Hi There,

I was diagnosed with FMS about 7 years ago. I also have suffered with multipul concussions. I suffer from constand pain, memory loss, fatigue, lakc of focus, dizziness, lack of balance, mood changes, IBS, weakness, confusion, and a lot more. But the thing is as I'm sure you all know I look fine on the outside (minus my dark circles under my eyes 24/7) lol. But compared to other illnesses I'm perfectly fine on the outside but the pain I'm in and everything else is crippling. No One other than my mother who has FMS understands how I feel. What its like to just TRY to wake up in the am and then push thru the day. At least once I day I start to tear up cuz its all too much for me. I live with my boyfriend of almost a year and its so aggrivating that he doesn't understand. I wake up go to work come home cook, do the dishes, do the laundry, and all that. I have told him time after time that I need help doing things and that I can't do it all and he agrres to help. He'll do one thing a week (not helping). I have tried everyway I know to tell him how I feel how much pain I'm in just waking up....I've made comparisions, we've fought about it, I tried the spoon theory, all that stuff. He DOES NOT get it...noone does!

Please any suggestions on how to explain how much I hurt and how hard it is to get thru a day? I don't know how to explain this to anyone other then what I've been doing and that doesn't work. I need any help I can get about this! Thank You