Re: Thanks Tricia

[Guest guest]

Dawn,

Maybe you could ask your doctor to increase your dose of Prozac, or

maybe tell him it is no longer helping, and ask him to try something

else.

No, I absolutely don't believe that fibro is caused by depression,

and don't you either! There are enough doctors out there who will try

to convince you it's all in your head, or you're a hypochondriac. We

don't need to tell ourselves that too. I believe, and quite a few

other group members do too, that the depression is caused by being in

continual pain. How could you not be? I just had 3 totally pain free

days in a row, and it had been so long since I have had that little

pain, that I honestly coud not remember the last time. We have to

live like this. How could we not get depressed or stressed over it?!

Yes, I work a 40 hour work week, as an administrative assistant. I

also train horses 2 nights and one weekend day a week. And I do yoga,

and a low impact workout(I have bad knees( I'm also not doing my

complete workout right now with my flare so bad)). Sometimes the only

thing that keeps me going is sheer determination. And stubbornness.

But when things are really bad, I start dropping the extras. The

workout. Cleaning. Trying to be social. I try not to drop the horses,

because it's the one thing that truly makes me happy, and when I'm

riding, I forget all about the pain. It's hard to motivate myself to

get there, but once I do, it's ok. Getting up for work right now is

the hardest. I get up at 5:30am and have an hour commute in rush hour

traffic.

But like I said, I'm finding it much easier to keep going since I've

gotten on the Zoloft. I'm not cranky at work, I'm not getting upset

so easily, and the pain isn't bringing me down so bad. i still don't

feel like adding extra things into my schedule, but at least I feel i

can handle doing the laundry once the weekend rolls around.

Keep trying Dawn. don't just seelte for the help you have. Ask others

here. They'll tell you what has worked for them, and what hasn't. Ask

your doctor to try different things. If he won't, find another

doctor. Help yourself.

Take care,

[Guest guest]

Dawn,

I don't know about being such a strong person. I just do what I have

to do. I could never raise children. I would find it exhausting. But

many of the women in this group do just that. I'm in awe of them.

Horses are something I've done for more than 20 years. I might as

well kill myself if I'm not going to work with them anymore. Horses

are more me than anything else.

I have 2 cats at home who are just wonderful for making my day. I

couldn't imagine getting through this without them.

I think my fibro started in my teens. I used to have growing pains in

my legs too. Only I grew 6 inches in one year! Lol. But I think mine

started then. I really don't remember a time when I didn't have the

IBS or the sleep disorder, or some type of pain.

I'm glad you're going to do something about your Prozac dose. We

don't need to suffer more than we already do.

Take care Dawn,

[Guest guest]

Dawn,

I don't know about being such a strong person. I just do what I have

to do. I could never raise children. I would find it exhausting. But

many of the women in this group do just that. I'm in awe of them.

Horses are something I've done for more than 20 years. I might as

well kill myself if I'm not going to work with them anymore. Horses

are more me than anything else.

I have 2 cats at home who are just wonderful for making my day. I

couldn't imagine getting through this without them.

I think my fibro started in my teens. I used to have growing pains in

my legs too. Only I grew 6 inches in one year! Lol. But I think mine

started then. I really don't remember a time when I didn't have the

IBS or the sleep disorder, or some type of pain.

I'm glad you're going to do something about your Prozac dose. We

don't need to suffer more than we already do.

Take care Dawn,

[Guest guest]

Dawn,

I don't know about being such a strong person. I just do what I have

to do. I could never raise children. I would find it exhausting. But

many of the women in this group do just that. I'm in awe of them.

Horses are something I've done for more than 20 years. I might as

well kill myself if I'm not going to work with them anymore. Horses

are more me than anything else.

I have 2 cats at home who are just wonderful for making my day. I

couldn't imagine getting through this without them.

I think my fibro started in my teens. I used to have growing pains in

my legs too. Only I grew 6 inches in one year! Lol. But I think mine

started then. I really don't remember a time when I didn't have the

IBS or the sleep disorder, or some type of pain.

I'm glad you're going to do something about your Prozac dose. We

don't need to suffer more than we already do.

Take care Dawn,