Chronic Pain and Fibromyalgia: Experiences and Connections

I was actually diagnosed with fibromyalgia after I got covid but looking back it definitely had chronic pain before that but I wrote it off as pain from sports

Yes, absolutely! My fibro started about three ish years ago but before that, I got sick all the time and almost always had knee pain or hip pain.

I have severe osteoarthritis in most of my joints, alongside the fibromyalgia.

Yes, I had chronic pain from arthritis and "unknown causes" since I was in my teens. For a long time, I thought it was just getting worse with age. By the time of my fibro diagnosis, it had become extreme.