breaking the silence...

[gifted_spirit]

This past week I was talking with an acquaintance who wanted to know how I deal with many aspects of my life. I noticed at the end of the evening, as I reviewed the conversation in my head, that I reffered several times to the fact that " the people that have come into my life, in such a close and personal nature, have perhaps been gifted to me for

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[zastrazzi]

Oddly, I seem to know at least a couple people with fibromyalgia. One of who writes a seriously entertaining and sex positive journal - http://crista.livejournal.com/

Definitely worth making friendly with *nod* Her Not-A-Husband Michael seems to work in an alternative type health clinic, which has provided her with some methods for managing and dealing with what she now refers to as Fibro Days (tm). She also seems to strike that essential balance you're looking for of acknowledging that fibromyalgia is a reality in her life, but not one she dwells on or seeks sympathy with.

And all of that aside, she's just cool people to know. Funny, sexy, sex positive, flirty, cute as hell (fantastic boobs!) and frighteningly well informed and educated about sex in general and toys specifically. She lives for that stuff :) When I need a toy suggestion or information, she's my first source of critical advice.

[gifted_spirit]

Thank you T, So Much.

I will take your advice and send her a "nod". .. Thank you.

[brotherselwynn]

Glad to have you join me outside of the closet. You can whine to me any time. While my children are much older than yours and I do not have the daily need to perform for either spouse or young children the pressures to cope remain much the same. We do not look ill, people have a hard time wrapping their heads around the fact that we experience physical symptoms every day that range from mild discomfort to omigod I need a bullet. The pain is compounded by severe sleep deprivation and the frequent thought that we are losing our minds, or at least our ability to be coherent and clear thinking human beings

[gifted_spirit]

*choking back tears*
Thank you.

I look forward to dancing with you.

[hislittlekitty]

I used to think I had fibromyalgia, since I always had all sorts of unexplainable pains and often debilitating fatigue (I hadn't heard about anxiety being a symptom at the time).

I've been on new(er) meds for depression/anxiety that seem to be working, and in that time pretty much all my abnormal pains have gone away. The sleep I do get is much more restful, but a little harder to maintain, since my meds get my brain just zinging with serotonin. The other use (beside mood disorders) for my medication is, oddly enough, to treat diabetics who get a kind of phantom-pain condition.