Guest guest Posted August 3, 2009 Report Share Posted August 3, 2009 My name is and I live in Sydney Australia! We don't have any support groups for FM here so hence why I've joined this group. I'm a real newbie...I've not ever posted anything on a forum before, so you will have to excuse me if i do something wrong! I was diagnosed with FM last year (and I have Insulin Resistance too). I've been suffering for the past 19 years with this condition. I constantly visited doctors and had blood tests every year as the condition just worsened. The blood tests always came back " just fine " and the dr would pat me on the back and say " its just your life style " ! What a bunch of crap! Not many people that I know have been diagnosed with FM...not many doctors here know about it - let alone believe in it! I changed my Dr about a year or so ago because I was fed up with visiting " quacks " !! My current Dr is brilliant. I think half the battle is finding out what's wrong with you and knowing that really its not all in your head! Convincing family that you really do have a problem is a whole new ball game tho! As you have an " invisible " illness, and because you still just plod along doing what you've always done - even though it continually gets harder - they just don't see it or they forget that you've got it and it's a real thing. Anyway...I should probably get down from my soap box now before I write too many more pages! Looking forward to conversing and learning with you all.... Cheers, . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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