New to being diagnosed with FM. My brain is exhausted from all of this. I am really active and now I am having a hard time slowing down due to not wanting to give in to the pain in my hip
and shoulder pain. I had a nuclear bone scan which showed nothing...not even RA...I am so confused right...
Hello everyone! My name is Arynn and I'm truly at my wits end and seeking some advice or comforting thoughts. Let's begin with me, I'm a 24 year old female from Canada. I've been suffering chronic pain for 4 years now.
Two years ago I was throwing up, nauseas and had horrible migraines that...
I haven't been 'surprised' by weird aches and pains in a long time. Lately my right and left hips have given in (after 2 years of no pain), my plantar fasciitis is back (after 8 years), all combined with the 'usual' aches and pain. And now this....
This morning I woke up with pain in my jaw...
I continue to be frustrated with getting a diagnosis. Continuing pain and discomfort and fatigue. Up until this year I was working as a substitute teacher at a local girls high school. I loved working there and always felt like I was coming into a strong caring community. I have always had...
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Hello!
I am kind of freaking out
My story starts two months ago, when I began having pins and needles all over my body, muscle pain in my legs, arms and my neck, and twitches all over my body and headaches.
Of course, I went into Dr google, and I started getting crazy about als (something highly...
I just found this forum and am very thankful for it. I am hopeful that someone here can help me pre-determine whether I have FM or not as it has been quite a journey these past three months and I will try to keep things as short and concise as possible:
Dec '16: Started with right lower back...
Hi Everyone,
I'm a newbie here and I would like to ask everyone if all the physical symptoms I have are common with Fibromyalgia:
Feel tired all the time
Shortness of breath
Leg cramping
Left side of face feel thick or a bit numb
Left neck feels really tight like almost cramping
left abdomen...
So now that I have been diagnosed, I am having trouble distinguishing what is fibro related and what is not. For instance, for the past 2 days I have been exhausted, having pain in my neck going down my right arm (feels like a violin string being plucked), both my shoulders and my elbows hurt...
I was diagnosed a year ago with FM by my general practitioner. At the time I was already on Escitalopram for depression and he prescribed Mobic for the pain. I also have bone on bone OA of both knees. The Mobic has helped my knee pain but for me, the worst pains are the "zings" that happen out...
I am suffering with terrible pain and disability. I've recently been diagnosed with fibro but other Drs are not in agreement.
About 4 years ago i developed severe tinnitus and was placed on a variety of antidepressants. I began to experience pain while taking Cymbalta and was cold turkey'ed...