately sinister, but all my traumatised brain is screaming is "wtf did I bother."

Because now I'm solidly locked in a nerve shredding, pain causing cycle, & all I want to know is if this has happened to anyone else.

Had an endoscopy on Tuesday & can't believe how much it's ****** up my digestive system & throat. Feels like I've got blades of glass shredding it to bits. The stress of that has reeked absolute havoc on my stomach, which in turn has provided such severe acid reflux I can't sleep a wink.

And you guessed it, that's cranked up my overall pain levels to stratospheric, as aren't I just so lucky to have fibromyalgia as well. It's good the endoscopy didn't show anything desperately sinister, but all my traumatised brain is screaming is "wtf did I bother."

Because now I'm solidly locked in a nerve shredding, pain causing cycle, & all I want to know is if this has happened to anyone else.

I had a painful medical procedure yesterday. Today I feel like absolute s***. But then I saw someone posted "Series 21 outtakes" here & thought I'd watch it. Now, outtakes aren't usually funny, but Alex's list of nicknames had me snorting with laughter, & by the time we'd got to the (very) extended cut of Joanna's sherry story, I was laughing so hard despite everything. I think Taskmaster is the best comedy I've ever seen, & probably one of the all-time best programmes ever! 😄🤣