An open letter about Fibrmyalgia Fog: Brain fog

» AngelPooh - Brain fog

hi! i am hoping to find some help and support at this site.... or maybe someone who won't make me feel as crazy as i do! i know fibromyalgia is not "in your head" as some people see it, but i was just diagnosed this last winter and am only 24, a newlywed, a kindergarten teacher and am not coping well with it at all. even though i am 24 i still can't drive. this drives my family and my husband crazy, but they don't understand what it feels like to have brain fog. i could kill someone if i was to drive. i used to think i was just forgetful or uncoordinated, klutzy even, but now i know i have been suffering for years and its all because of fibromyalgia. anyway, my husband has to drive me everywhere and we are on opposite work schedules so it is really inconvenient. i don't know what to do about this. i can barely cope at work, am in constant pain and all i want to do is sleep all the time. this wasn't the way i wanted my life to be and feel like a loser who can't do anything because of it. i barely make it through a day at a time. how can i tell others how i feel without sounding like a whiner? how do you explain it when i don't even understand it myself. all i know is I'm not being fair to my husband or the kids at work, or to myself.
thank you.

-- posted by AngelPooh