. My eldest son is 21 and currently in his final year at university studying a BA (honors)in History & Politics, its a stressful time for him as he is busy doing his dissertation and has exams coming up; my 16 yr son old has ADHD and Semantic Pragmatic Disorder, he's currently struggling with the impending changes in his life (i.e. forthcoming exams, changes in his routines, learning to tie his shoe laces and tell the time and going to college etc) and is having audio hallucinations again (not as bad as last time as he's only hearing something scratching in the corner of his room when there isn't anything there; last time this happened it got so bad it ended up with 'the voices' telling him it was time to die and he ended up on an anti-psychotic drug for 6 mnths (when he was 9 1/2). ) He is highly sensitive, very loving / caring and worries constantly about everything and everyone. My daughter is about to turn 15 (in April), she has hearing difficulties and had major emergency surgery that lasted 4 1/2 hours on her back in May 2009 to remove a disc and calcium growth that was causing so much pressure on her spinal cord she couldn't walk. She is also managed to break her ankle 2 days before xmas the same year, sledging
). They are lovely kids, not much trouble but are a little spoiled ( think I over compensated when I threw their father out and divorced him 8yr ago) getting them to help out is a major struggle lol. I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia yesterday - I've never heard of it before. I'm kinda still reeling from it all to tell the truth
. I've been back and forth to my GP for about 5 year now with back pain, pains in my legs, shoulders, elbows, wrists, fingers etc, I was referred for physiotherapy at several times each time they would only look one thing at a time ie my back or my shoulder and wouldn't consider looking at it as a whole issue. To cut a long story short I was sent to the pain clinic for different medication to manage the pain. My first appointment in October 2010 I was told I had mild deterioration in my spine and facet joint syndrome, the consultant suggested an injection into my spine to numb the nerve to the facet joints and I agreed without question ( I would have agreed to almost anything if it meant the pain stopped), I was placed on waiting list; I was offered to go in in Dec 2010, (same day as telephone call) as they had a cancellation but I didn't have anyone to stay with me other than my younger kidults, my eldest son was away with friends);
As I was told I needed an adult with me for 36 hours after procedure I had to decline (thankfully as it turns out). I was given a TENS machine to try 2 weeks ago and had this appointment with a locum consultant yesterday for a review. I got the impression the consultant I had seen originally was no longer working for there, anyway he challenged my decision to agree to the spinal injection, did 6 x-rays and spent 3 hours poking and prodding me ( I was bubbling like a baby by the end of it
). He diagnosed me with fibromyalgia, he told me to go to fibromyalgia.co.uk , request a copy of Dr Tai's lecture notes at the Welsh National Assembly Sept 2000 (Dr Tai also being my new consultant with a particular interest in this condition) and read them before my next appointment in 12 weeks; The problem is I can't generate a contact form on my PC for some reason to request these 
. I'd be grateful if anyone could tell me where else I may be able to get a copy of these notes?Where do I go from here is the question?
I still have a lot to learn about something I didn't know existed until yesterday I'm worried he's changing my medication, at the moment I'm on slow release tramadol 200mgs bd and paracetamol as and when. He's changing it all, giving me Paracetamol 4 x daily (which hasn't worked in the past), putting me on Ibuprofen, a anti acid (1 pd) tablet to stop the terrible acid reflux I was getting) anatriptolene? (prob spelled wrong) soluble Tramadol and something else I can't remember - seems like an awful lot of tablets to take
.. and with my memory I'm worried I won't remember to take them regularly. With the SR tramadol I take them morning when i am giving my son his medication and evening when I am putting my daughters ear meds in.. through the day I am lucky if I rememberer to eat let alone take tablets
. Is this amount of medication normal? ? My friend said the anatriptolene knocks you out when you take them but the consultant said I have to take them at 7pm with a meal and I cannot under any circumstances go to bed to sleep before I make sure my 16yr old son is in bed asleep (sometimes this can be 1 or 2 am) as if I am not there making sure he stays in bed and tries to sleep he will stay awake until 4 /5 am and then not be able to go to school.. Everything seems so hard, I'm worried about telling my kids something I know nothing about and the impact this will have at an already stressful time for them. has anyone got any advice? My head is rolling
ps sorry for the rant
Maggi
...you have landed in the right place for help and support.......
Hi Cat, thanks for your reply, it may sound mad but most if it is normal routine stuff to me, kids difficulties etc When I look back over the last 15 year and my friends bring up incidents with my kids I laugh but also wonder how I ever survived them 
. My kids are spoiled - but are polite and well behaved. They have had so much to deal with in their short time on this planet to throw this at them seems cruel. I am sure they will understand the basics though after all they live with me and my constant moaning about being wrecked and or in pain, in a way this will hopefully explain it to them in a way i don't seem to have been able to. I have printed the Spoon Theory as i think it sums up a lot of what I go through daily - minus the bruises (unless I've fallen over again which I do a lot of lol). 
lol
Maggie and 
Lord I could scream 
head will explode at times ... (sorry rant over lol) think I need a 
with his mates, my 6th sense told me to go find him... he was very sad and 
), the love I have, his siblings and the rest of our family have for him will be with him where ever he is whatever he's doing and that he should go... 
.... my brain was in overdrive at 4 am, I was doing laundry and washing dishes etc... mad times indeed 
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