I'm the mom of 3 very active children (8,6,3) and have had fibromyalgia for about 6 years - only diagnosed 1 year ago.  My children have had some serious health issues which has caused a great deal of stress and definitely increased my fibromyalgia issues - just trying to get back down to ground level again.   Right now, I'm on 3-4 month sick leave from my job because of the the stress/fibromyalgia combo and am seriously looking at their long-term disability option.  Frustrating part though, is that I'm only 37 and never thought I would be considering long-term disability at this age.  Mentally, this is very hard to consider.    Anyway, that's a brief blurb on me and l look forward to being part of this group.  Elke