women do have a high pain tolerance as a whole thats why theres children! haha! my god could you imagine if it was down to men:) !!!! but never give up ! i dont think i ever will untill theres a sensible answer that makes sense to us all as to why this awfull whatever umbrella diesease ?? illness you want to call it never give in! we are fighters thats for sure xx

really interesting reading all your posts and for us that have suffered mental and physical cruelty my heart goes out to you xxx
i find it also interesting that people who dont believe us and judge us as lazy or making it up etc that were all so needing to find an answer! i certainly would love to id love to be able to lift weights again and run on the treadmill teach a class aerobics that was my old life and i miss it ,i like many of you proberbly have lost friends through it as yes wed love to go out drinking dancing but you have a bath to get ready and that is as far as it gets ! gazoonked! so friends get fed up and gradually slide into the background ! what im saying is that none of us wished for this or asked for it and how sad it is that if doctors read all our posts they would know how frustrated we are trying to put the pieces together
anyway im sure that youve had enough of my going on! i send love and hugs to all :) xxx

Fell on ice in 1999. Hurt my hip n spine had major nerve damage radiating down my leg. Rest of my body began being painful n was finally DX last year.I just thought I was losing my mind for awhile

I was not diagnosed until after I hurt myself pretty bad. Stress and depression can trigger it as well.