@parus. I have fibro. I was diagnoised with PTSD and depression in my 20's. In my 30's, I was diagnoised with Fibro. Then the RA. Then the Sjogren's. Then the spinal stenosis and bulging dics and osteo. Finally, Lupus. I read an article once where it said a great number of fibro patients also suffer from childhood abuse. Your brain chemistry is permanently changed from all the flooding of stress hormones in a young brain. Some think there is a connection between changes in brain chemistry from childhood abuse and brain chemical changes of fibro (which signals your brain that you are in excruciating pain when there isn't a physical cause.) Sucks.

Absolutely and horrific nightmares and all the other symptoms you have. Group therapy usually helps if only to let you know there are many many others in the same place as you. I'll did years until they made me a group leader. Then I had to move and though there is much larger population here I cannot find a group! Paris, I'm in So. FL, where are you located?