I am still dealing with fatigue and am frustrated because I feel like I go to work, then go home and sleep. And then I sleep most weekends...feel like I have very little life outside of work.
Another frustration is that I have encountered two people this month who believe that Fibromyalgia is a diagnosis of elimination - not a real disease (she was a paramedic). The other was my eye doctor who basically said the same thing...that they only diagnosed me with Fibro because they couldn't… read more
I told my doctor I don't care what they call it, my symptoms are real and I need help and if he doesn't want to help I will see someone else .
Best to ignore people who don't understand fibromyalgia. It's hard to do this, and it makes Me angry!
Jennifer good luck. Start documenting and plan on being denied a couple of times and then hire a lawyer.
I got disability due to my Fibromyalgia. They now believe it is real. Took 3 years but finally was able to get it. Could hardly work at all.
It hasn't been easy...I have been giving serious thought to looking into disability