Disability
Hello, I was recently diagnosed with Fibromyalgia. A wide range of symptoms, muscle pain and extreme tension, joint pain, fatigue, brain fog (forgetfulness and messing up words), sleep issues, and intolerance for standing, sitting straight up, or at a desk for any length of time without exacerbated symptoms. It is going on 4 months now that I haven't been able to work my normal full-time hours. And every time I work, it makes my symptoms worse and I crash for sometimes 2-3 days after. I'm wondering if I should consider disability, but I feel like the people around me are just saying I need to fight the pain more and push through. Or that my brain is just making symptoms worse and I haven't tried enough to help. So far, I've tried 3 different muscle relaxers with no help, no pain relievers help, and so far Duloxitine has only improved mood. I am going to try to do physical therapy, but at this point I'm not sure how much it will help. I would really appreciate your thoughts.