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driving with fibro

hello hope your all well, I have been suffering with fibro for some years now and it was a huge struggle for the last 3 years, i am under rhumy now that i see once every 6 months..my gp give me anti depression meds that have worked wonders for most of my symptoms and so i have really only some pain some times but my  sleeping is still all over the place. i have started driving lessons to be able to get my self around better and i started these in april last year. i have learnt to drive though its been so hard to stay allert and my memory is slow,  some lessons am really switched on and others am like a newby again..i have asked my gp when i was dx was i ok to drive on my meds (ciltrapram 40 ml) he said it was ok to drive on these med and ppl with fibro do drive??? can anyone tell me if  they drive with fibro and are there reactions slower than normal? am not sure if the lack of concentration is down to fibro or the depression or both of if fibro causes depretion.....also what do ppl do with there time if there not well enough to work?????? am going mad not being healthy enough to go back to work and i cant see this happining any time soon...what are you ment to do with ones self????? answers on a post card please many thanks for taking the time to read this and if you replied hope your all doing good in the fibro hood!! big huggs x
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It's perfectly legal to drive with fibro - presuming, of course, that your meds don't say otherwise (and according to your doctor, they don't).  Also, don't try to drive when you're having a bad day with pain, "fibro fog", etc because it could defintely affect your concentration behind the wheel.  I do drive with my fibro, but not on days that are especially bad, days that I am experiencing more "fibro fog", etc.  I also am not able to drive long distances like I used to be - even with taking rest stops - my body simply does not permit me to be in the car for those long periods of time anymore.  To do so, I end up feeling like a giant pretzel whenever I get to my destination, all twisted and hurting horribly - and then it takes me days or even weeks to get feeling better, so for me, it's not worth it.

Some people are able to continue working with fibro and others are not.  I, personally, am on disability, but NOT strictly for my fibro - I also have other health issues that, coupled with the fibro, prevent me from working.

It's very common for people with fibro to have some depression - just being in pain constantly can make anyone depressed - but JUSt because you have fibro does not mean you WILL sufffer from depression.  And vice versa - just because you suffer from depression does not mean you also have fibro (or will have fibro)

It's also very common for fibro sufferers to have sleep problems.  Many patients require some sort of sleep aid to help.  It's a vicious circle with the sleep - we can't sleep because we are in pain and we are in more pain because we aren't getting proper sleep.  If you're having difficulties with sleep, you may want to ask your doctor about the possibility of adding a sleep aid to your medication/s.

As roseberry said, take it one day at a time - you can have many good days in a row and then perhaps have many bad days in a row.  One day you may be able to do a certain activity and the next time you try that same activity, it may send you to bed for the rest of the day or several days.  Unfortunately, there's not a whole lot of rhyme nor reason to fibro and every fibro patient is different.  What may work for one may not work for someone else.

Best of luck!
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We need to take one day at a time. I have good days and than all of a sudden I am down. We have to keep praying that we can find the answer to what is happening to our bodies. I do drive but not as must as I use too. Try not to let this take your life away from you. We are all together in ths fight! Huggs but gentle ones
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