Posted in chronic fatigue, chronic pain, exercise, fatigue, fibromyalgia, gaba, gabapenin, lyrica, neurontin, recovery, tagged exercise, fibromyalgia, lifestyle, lyrica, neurontin, nutrition, relaxation, sleep on May 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
since fibromyalgia is a complex disorder that requires a multi-disciplined approach in its treatment. there is no one correct, end-all, be-all approach for all people. in the beginning (before ‘01) i had gained a lot of weight (i am typically pretty small) and my ability to exercise and manage much of anything had disappeared. not exactly [...]
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Posted in chronic fatigue, chronic pain, cognitive function, depression, fatigue, fibromyalgia, mental acuity, sleep, tagged chronic pain, depression and mental acuity, fibromyalgia, loss of cognitive function and fibromyalgia, loss of mental acuity, loss of sleep on April 29, 2008 | 3 Comments »
if you have fibromyalgia you have wrestled with your mental acuity and cognitive functions but probably have been told that “what you’re going through is just normal” or maybe “you’re hypersensitive” and you feel like you’re going crazy! well this research piece from the national fibromyalgia association may help you feel validated…people with FMS do [...]
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Posted in benzodiazapine, chronic fatigue, fatigue, fibromyalgia, klonopin, lyrica, melatonin, off meds, peer support, sleep, withdrawal, tagged klonopin, melatonin, lyrica, fibromyalgia, withdrawal, fatigue, benzodiazapine, addiction, sleep, life skills, sleep disorders on April 26, 2008 | No Comments »
april 25, 2008…hopefully that will be the day i can say was the first day i went with out taking a benzodiazapine, klonopin. it would be tempting to say that today ends an 11+ year addiction and a several month struggle to safely off the drug. no, today is really the beginning of this new [...]
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Posted in addictions, alcoholism, benzodiazapine, bipolar, chronic fatigue, chronic pain, depression, detox, fatigue, fibromyalgia, klonopin, lyrica, off meds, peer support, quality of life, recovery, tagged klonopin, lyrica, off meds, fibromyalgia, bipolar, chronic pain, depression, alcoholic, detox, withdrawal, mental illness, psych meds, getting sober on April 23, 2008 | 4 Comments »
i would like to say that this is another journey i don’t want to see come to an end but i’d be lying. detoxing off of my psych meds has made my top three list of most difficult things to do. but to think that it ends here would be…well let’s say getting the drugs [...]
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Posted in anxiety, benzodiazapine, chronic fatigue, depression, detox, fatigue, fibromyalgia, off meds, tagged anxiety, chronic fatigue, depression, detpxong off benzos, fatigie, fibromyalgia, getting off meds, lonliness, lyrica on April 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
today i thought i’d just share a letter i wrote to my counselor this morning…maybe you can relate to it and maybe it’s really scattered and makes no sense but…this is one of those rough mornings….
hi d.,
i’m slow to getting around to things, but i’m sending you this e-mail so you have my address.
i’m struggling [...]
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