Finding someone who "really" understands what you are going through or knows how you are feeling emotionally, as well as physically, is very difficult. Support groups, whether on-line or thru meeting in person, help patients and families deal with the physical & emotional difficulty of adapting to rare chronic diseases such as Inflammatory Myopathies.

This page is being updated.

To locate a adult support group in your area contact the TMA www.myositis.org or click on the underlined email contact for the KIT Representative in your area. Not all formed groups are linked below, so contact the TMA for the group nearest you.  If your state does not have a support group, TMA is looking for persons to start one.

Alaska & Washington State - Ann Robertson ann@myositisNW.org

Alabama & Mississippi, NW Florida

Arkansas (None)

Arizona - Northern & (Nevada)

Arizona - Southern

Arizona - Greater Phoenix Area                                

California - Northern & Central

California - Southern - Los Angeles - Richard

California - Southern - San Diego

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware & Maryland,

DC & Northern Virginia

District of Columbia

Florida - Southeast - Sharon

Florida - West Coast

Florida - Northeast

Georgia (None)

Iowa (None

)Idaho & Wyoming & Utah - Sherrie

Illinois - North & Central

Illinois - Southern  & Missouri

Indiana

Kansas & Nebraska

Kentucky & Tennessee - Elaine

Louisiana (None)

Maine & New Hampshire, Vermont

Maryland, DC & Northern Virginia, Delaware

Michigan - Beth

Minnesota (None)

Missouri & Southern Illinois

Mississippi & Alabama & NW Florida

Montana (None)

North Carolina

North Dakota (None)

New Hampshire, Maine, Vermon

tNew Jersey

New Mexico & NW Texas - Diane

Nevada & Northern Arizona

New York - Upstate

New York City & Long Island

Ohio - Eastern

Ohio - Western

Oklahoma

Oregon - Deane

Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)

Pennsylvania Eastern (None)

Pennsylvania Western & NE West Virginia

Rhode Island & Massachusetts 

South Carolina

South Dakota (None)

Tennessee - Elaine

Texas (Houston)

Texas (San Antonio)

Texas Northeast (Athens)

Utah, Idaho & Wyoming - Sherrie

Vermont & New Hampshire & Maine

Virginia, W. Virginia & NE Carolina

Washington - Ann

Wisconsin (None)

West Virginia NE & Western Pennsylvania

Wyoming, Idaho & Utah -Sherrie 
 

AUSTRALIA (Anita Chalmers)

NEW ZEALAND

ASIA (India)

CANADA (Alberta)

EUROPE  - UK (United Kingdom) Myositis Support Group, Info & Bulletin Board

 MEXICO, CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA (Mexico)

Cure JM -  Juvenile Support Groups  

Myositis Support Group  Info & Bulletin Board - Jim Kilpatrick's Website

Yahoo Group - Dermatomyositis Support Group

Yahoo Club  - Myositis Message Board

Health Boards Myositis Forum - Hot Boards