I feel like I'm giving up... - Fibromyalgia Message Board

amgoingtoheal · 11-18-2004, 08:28 PM

I am in so much pain all the time, and the fatigue is so hard sometimes that I have to call in sick to work. I find myself going into a haze at work sometimes and feel like I'm crying all the time. Of course sometimes I'm better, but other times, (like tonight) I just feel like checking out. Not suicide or anything, but hopeless and alone. Does anyone ever feel like that? It would really help to hear how some of you get through your hard days.

Also, are there any vitamins or natural supplements that help you? I take magnesium, multi-vitamin, malic acid, paxil, claritin, glucosamine/chondroitin/MSM and ambien, but I know my body, and it's telling me it's deficient in something, but I can't tell what. Please help, I need a friend!

tutti-fruti · 11-19-2004, 12:14 AM

Hey, hope you are feeling better today. I live in Greece so it's morning time here, you are probably sleeping. Well I know how hard this illness can be and I really don't get exactly what it is that triggers these flares. I also call in sick work sometimes and feel awful and very insecure about it. Yesterday I went to the hairdresser after work to colour and cut my hair and that took about 2 hours. When I got back home I was sooooo tired and after a while I started becoming sooooo sore everywhere ! Woke up slightly better from the pain today, but I feel exhausted totally exhausted. I'm still all sore and feel that if I tire myself more, I'll just go down the drain. I wish I didn't have to work everyday, I think that if I had stayed home today, I would have rested and felt a bit better. Anyway take care my friend, you are not alone, and hope you will feel much better. As for supplements, I take magnesium (2 per day), cod fish oil (also 2 per day). Nothing more. Do supplements really help? every time I ask a doctor the answer is : it doesn't hurt. So ...

Izzybella · 11-19-2004, 03:29 PM

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amgoingtoheal · 12-09-2004, 09:20 PM

Thanks guys, I really appreciate your feedback and your support. I know we all go through those days, and it probably goes hand in hand with the pain level. I appreciate your help!

apriltones · 12-10-2004, 01:24 PM

hi there, sorry your feeling down. just think we have bad days and good. ive ben feeling happy lately but little sad too, probably because its xmas, time of being with family and my parents live in france, i in uk, take care, your not alone ,xxx aprilx