I agree with Loretta don't panic it doesn't help but do be prepared. Try to think back 5-10 years ago could you shop without help, could you walk a good distance. Try to think what "normal" people do in a day and show what they can do that you can't. We'll all be pulling for you and do keep us informed on what happens!

Hi please dont panick about this I am 38 and on disability I relized I just could do my job anymore it was hard to have to admit to the things  i could not do and the brain fog i felt some times I sounded so unproffesional at work when I really knew what I was talking about the pain was to much on me.They will ask you things like can you shave with out pain and things like that and in my case I cant turn my leg around to shave good and walking i walk slow no matter how fast i try to walk and I cant sit still or stand for real long these are the things they want to know if you use to be able to walk but now you cant or if your in pain we tend to spend are time hiding are pain from people but now is the time to exsplain what its like to be a fibro suffer. Hope this helps loretta 

I was on lyricia for 2 years gained 80lbs. The meds helped but the extra weight caused me more problems. I had to quit taking it when i became pregnant I lost 100lbs while i was pregnant from stopping it. I told my doctor i would not go back on thid med. But I also have gained the weight back that i lost. And i havnt had wls yet.

I have been on disability from my job since June 2009. I was having heart, high blood pressure and fibro issues. I was a personal Banker and I could feel the fibro fog really getting in the way of me being able to do a competent job for my customers. I have been on private pay disability and now on April 30 I have to have a hearing and go to court for Social Security benefits.
I have been trying so hard not to have anxiety attack over this but...They said I would have to testify as how my life has changed. I was diagnosed with fibro in 1996. I have spent so many years trying to block the pain out of my mind and not let it get the best of me that I am not sure I can honestly remember how much my life has changed. I have not been able to get off of my 13 heart and blood pressure meds yet. But I am working towards that with my weight lost surgery. I feel like I am better than I was a year ago,but if I did not have full time to work on my health I could quickly get back to where I started.
Am I just panicking or is Social Security this scary?

The hunger is a problem. But the weight gain supposedly just lasts for a few weeks and the your body evens out and does not gain from it. I still take it cause it is the difference between getting out of bed in the morning or pulling the covers back up over my head. I also take Zoloft with it.