Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia

martini · Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 3:19 pm Post subject: newly come down with fibromyalgia

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 · Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 3:25 pm Post subject:

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 · Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 11:55 pm Post subject:

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 · Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2006 10:26 pm Post subject:

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 · Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 3:45 pm Post subject:

[color=indigo][/color]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 · Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 9:40 pm Post subject: Hello from a newbie!

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]

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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia

newly come down with fibromyalgia