Hi Michelle, I'm so sorry to hear things didn't go well for you with this guy. I was reading through the chain of responses and I agree with Linz - get a new guy - I don't think this one really has a clue. He's grasping at the fibro thing because it's an undefined diagnosis and he therefore thinks he can throw all your problems into that basket. Linz also reminded us - rightly so - that Fibro is NOT a problem of REM sleep. People with fibro often have trouble getting beyond the REM stage which is where our bodies find the most restorative sleep. I know that and I don't have fibro, nor have I ever really studied the condition beyond what I read here from you fibromites - so a doctor should defenetly know that!!! As for the depression thing - make sure that whatever doctor you are dealing with realizes that if you are suffering now from depression, it is because you are in pain and because you lost your precious babies - depression is not a root cause of your physical problems. It may be making some of the symptoms of some of your problems worse than they would be if you were not in constant pain and were not mourning a great loss. You are seeing a shrink to get through those problems and it's his/her job to deal with that. It's your doctor's job to find the physical root cause of the symptoms that you are suffering and the cause is not depression. It's NOT all in you're head sweetheart! I hope you can feel more comfortable soon though and let us know how things turn with this. Hugs, Min
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Re: Saw the Rheumy dr today
