Does anyone know of a good site to read up on Fibromyalgia ?

I am looking for new information, new treatments, etc...

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Fibromyalgia is a common nonarticular disorder of unknown cause characterized by achy pain, tenderness, and stiffness of muscles, areas of tendon insertions, and adjacent soft tissues. Diagnosis is clinical. Treatment includes exercise, local heat, and drugs for pain and sleep.
Please see the web pages for more details on Fibromyalgia.

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The Arthritis Foundation addresses Fibromyalgia quite a bit.
Hope this helps.

http://www.fibromyalgiasupport.com/

Cymbalta has worked wonders for me. It took about a month for it to start working like it should:
http://arthritis.about.com/b/2004/09/19/...

Hi... I know this is not an answer, but I am right in there with you. It is VERY hard to find NEW, correct, etc. information, and trying to find treatment? We need help! I went last week to a Fibromyalgia Seminar and left very down. It was so basic and Not even correct information or I don't think so. Who knows.... ??? I have been ill with this Nightmare illness most of my life. But didn't get bad until 4 years ago. I have worked 38 years, sick a lot of the time, doctors didn't really know, but still did surgeries, NONE that helped! I feel like my whole life as I know it is gone! Please help us get your lives back. I have a degree from MSU and at one time was making excellent money, asked to be in Women's Who's Who.... right about the time my third bout with ??? they didn't know what was wrong with me. I worked, slept, work, slept and hide my illness as best I could. When it become so bad and I was taken to Mayo Clinic only to be told you have Full Blown Fibromyalgia / Chronic Pain and our life as I know it? Was over! Go back and tell your family, friends, employer, etc. Firbromyalgia took away all my hard work in college or my succeccful career, husband / love life, my home (My specially designed home by me with my beautiful car, clothes, all my animals etc. and most of my friends. All I had time for was work, sleep, etc. and even that became too hard to do. I went from a happy on top of the world, thinking I have the greatest career, etc. To car gone, husband, male friends gone, home.... gone, animals, which to me were like my children, because along the way of being sick, they did a hysterectomy, which didn't make me well. I do not believe we need all these material things, we need only Gods love, but God also talks about Love.... and when your whole life, family, friends, etc., thinks "Your still sick?" Just don't think about it... don't think about the pain that hurts so bad you can't think, feeling like you have the worse flu you have ever had and it never goes away, NO light at the turnel.... and you exercise even when it hurts, you eat right, you sleep...... Yes, I need a good site to read up on Fibromyalgia... yes, there are different levels of Fibro. I would say about 90% of the time I am not depressed, I am upbeat, telling myself.... there well be a cure and soon. But when you hurt so bad just to get up from a chair or out of bed... and have to talk to your body to make it work or responde not just react like it should? Something is wrong.... I have read books, tried this and that, I am looking for a doctor a Fibromyalgia Doctor that can help me. I can go on and on.... but that is not going to get my job / career.... life back. What I need is a maricle. Please help us. Thank you..

I have found some useful info on these sites:

1. When she asks how she looks shrug and say "could be better". This will keep her on her toes, and girls love that.

2. Never hold her hand. This can be interpreted as a sign of weakness (or if she grabs your hand squeeze hers really really hard until she cries. This will impress her by showing her what a strong man you are).

3. As often as possible sneak up on her from behind and knock her over. Girls are like dogs. They love to be roughed up.

4. Call her in the middle of the night to ask if she's sleeping. If she is, say 'you better be', repeat this 4 or 5 times until morning. This will show her you care.

5. When she is upset about something, suggest to her that it might be her fault. This will pave the way for her personal improvement and every girl desires self-improvement.

6. Recognize the small things . . . they usually mean the most. Then when she's sleeping, steal all her small things and break them because jewelry is for ******* and Asian ladies.

7. If you're talking to another girl, make sure she's looking. When she is, stare into her eyes and grab the other girl's ***. Girls love competition.

8. Tell her you're taking her out to dinner. Drive for miles so she thinks it's going to be really special then take her to a burning tire yard. When she starts to get upset tell her you were just kidding and now you're really going to take her to dinner. Then drive her home. When she starts crying and asks why you would do something like that lean over and whisper very quietly into her ear "...because I can."

9. Introduce her to your friends as "some chick". Women love those special nicknames.

11. Warm her up when she's cold... not by giving her your jacket... (because then you might get cold) Rather, look her in the eye and say "if you don't stop bitching about the cold right now you're going to be bitching about a black eye." The best way to get warm is with fear.

12. Take her to a party. When you get there she'll have to go to the bathroom (they always do). Leave immediately. Come back right when the party's dying and yell at her the whole way home for ditching you at the party.

13. Make her laugh. A good way to do this is if she has a small pet. Kick the pet. Guys always find stuff like that funny. Why shouldn't girls?

14. Let her fall asleep in your arms. When she's fast asleep, wait 10 minutes then JUMP UP AND SCREAM IN HER EAR! Repeat until she goes home and you can use your arms for more important things like pumping iron.

15. Spit and swear often. I hear girls like guys that spit and talk s**t.

16. If you care about her never ever tell her. This will only give her self confidence. Then you can never turn her into the object she deep down desires to be.

17. Every time you're in her house steal one of the following: shoes, earrings, or anything else that comes in pairs. Only take one of the pair. This way she'll go crazy.

18. Take her out to dinner. Right when she's about to order interrupt and say no she's not hungry. Make her watch you eat. Girls love a guy that speaks for her.

19. Look her in the eyes and smile. Then punch her face. Girls love a spontaneous guy.

20. Give her one of your t-shirts......and make sure it has your smell on it but not a sexy cologne smell... a bad smell... You know what I'm talking about...

21. When it's raining keep asking her if she's crying. She'll say no it's just the rain. Ten minutes later turn to her and just scream at her 'stop crying you f****g baby!'. Girls like a tough man.

23. If you're listening to music, and she asks to hear it, tell her no. This way she'll think you're mysterious.

24. Remember her birthday but don't get her something. Teach her material objects aren't important. The only thing that's important is that she keeps you happy, and your happiness is the greatest present she can ever get.

25. When she gives you a present on your birthday, Christmas, or just when ever, take it and tell her you love it. Then next time you know she's coming over on a trash day leave the trash can open and have the present visibly sticking out of the can. Girls actually don't like this one that much, but its f**kng funny.

26. If she's mad at you for not calling her when you say you will promise her that you will call her at a certain time of the day. This will make sure that she waits by the phone. Tell her when you call you're going to tell her a special surprise. Now she'll be really excited. Don't call.

27. If she asks "do you think I've put on weight" say "yea, looks like you've had one too many pies there tubby guts" Girls love honesty, hopefully she takes the hint and gets her lard *** to the gym more often

28. When she seems troubled, ask her "what's wrong?" when she starts blabbering just nod, and say "i see" while waiting for her to shut up. When she's finished moaning like a ***** ask her to suck your c**k. All girls melt inside when you're sensitive enough to pretend to listen to their trivial problems, it's a long and painful way to get their pants off without being convicted of rape

29. While talking to your girlfriends friends, be sure to constantly check them out, and flirt with them. It shows your woman that you're a raging hetrosexual in need of sex, and lots of it! we wouldn't want her thinking you're some sort of new age understanding homo, now would we?