Fibromyalgia

[carisajo5963]

I have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia. But also my doctor said that my vitamin D level was low so she put me on 50,000  units of it. I was wondering could my vitamin D level being low have anything to do with my fatigue and flu-like feeling? What are the usual symptoms of vitamin D level being low????

                                                                      

[carisajo5963]

That's almost what happened to me also when I went to a doctor in lexington and he said that I have fibromyalgia. He said that there is really nothing that you can do about it besides go to physical therepy and exercise, and take all my vitamins. But one thing I couldn't get him to understand is that I'm not even able to hardley get up out of the bed, much less evercise. You just cant get these doctors to understand anything, and get this he told me that there is no medicine at all that would help. I dont beleive that because I have been emailing people who have fibromyalgia and they heve told me alot of different medicines that they are taking that is helping them.

                                                                                      carisajo5963

[tia77]

Right before I posted there was a website to check out for low vitamin d levels.  It somehow dissapeared before I was able to write it down.  Can the person that sent it resend it.  Thanks

[tia77]

It's weird you should post this.  I went to the doctors in February with horrible muscle pain in my legs and arms.  He did a b-12 which i was low a few months back.  Came in with arm pain and not feeling good.  He also checked my thyroid and D levels.  My thyroid was off a few months ago also but is fine now.  But the D test came back low.  In the mean time I couldn't take it and went to the rhemy whom I just saw in Janurary.  I have seen him 3 times in 8 years with joint pain and fatigue and a possitive ANA and rhemotod factors and so forth.  He said D wouldn't cause the pain i'm in and pressed on a few spots and announced that I had fibro.  I am hoping when I bring my D levels up I feel better.  I have been having weird symtoms for 6 or so weeks.  They very much sound like what everyone else is talking about as far as symptoms.  He didn't give me much hope just told me to excersize 5-7days a week at 80% of my heart rate.  I can barely walk much alone get my heart rate up that high with exersize.  He also prescribed anitriptlyin or something like that to help me sleep.  I think there has to be something else to help with the pain.