u/Yourdarlingvamp

I have a mom with Fibromyalgia, I understand it but i want to learn about it better. Is there a cure for it? Or any way to lessen the pain for her?

As the title suggests, i have a mom with Fibromyalgia, i do not have it (i have my own problems but not this), so i’m not sure if i can post here, but i thought i could just to get advice on maybe how to help, why it causes the problems it does, and if there’s a medical professional out there who can help. Our family has watched her struggle for many many years now, she still tries to stay in good spirits, but on her bad days she is just exhausted, physically and mentally. She doesn’t take any medication (medication doesn’t do well for her, the side effects can be bad so she’s always been wary), I just want to know is there *anything* out there that could possibly help her? Even a little. For more of a history she has sleeping problems, she doesn’t sleep well at night due to sleep apnea so she is pretty tired a lot, she can sometimes go into a shaking fit when she eats something that sets her off (she described it as heavy chills/shaking, feeling cold, constant bathroom trips, ect), she can be extremely drained by it, i don’t know if this is caused by Fibro per se, but i thought it’d be important to disclose. I guess we all just want to see her get better, she says there’s really nothing you can do about it, and that doctors just cant help her.. but i just wanted to ask for advice, recommendations, and even just more knowledge on this that i can pass onto my mom that she might not know, since this is a group specifically for this!

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u/Yourdarlingvamp — 11 hours ago

Sudden hip pain the last two days is causing me to limp..

I got surgery months ago (got a rod placed in my hip/thigh area! My ball joint never grew probably do to me being born premature, so my leg (left leg) always gave me problems, randomly spraining, ankle pain, weird leg mobility), got physical therapy right after, for 4 months which I'm done with now. Basically, it started hurting really bad the last 2 days, I noticed i felt the bone there pop in my hip when i lifted my leg up. I showed my parents (they could physically feel it as well, they put their hand on the muscle/near the bone, and it clearly moved). I can't hardly walk on it at times because it's hurting to move. I don't know if i should go get it checked out. Lately I've been sitting on the floor, working on a project.. but I've done that before, this hasn't happened as a result, so I'm not really sure what to do. I want to go to a doctor but at the same time, if it's just my muscle kind of weak from sitting, i don't want to waste anyone's time.

To add, I'm 16F by the way. I don't usually ask medical advice online but i just wanted to ask just because, I didn't know if anyone had been through this as well, or if anyone would have an idea on what i should do moving forward!

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u/Yourdarlingvamp — 18 hours ago