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  1. L

    How do you get diagnosed

    :?: Help Ive definately got GCA. But have something else. Thought it must PMR but Dr gave me Lyrica a few days to help with the pain. It has been amazing! So now I'm thinking it wasn't PMR but fibromyalgia. I have a lot of fibromyalgia symptoms. How do you get diagnosed? Can someone help?
  2. A

    Hi there - I've been diagnosed 3 years ago

    I have joined this community in order to exchange some experiences and see what needs to be done in order to stop the pain. I'm a Romanian student and among my hobbies, there are reading, playing video games, swimming and riding my bike. 2 of them have been influenced a lot by this condition...
  3. J

    Just Diagnosed With Fibromyalgia

    Hey everyone, I'm new to this group, I was just diagnosed with Fibromyalgia yesterday. I guess I kind of got lucky that it didn't take too long to diagnose because I'd already had a ton of blood tests, scans and specialist visits for fatigue and GI problems that started a year ago (which ended...
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  4. S

    Newly diagnosed

    So I am very newly diagnosed. I had a doctors appointment on Monday, and it took the the doctor all of 5 minutes to tell me what was wrong. After having this type of pain for the last 5 or so years I am very relieved to have a diagnosis. It kind of validates the pain and fatigue. My mom...
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  5. S

    newly diagnosed....finally

    ok so here is my story......I hope you are sitting down. Back in 2011, my husband took me into the ER with severe abdominal pain, the ER doctor said that I was suffering from diverticulitis/colitis and possibly severe endometriosis. Went in to my gynecologist and they confirmed the...
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    • Forum: General discussions about fibromyalgia
  6. F

    recently diagnosed

    Hello everyone. This has been a scary past 6 months for me. I had no idea what was going on, and just was confused and frightened. After about 3 months of hearing my symptoms my doctor told me what he thought was going on, after ruling out other things with tests. Fibromyalgia symptoms hit...
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  7. C

    First diagnosed with Fibro

    Last summer in July, I was diagnosed with Fibro. I was having a lot of pain then, well at least I thought. I was reading different post on this forum trying to figure out what did others mean in regards to skin pain, rib pain, chest pain and a whole lot of different areas of pain. Well once...
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  8. T

    Just Diagnosed

    Hi all. I'm new to this forum but was just diagnosed with Fibromyalgia by my neurologist today. She is also starting me on Cymbalta for pain management but I was wondering if anyone here has tried that and if it helped or not. Does the pain come and go even being on this med? It seems like the...
  9. W

    Coping with newly diagnosed fibromyalgia

    Hi, I'm new here and looking for help in coping with a newly diagnosed Fibromyalgia. I have also been diagnosed with IBS, Ulcers, Diverticulosis, Rheumatoid Arthritis and cardiac arrhythmias. Am I leaving anything out? I don't know, but as you can see I'm a hot mess! This severe cold snap has me...
  10. D

    How were you diagnosed?

    I was just diagnosed with Fibro in November after 8 yrs of other diagnosis's, my family Dr diagnosed me and another family Dr confirmed it. They went by my history and also the tender point test. I happened to have extreme pain to the point of cursing and about jumping off the table with each...
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