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Could this be Psoriatic Arthritis, Lupus, or Fibromyalgia ?

Could this be Psoriatic Arthritis, Lupus, or Fibromyalgia ?

I have psoriasis for about 12 years and I am 42 years old.
For about a year now I have a cycles of pain. Sometime I will go a few weeks without a cycle, sometimes a few days.
During the cycle I am tired, my muscles tighten and I have pain and weakness around the joints in my hands, neck and lower back.
I am always in pain to a certain extent but during a cycle it is much worse. My joints seem to pop and crack a lot more during that time.
Now there is no break from my current cycle which has gone on for about a month.
I wake up every morning with a very stiff lower back and neck for about a year but now my hands, wrists and joints of my shoulders are getting effected.
Lately when I have a cycle it seems I will get some sharp pains,even burning pain around the joint area along with the 'normal' pain of joint and muscle pain.
I feel like my short term memory is not what it should be but I have read that is from chronic pain.
As well about 2 years ago I had cataract surgery on both of my eyes; I was told I got the cataracts from cortisone injections for my psoriasis.
Over the last few months my vision in my right eye has gotten really bad, very blurry, floaters etc.
Thank you so much for your words of wisdom....
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Sorry to hear of your problems, but I know what you are going through.  I have had psoriasis for over twenty years.  back in late '08 Exhaustion started kicking in.  I woke up one morning with every joint and muscle hurting.  After all kinds of tests, I was sent to a rheumatologist.  She came to the conclusion that I did have Psoriatic Arthritis.  Fibro, I was told, pretty much goes hand in hand with it.  So you probably very well have both as I do. Humira worked well, along with methotrexate and plaquinel for the psoriasis and the arthritis.  Lyrica worked well for the fibro.  Good luck
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1550149 tn?1340000730
Thank you kindly for the info. At this point everything seems to hurt and the kind of pain keeps changing. I am holding on til my doctors appointment... we will see... I hope this finds YOU well...  
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