I was very fortunate to find an atty (through a local fibromyalgia group) who wanted someone for a "test case" to get disability for FMS. Fortunately, I was the one he chose!! I was in bed, in pain 24 hrs a day. I was unable to work, take care of my teenage daughter, or do anything around the house. Unfortunately, my family thought I was "just not doing what I should". They thought I was doing all this on purpose. During that time, I lost all means of finances that I had, lost my house, lost my daughter's respect, and was living a "hell" of a life. Now, even though I have SS., I am plagued by insecurity wondering what will happen if my SS is taken away or reduced. The stress is very difficult to bear. Fortunately, my daughter and I are back on good terms and I am a part of her life again. That is the most important thing to me!!!

I am unable to work since I had back surgery & then got Fibro. If you feel that it is just to hard to continue working then talk to your pain management Dr. to see if he thinks you will qualify for SS disability. If you do start the process for disability know that you need your Dr to back you up & get an attorney. It can still take up to 2 years before you are approved. If you are unable to work then there is no other option other than going for disability. Good luck to you!

I was in denial for a long-time about needing to file disability. Now I have run out of the financial resources to go through the process. My 2 cents, start the process as early as possible, unfortunately you will probably have to appeal.

Please, do yourself a HUGE favor and not only get everything documented but apply for disability as soon as you can! If you are not at 100% nothing you do will be at 100% and I know from experience that if you don't take care of yourself, you cannot be able to take care of anyone else (your children or your mother).

I filed on January but I have many other issues that we are using in place of the fibro. Depression, anxiety, and other ailments that you may suffer from as many conditions go hand on hand with fibro. I was working a split shift of 5.5 hours and during my split I would come home and sleep. Work the rest of my shift and return home exhausted. My memory was shot. Is lost my spelling and easy math skills and I was a wiz at math before. I was getting in trouble at work and my husband and I are now barely making it. I'm trying to find ways to make ends meet. But who is going to hire someone who had no memory, can't spell or keep a train of thought, do simple math, and who suffershould on a daily basis. Employers can only be understanding for so long. I have been denied once and pretty sure my next denial is days away. But going on front of a judge improved my chances considerably. Good luck, have faith, and I hope all goes well for you.