is this arthritis?

im not really sure where to start.when i was 15 i started having problems in both of my wrists,so i went to the doctor and he said i have juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.at that time i thought it was just tendonitis and he was a quack.so i went around with a splint on each of my wrists for 2 months.and still i get the same pain now that i did then.i always crack them because its seems to make the pain go away but it comes right back.my knees bother me horribly at times so i pop them to try to take the pain away but that doesnt really help,so then i just sit there for a while with the pain and i keep extending it to crack it which just irratates it more.especially my left one.my back always gets stiff to the point where i cant even sit down.my right shoulder has been messed up for a while and not one doctor i have been to can figure out what is wrong.and now my left one is doing the same thing.this is the question i posted on here a few weeks ago.

http://www.medhelp.org/posts/show/713971

im only 19 and this has messed up my goals so far in life.so what should i do and whats your opinion?

[txsilver]

Hi James, because of all the different areas in which you are experiencing pain, I think it is time to take a different approach than your previous post indicates.  The doctor who dx'd you with JRA, did he run lab work?  Have you had x-rays of all the areas in which you experience pain?  My suggestion is that you get the basic labs for autoimmune diseases and ask to be tested to see if you are HLA B27 positive at the same time.  If it is an autoimmune condition causing these problems, you can get treatment and hopefully have a minimal impact on your goals.  If it is not autoimmune, you will have ruled that out and it will be time to ask the doctors what else could be causing your symptoms and engaging the appropriate specialist.