Cheryl ain't that the truth ! I like many I'm sure feel like a "prisoner trapped in a prison that I can never escape from "Alcatraz had nothing on fibromyalgia. At least you could look out the windows of Alcatraz and see freedom, there's no freedom from the prison we call "our bodies"! That's what really makes me see RED when I talk about this nasty , vile disease!!!! It tortures you like a pycho toying with a fly , pulling on parts of your body to see how much pain it can inflict ! I guess you can tell a flare ups coming ?
Brenda

Don't feel self loathing. You have nothing to feel self loathing for. You have an illness. You can't help it. There was nothing you could do to prevent it. There is nothing you can do to stop it. Love yourself for who you are. There are lots of other people out there like us. I think I read that there were about 1 million Americans with fibro. That's just Americans. Can you imagine how people around the world are like us? You have a whole lot of friends here to support you.

Pain Tops my list then fog, then self lothing, fatigue

#1 Pain #2 foggy brain #3 sleep depravation

Would have to say the Brain fog and sometimes cognition problems and finding words that can go with it at times. Hubby cuts me off constantly because I don't get what I want to say out fast enough. He thinks my long pause means I'm done. He's never caught on and don't seem to be able to.