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    Diagnosis questions

    Been seeing a rheumy for about a year. Says I have poly-arthritis. I am on Prednisone, Methotrexate and Folic Acid. I use heating pad and baths to help with the stiffness and fatigue. They are not helping. I don't know what to do next. When I initially saw him he stated he didn't want to...
    • aurora03
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    • Forum: Do I have fibromyalgia?
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    New Diagnosis of Ongoing Pain

    Hi all! I guess I fall into the category of "recently diagnosed." The condition is not recent though. I have been suffering from fatigue, pain, restless legs and cognitive symptoms for a couple years now. Recently, I had the opportunity to see a rheumatologist who suggested that it was...
    • howlinwoolf
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    • brain condition diagnosis fatigue fibromyalgia healing hope looking for new diagnosis pain rheumatologist symptoms
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    • Forum: Welcome new members
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    Hello - ~20+ years of fibro, new here

    Hello, my name is Kat and I am from Texas. I am nearly 32 years old and cannot remember a life without some sort of daily pain or ache. I was first diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome when I was around 11 years old. The official fibromyalgia diagnosis came much later though the doctors said...
    • KatInATardis
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    • Forum: Welcome new members
  4. T

    Mayo Fibro Treatment Program Anyone?!?!

    Hi Fellow Fibro friends! I was just diagnosed with fibromyalgia, which is also called "central sensitization disorder" by Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville. They have recommended a two-day treatment program and I will be attending on Monday and Tuesday. I met with the psychologist that runs the...
    • tleeves
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    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Recently diagnosed
  5. L

    Diagnosed Grad Student

    Hi everyone. I've been recently diagnosed this August after having numbness and tingling and joint pains . I'm a 23 year old student in my second year of a doctoral program and having a hard time with the diagnosis. This is my first week of the new semester and already the overwhelming tiredness...
    • lflds
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    • advice brain brain fog chronic diagnosis fibromyalgia health how to scared student tingling tiredness
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    • Forum: Welcome new members
  6. B

    Hello. New here.

    Hi everyone, I was diagnosed with ME/CFS in 2011. (After having symptoms for at least 25 years.) I am now wondering if I have Fibromyalgia as I suffer with frequent pain in my leg, thigh, knee, wrist, neck and shoulders. I wake up with the pain at night. I also have all the other symptoms of...
  7. C

    Question for those who've had Emg test

    Is it necessary? I already had one the the doctor said was normal. My rhuemotologist, who is great, sent me to a número just to make sure her diagnosis of fibro is correct since my joint stiffness, headaches and tingeling/cramps in legs seems to be getting worse. This new nureologist want to do...
  8. J

    Hello from Ottawa, CA

    This is my first post. After years of suffering I finally got the F/CF IBF diagnosis this past January. This disease is life changing to say the very least. I had no idea that it could make me as sick as I have been. Then there was the challenge of convincing people and doctors I was really...
    • JLaan
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    • Forum: Welcome new members
  9. T

    Hi, trying to find advice on finding a doctor...

    Hello. I was unofficially diagnosed with fibro 11 years ago, but at that time there was a lot of controversy about it and not recognized my the medical community in general so my doctor at the time said there was no point in putting it my records as it was more likely to affect my insurance...
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    Not sure if this is fibro but can't hurt to ask

    Hi all, Thanks for taking the time to read my story. I enough of my symptoms were consistent with fibro to give it a shot. About a month ago, my left leg developed a sensation somewhere between a dull ache and tickle that ran from my groin to my feet plus a feeling like an electrical charge...
    • siphi
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    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Do I have fibromyalgia?
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