Hi there all and good morning, my name is Gina and I am 36 years old, I have been posting in chronic pain because I have not been formally diagnosed with anything other than chronic pain. However, fibro is one on the top ten of causes. I do see a PM and have done tpi, which I thought I was going to die from. All that happened was a huge flare, with unending pain. Anyway, maybe I'm getting ahead of my self. My pain started about 2 years ago, I had a severe irretractable migraine that last 8 months. 3 neuro's saw nothing wrong with this and I tasted the rainbow of meds to get that abated. Finally I went to my PM, he gave me Mobic 7.5 twice daily, and it killed it. However, that migraine decided to leave something around, joint pain in the neck, shoulders, hands, hips, knees and feet. I am now starting to get c-spine pain too. Does this sound like fibro? I think it could be anything but in a world of "I don't knows", I tired of guessing. PM thinks fibro, I feel like it hit the joints pretty hard, but the PM's office is no help, I asked for a referral to a specific rheumy, and after 2 months of no response to that, the good ole doc says, you need to see Dr. Xyz, the same doctor I'd been wanting to see all along. My story is long, lol, the list of meds alone could take up half a page. I guess, I'm just wondering if there is anybody out there that knows anything about this...
Oh and P.S. the clincher to all this is I have to relocate to a different state and start all over again, oh the joys, lol.

Hi, Noinsanity, and welcome!  I'm glad you popped over here!  Have you see Dr. XYZ yet?  A rheumatologist is good for diagnosing fibro and other problems.  They will run you through blood tests to rule out other illnesses that have many of the same symptoms as fibro.  I went to my first rheumy a couple of months ago and found out I had not only fibro but also a rheumatic disease!  These are treated differently.  So, I'm glad you are going.

 

Yes, we can have pain that feels like joint pain but it usually isn't the joint.  It's the muscle, tendons and ligaments that make it feel like joint pain.  BUT it is important to get things ruled out.  I have had horrible back pain for years, chalked it up to fibro, and just found out that wasn't the case.  The pain I was feeling was extreme and was helped with anti-inflammatories.  Fibro isn't an inflammatory illness so I've been treating my new diagnosis for much of what I've been going through. 

Be sure to read Fibro 101...the second thread on the forum.  There are links about fibro and you will learn a lot there, too.  Good starting links are called Symptoms, What Else Could It Be, and A Thorough Explanation of Fibromyalgia.  You just might see yourself there. 

 

I'm very glad you are seeing a good rheumy...one you want to see!  Please let us know how the appointment goes because we do care about you.

 

Sherrine