Do you have a job outside the home?

[Lola_mama]

Do you have Fibromyalgia and still manage to hold a job?  Feel free to leave comments about what your job is and how you cope.

[Kenderyl]

I've got 4 kids... they're about all the "job" my body can afford to do right now. I've just applied for disability - praying that I can get some help. The thought of "forcing" myself to crawl out of bed to work somewhere where I'd have to fake-out co-workers, customers, my boss.... no freakin' way. I can barely keep up with trying to minimize my symptoms showing for my worried family.

[AlabamaAngel]

I dont have the energy to go to work every day, I just do it anyway. Sometimes I come home in floods of tears cuz im so tired, and I am so tired at work I get easily stressed out and frustrated with people. I could quite easily give up and stay at home all day, but i just prefer the battle. I cant stand staying in all day. It depresses me and I get very low and bored OUT OF MY MIND. lol. I've been off work with it before, but I just chose to force myself now. For instance, this morning it took me 15 minutes to psych myself up to get dressed cuz my arms were that sore. But i did it. and thats just how I chose to cope with things.

[RobinHood70]

I wish I had the energy to make myself go out to a job every day.  I've been seeing doctors and getting tests and so forth at the rate of about one/week for the last month or two, and I'm EXHAUSTED.  The rest of the time, I stay home and rest with the exception of occasionally taking the dog for a 15 min walk or getting things at the corner store 5 minutes away.

[AlabamaAngel]

I have fibromyalgia and despite feeling so tired it makes me throw up, and pain like i cant even describe, i literally MAKE myself go to work as i enjoy my job. if i sat at home all day i would get depressed and stressed about money and that would make my illness worse. I just chose a suitable job. Im a receptionist in a psychiatric hospital. it keeps me busy and occupied but i dont have to walk around or lift things. its a struggle i admit, but it can be done with the right frame of mind. xxx

[TiredMark]

Still  full time if you don't count the 600 hours of vacation and sick time used this year.  Trying to get the energy together to complete my disability retirement from civil service done.  Can't go on doing 40+/week at this job.  With the disability I can work part time and rest as needed on the all too often sucko days.

[VaBreeze]

Ahhhh thank you for bringing that to my attention, lol.  I should have checked that first.  Yes, i've heard much about the way Canada handles their disabled and also that it's difficult to get certain types of physicians that you need and medications.