Hello I'm new!

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I'm Charmagne. I've been diagnosed with Fibromyalgia since 2002. I

also have Polymyositis but it's in remission. I did all the steroids,

immunosuppressants, chemotherapy and even TNF-alpha inhibitors for the

polymyositis. For the Fibromyalgia, I take pain medications but on a

as needed basis. There are days that I am okay, and there are days

that I'm not. I've tried anti-depressants (made me manic),

anti-convulsants, acupuncture, etc, to control the pain, but from my

observations, they don't really matter. I sometimes use allergy meds

to put me to sleep because sometimes I have trouble falling asleep.

I've managed to finish school, do freelance jobs, start saving up.

I've also tried a strict vegan diet that one of the doctors I went to

suggested, but I couldn't maintain it. (That worked pretty well tho.)

So hello! I'm new here.