If you could get rid of one of your lupus symptoms, which one would it be and why?

@Courtney_J I would LOVE to kick the anxiety and depression my lupus has "gifted" me. It's at its worse when I'm in a flare and I just don't want/can't leave my bed. I'd be much happier without it!

i would get rid of the rash and the after effects of being in the sun,  i can't even tan anymore without worry how i'm gonna possibly flare up as a cause.  beaches used to be so fun,  and they still are!  but i can't wear the bathing suits that i used to wear.  now i have to wear long sleeved ones with swim shorts.  i'd feel like a normal teen and not someone who's sick

I hate that for you, being a teenager and not being able to enjoy the beach like a teenager should does stink. Do your friends understand what you are going through? Some times its hard for people especially young people to understand; you probably don't look sick right?  

I'm sure you have been told this lots of times but it's so true... don't sun bathe; no one should,  if for no other reason than not to have as many wrinkles when you get older. Not the advice you want to hear right! I will tell you that a few summers ago i would go on my deck for 20 to 30 minutes at a time with my 4 legged kids (they love the sun) i would stay in the shade but i still got a stupid rash and the scares are still just as noticeable as ever! At my age its not as important well to me to show my legs but as a teenager I'm sure you don't want to be all covered up in clothes. I'm no help i know; its just not fair!

The headaches and exhaustion when I have a flare. I can accept that I need to do 'less'. I can accept that I need to schedule a quiet day before and after a busy day. I have changed my diet to super healthy - no gluten, organic as much as possible, lots of water, yadda, yadda. I rarely eat out, do all the cooking at home, have been forced into early retirement, barely keep up the house, etc. All of that is something I can accept, but these blasted headaches and exhaustion are the pits!