Replies to 'Staying Sick or Exaggerating for the Payoff?'

Hi I too have many medical problems, MS, Fibromyalgia, Peripheal Neuropathy, those are my 3 biggies....they are real, they are painful...at one point I was getting dizzy all the time, tihs was a new one for me, stress and depression can cause dizzyness, so it is important to relieve areas in your life that cause you stress...it must be done....I understand you saying all you do is get up to go to yet another doctor's appt...sounds like what I do...my weeks are planned around my doctors who actually do nothing for me haha....geez...girl, we have to stand strong and get up outta that bed each day, do what is normal as much as possible daily....desease has it's way of robbing you in many ways...depression naturally goes along with all the changes we must face dealing with our diagnosis...we can not allow the very same desease to rob our mind too...it will if we will allow it to...

I sit on my computer all day to distract myself from what my body is feeling...pain medicine doesn't touch my pain...so, somehow, you must make a decision that you will not allow your health problems to be WHO YOU ARE......also, make sure all of your doctor's know what the others are prescribing, it is important to take medicines that work together and not against each other...medicine must be monitored very carefully

My grandmother had lupus, she was actually in the first group diagnoses in the 80's...so I know about this horrible deases as well.....TIA's, mini strokes, I also know what they are, as I've been told I may have experienced them as well.....I don't think so but make your doctor do an MRI of the brain and find out, I get my result tomorrow morning....

It's important that you get up outta that bed daily....depression will keep you in it...don't let REAL DEPRESSION set in....the key to is find out exactly what you have and get each problem treated appropriately....though there are no cures for some things, there are medicines that help us along while we are going through the junk...don't let your junk rule you, you rule it....

I know how you feel when it comes to ending it, I've had days I've wanted God to take me on home...I don't really want to go yet, but some days, yes...I hate being a burden on my husband and my family and friends.....hate it....not used to it, we must be determined to win the battle, so head up and put your boxing gloves on girl...time to make a change, now....

Hello, I've had the dizziness...I know what you are talking about.  I've been so dizzy, weeks at a time with vomiting every time I opened my eyes.  Until there was nothing to vomit.  Doctors have told me there was nothing they could do.  One told me it was Mieres disease and gave me medicine that stayed in my body for a year, but it didn't help anything.  It caused me to start diarrhea and I've stayed close to the potty for over two years.  All test has been run for this too. 

But for the dizziness a strange thing...I started using Flonase only at night before I went to bed.

It stopped the dizziness.

Given to me for my alergy problems. I ran out of Flonase and didn't get it refilled. I really didn't want the stroids.   I just boiled water and put it in my Astelin bottle and sprayed my nose each night before bed.  I've not been dizzy again.

You my want to try it and see if it will work for you.

As for as the diarrhea I have no idea how to stop it.  I've been to doctors and test run and nothing has stopped it.  The only thing I have found that I can eat is peanutbutter and jelly.  And drink only water.  One doctor gave me nerve pills and antidepressant.  What a joke.  All I did was sleep.  But I took them for almost a year and didn't anything change.

I've started treating myself with natural food and medicines.  After reseaching everything.