newly come down with fibromyalgia

[martini]

hello,

Im pretty sure that i have fibromyalgia, but havent yet been diagnosed by a doctor. Ive had bad pains in my muscles for the past six months and it seems to be getting worse. I went to see a doctor for a different reason and told him about my pain problems. He took some blood and did some test and they came back negative for rheumatic pain. Im not really sure what i should be dong next.
I have pain pretty much all over. Im my knees, wrists,shoulders, and feet. I get muscle sasming sometimes and i have horrible sleep.

I wanted to ask a couple questions. I have joint problems, the hurt and click. I have an evaporator cooling system which makes the air very damp, i think this is making my symptoms worse. Also i have some foot pain, and it is getting hard to walk

Does anyone here have similar problems? does this sound like fibromyaliga to you?

[dean]

Hey martini, it too bad that your coming down with fibro symptoms. It was hard for me to deal wtith at first, but after a while i have begun to accept it. If i were you i would try to find a specialist in your area, dont go to a regular doctor, because not all of them beieve in this disease or would even know what to do. You should get your thyroid and adrenals checked as they can cause some fibro like problems.
good luck!!

[devin]

usually a doctor can diagnose you because there are tender points that people have in common. Definately try to go to a specialist, a regular doctor may not even be familiar with fibromyaliga and would probably just give you anti-depressants. Some like cymbalta can help take the edge off the pain. But there are many more thing other than anti depressants to try

[Siegrid]

Oh, i hope it isn't fibro. Also get checked for multiple sclerosis. I believe that is one of the other standard tests for fibro. But ya finding someone who even knows what it is may be difficult. And the only real diagnosis for fibro is to rule everything else out then check how many trigger points can't stand like 10lbs of pressure (god i hate it when they do that.)

[axlewitch]

I just got diagnosed with fibromyalgia. I've been on long-term narcotics for another problem (osteonecrosis)...what are some other solutions for pain, because these pills don't seem like they work very well. Do antidepressants actually help like I've heard they do?

[playtowin123]

Hi out there. I wanted to introduce myself to everyone. I've been searching the web for info about fibromyalgia and found this board. I've never thought about joining a board before, but after reading through some posts, I'm happy I did. I just want to say thanks to everyone for the support you offer eachother here.[/i]

[quada52]

i have fibro and all the syptoms that come with it.I was diagnosed about 10 years ago.I did pretty good with chiropracter and weight machines.I even went back to work for 6 yrs but this last year has been very difficult.I have had a lot of stress and my fibro has really flared up along with chronic fatique.I really do wish i could find something to help but i have tried everything even accupuncture.Nothing every really helps.

[TIREDTEXAN]

I WAS DIAGNOSED W/ FIBRO IN 1985, W/ MS (I KNEW I HAD IT BY READING ABOUT IT BEFORE DIAG) IN 2007. I AM DISABLED AND CANNOT WORK, HAVE EYE ISSUES, BAD RASH DUE TO HEAT OR STRESS, BLADDER PROBLEMS, JOINT SWELLING W/ FEVER/PAIN, WEAKNESS IN HANDS AND ALL OTHER ISSUES. I AM NOW HAVING TOOTH PROBLEMS, HAVING ALL PULLED ON TOP. I WAS TOLD BY DRS THAT BECAUSE OF THE FIBRO I WOULD HAVE MORE PROBLEMS THAN THE AVG PERSON, THIS I DONOT UNDERSTAND. MY DEPRESSION HAS GOTTEN WORSE, TAKE CYMBALTA TWICE DAY. MY FAMILY DOES NOT UNDERSTAND ANY OF THE ISSUES I HAVE, ESP. GETTING TIRED. I STILL DO HOUSEWORK AND COOK, BUT I GET SO TIRED. I AM LOOSING MY EYESIGHT , ESP LEFT EYE. HAVE CATARACTS IN EACH. NOW THAT I DISCLOSED MOST OF MY PROBLEMS, DOES ANYONE HAVE THE SAME OR CAN LET ME KNOW ABOUT THE DENTAL AND FIBRO. I AM NEW AT THIS BLOG THING.