How do you get diagnosed with Fibromyalgia

[ArmyPrincess819]

Hi there. I know you are not dr's here but some of you are already diagnosed with Fibromyalgia. I have had a pretty traumatic life. Now in fact my mother is dying rapidly of lung cancer I just found out last thurs. Since then every bone and muscle hurts in my body. It seems everytime I get stressed out or something bad happens in my life this is how my body reacts. If anyone can please post some symptoms and tell me how they find out that would be great. I don't have depression I have anxiety however I'm not on any meds at this time. I'm also pg and just had a M/C last month so there has been alot going on in my life these days. Thank you so much and best wishes to everyone. Thanks again.

[ArmyPrincess819]

Of course you would see me on here we are friends! Too funny though for strangers we have an awful lot in common!!!  I will ttyl and thanks for the support!!!

[ArmyPrincess819]

Thank you so much for not making me feel stupid by asking my question. I appreciate your support and info! Thanks ladies and have a great day!!!!

[BP0629]

Funny I should see you here as well :-)   I spent most of 2007 in and out of hospitals and doctors. I ended up going to the Cleavland Clinic numerous times as an outpatient and was diag w/fibro. I was on a TON of meds prior to and weened off of some afterwards. They put me on a high dose of Lyrica for the fybro and I did aqua therapy for months to rehabilitate after all the time i spent laid up in pain. I have anxiety issues and take xanax as needed. Bouts of depression but haven't been on meds for that forever. Once I found out I was preg I quit taking all RX's per drs orders. My pain has increased ALOT but having a baby is more important to me right now. Since the MC everyone but hubby & my parents are trying to get me back on my fibro med. I refuse because the drs haven't been able to tell me affects of Lyrica and pregnancy. I know from the other forum you're under a GREAT deal of stress right now. It is crazy what stress can do to your body. As you can probably remember from high school when you had a big test you could make yourself sick worrying over it. With everything you've been through you might want to talk to a doc about the affects of stress on the body first. Fibro isn't fun, especially if left untreated. I go to a physiatrist (sp?) for my fibro. My family dr wasn't as experienced so he said a pain specialist could better diagnose/treat it. Before becoming preg & MC I also got spine injections for pain that were amazing. feel free to message me if you have any ?s.

[selmaS]

PlateletGal gave some very sound advise......I wanted to send u (((((hugs)))) over the situation with your mom......

Godspeed
"selma"

[PlateletGal]

Hi ! It sounds like anxiety may be causing your symptoms, but it is very important to see a physician and rule out anxiety and other potential causes for your pain.

There is no blood test yet (although a research test on spinal fluid) that can make a fibromyalgia diagnosis, but there is "tender point" testing and a thyroid test that apparently the majority of fibro / CFS patients are failing. Here's the link:


http://www.medhelp.org/health_pages/Fibromyalgia/Diagnostic--Blood-Tests-to-Help-Diagnose-Fibromyalgia/show/377?cid=39