Fibromyalgia symptoms and diagnosis

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Avatar f tn I have so many problems with no diagnosis. I have MS like symptoms. I have multiple leasions on the brain, vision problems, balance issues, fibromyalgia, memory problems, I can hardly walk at times, the list goes on and on with no diagnoses but fibromyalgia agoraphobia reverse shoulder replacement cataract surgery at 48. Extreme fatigue. I have issues swallowing food and choking.
Avatar f tn A diagnosis of fibromyalgia may still be made if a person has less than the 11 of the required tender points so long as they have widespread pain and many of the common symptoms and associated syndromes connected to fibromyalgia, such as sleep disorders and irritable bowel syndrome. If a patient has some symptoms but does not meet the tender point criterion, a diagnosis of "possible fibromyalgia syndrome" may be assigned.
Avatar n tn Severe burning pain, sensory neuropathy in hands, lower legs and face/ mouth. A fibromyalgia diagnosis is about like complaining of head pains and being diagnosed with a headache... doesn't explain the cause or underlying disease. Some experts have suggested Fibromyalgia may be a strange form of CIDP. Have you considered this? You lime titer will be negative. ANA likely negative also. Moderate or high dose prednisone may help, but the side effects are just awful.
Avatar f tn It is very difficult to precisely confirm a diagnosis without examination and investigations and the answer is based on the medical information provided. For exact diagnosis, you are requested to consult your doctor. I sincerely hope that helps. Take care and please do keep me posted on how you are doing.
Avatar n tn I should mention I have a very low vitimin D level (5), and have been placed on a vitamin supplement. I am confused about the fibromyalgia diagnosis. I still continue to have elevated sed rate and CRP. I thought fibromyalgia did not cause these rates to be elevated. Also, from everything I read about fibromyalgia, the pain is intense, more like a nerve pain, and someone will hurt even if they are touched. My pain is more like a muscle pain and stiffness.
Avatar m tn I moan in my sleep, and at times literally scream with pain in my car while on patrol at night on my job. What more can I do? Is this typical for fibromyalgia, and do the symptoms and history suggest another disorder. Any helpful information would be greatly appreciated.
Avatar m tn He has had pain that has moved around in his chest, gets tired, can find it hard to sleep but again that has improved has cold feet and hands and now is getting dizzy. Some of the the later symptoms can all be caused by medication side effects? We have started acupuncture which has been quite good so far, his pain has reduced. He is now missing lots of school, originally due to fatigue and chest pain and last week due to nausea.
Avatar m tn Hi I am pretty for sure I have Fibromyalgia some of my symptoms include Soar and stiff muscles in my legs and I just have a Flu like feeling all the time and also the pressure points you have. I have those also. Does this sound like Fibromyalgia to you.
Monster The descriptions of fibromyalgia symptoms read to me like a newspaper horoscope: the number of symptoms described can apply to just about any ambulatory human being. The typical medications indicated seem to antidepressants and pain relievers. Please give us the Clif's Notes version of fibromyalgia and if diagnosed, what are the treatments.
Avatar f tn Retired on disability in '94. VERY complicated. Thoracic spinal cord cyst around size of golf ball. Started w/ numb spot bottom of left foot, intermittent: double vision, tingling: feet, fingers; feelings like electrical shocks; feeling like I had spilled water on right thigh; repeated UTIs; muscle spasms; burning feeling left torso; burning sensation almost along what felt like a line from left elbow to left wrist. MRI of brain was negative. Spinal tap was negative.
Avatar f tn d jet read a study a few days prior about the Fibro and Chiari connection, the shared symptoms, the common misdiagnoses. I was so pleasantly surprised. And in good, but also bad news, I have a friend via an online chat group, who for years, was treated for Fibro. I told her about Chiari and suggested she talk to her dr about running an MRI. Well, she did, and her dr did, plus a bunch of other tests.
Avatar f tn Unfortunately, the health authorities (in most western societies) that dictate policy and protocol for diagnosis and treatment of such conditions, are oblivious to the fact that society is facing an epidemic of modern day auto-immune and neurodegenerative conditions and syndromes with very complex symptomologies and of course very ineffective and unreliable testing procedures, misdiagnosis or undiagnosis affecting a large percentage of sufferers usually for LIFE!
Avatar m tn ...it can also be fibromyalgia...with CFS.....and msnova is correct ther r many drs that do not recogonize it as a condition. I would invite u to stop by the fibro/cfs forum here on medhelp and read thru the health pages on the right of the screen and read some of the posts...u may find ur answer.
Avatar f tn Emg of lower body also normal. And mri was normal. Doc told me today that its fibromyalgia. And gave me a med called savella. The diagnosis kinda makes sense with my symptoms. But i never thought i had a low pain tolerence. I actually think i have a high pain tolerance. Im glad that its nothing more serious but im not 100 % sure its accurate.
Avatar n tn Chronic pain, Sleeplessness, Anxiety and Fatigue may be symptoms of Fibromyalgia or other conditions like Chronic Fatigue syndrome. There are many other conditions that mimic the symptoms of Fibromyalgia. Diagnosis of Fibromyalgia is based on the presence of tender points. These tender spots are particularly located in the neck, back, shoulders and hips. There are 18 points on body for tenderness in patients of this condition.
Avatar m tn I have been diagnosed with post viral syndrome which is from what I understand like chronic fatigue and fibromayalgia had a baby. I don't even know why I am posting this....maybe for a "hey....welcome to the club!" I dunno I have been relentlessly pursuing a diagnosis for a year with countless doctors and specialists.....I have been called crazy and asked to "just chill" and delusional was my favourite.
1536712 tn?1294043301 gadgets, how was your diagnosis for fibromyalgia different from your VDD? I mean, what symptoms were attributed specifically to each?
Avatar n tn This is the reason why you do not have the characteristic and full blown symptoms of fibromyalgia . Please consult an orthopaedist and rheumatologist and discuss this possibility and start the treatment as your symptoms don’t relate to any other disorder but Fibromyalgia . Prostate problems and UTIs are more frequent in patients with Fibromyalgia . Hope this helps you . Take care and regards !
Avatar m tn • Extreme fatigue and exhaustion. I don’t just mean that I am tired all the time but that I am fully exhausted. Even just walking down the street can seem like a feat at times. • Muscle and joint pain. My muscles and joints are soar all the time. It feels as though I have arthritis although I have been tested for it and do not have it. My neck is probably my largest complaint as it is so soar that I have a constant headache.
Avatar f tn She tried to tell me initially it was depression, but I know when I am depressed and it is not. Now she tries to say it may be fibromyalgia and has me on 120mg daily of Cymbalta, but it does not help the pain or the fatigue. The only thing it helps with is PMS symptoms. She has never checked the tender points for fibromyalgia. I'm at a total loss and very frustrated at this point. Any ideas?
Avatar n tn Finally, I was sent to a doctor that did NCS right in his office, he also did some pain check points and was able to tell me that I had fibromyalgia, and the nerve responses in my right arm were extremely low, and from the ulnar nerve down, pretty much nonexistent. I had some surgeries to transpose my nerves in my arms to try to alleviate the pain. This has helped a little. Now I have been notified by my health department that I am possitive for a parasite named babeosis or babasea.
Avatar n tn My wife was diagnosed with fibromyalgia years ago and tried many things until her cousin told her she had cured hers with a six month course of doxicyclin an anti-biotic. She took doses of acidophilus between doses of antibiotic to keep her gut working. She and her cousin are both pain free now for many years. Her doctor told her that many rhumotologists are using this method now.
Avatar f tn Hi Everybody, I just saw my doctor today to go over my test results and he said he's pretty sure that I have Fibromyalgia. All of my blood tests (SED, ESR, CRP, ANA, Lyme disease, Rheumatoid Factor, etc.) have come back as normal and the urine tests for muscle breakdown and polymyocytis and gout were all negative. He then said by process of elimination he believed that I had Fibromyalgia.
10059661 tn?1407565170 So where did these two new diseases come from? The symptoms and signs of chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia were described in the literature in the 1930's as one way that low thyroid could be expressed." http://www.thyroid-info.com/articles/david-derry.
Avatar n tn Go to the Lyme Disease forum and check out the symptoms there Fibromyalgia has similar symptoms so check them out also, there are lists of symptoms put up by other members or you can google for them.