TiffanieU

379d

When where you diagnosed with fibromyalgia?

Psychogenic non epileptic seizure

Fibromyalgia (FM)

Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)

Achalasia

Generalized pain

Depression

Lethargy

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  • Rlball

    379d

    I was diagnosed at The Cleveland Clinic when I was 14

  • JustRachelle

    379d

    2016 by rheumatologist

  • cardeg

    379d

    When I was 38...due to prolonged emotional stress..I'm now 65 pain managed by medication. Fatigue still a big issue

    • Lollyr

      363d

      oh yes!! That wonderful fatigue 🄱😓

  • Andi71

    379d

    About 20 yrs ago

  • Gidgetmom

    379d

    I was diagnosed by my Neurologist in 2015, 2017 by a rude Rhumatologist and 2018 by another Rhumatologist.

    • Gidgetmom

      368d

      I was 57 at the time of the first diagnosis.

  • LALindsey

    379d

    After suffering for 16 years I was dx at age 30 in 2000.

  • Natdacat

    378d

    When I was 31

  • bokani

    378d

    I was 32 when diagnosed

  • Mad.Hatter

    378d

    My neurologist (I have seizures) diagnosed me at 30 in 2020.

  • LSneiderwine

    378d

    I was finally diagnosed with fibromyalgia in 2005 when I was 45. My doctor kept telling me it was depression. I told him that I'm not tired and achy because I'm depressed - I'm depressed because I'm always tired and achy! That's when he decided to do more testing.

    • Natdacat

      378d

      yes you have to speak up!

    • Andi71

      376d

      right?!?! I was so angry when I was diagnosed with lymphedema last year. They said maybe if you lose weight it’ll go away. You probably developed lymphedema because you gained weight. I was like, no!!! I just told you! I was working 2 jobs AND I was going to the gym 4x a week. Suddenly I noticed swelling in my legs, tired, pain everywhere. My feet looked like balloons. I stopped going to the gym because I couldn’t fit into my shoes. I quit my part time job. The swelling came first.

      • LALindsey

        371d

        why can't they follow chronology? I think it's because they can't see time.

  • Lollyr

    376d

    About 20 years ago. I read a article in a magazine, took it to my doctor and said ā€œthis is what I haveā€ā€¦the rest is history because sure enough it was. She’s an amazing rheumatologist šŸ’œšŸ«¶šŸ¼

    • bokani

      375d

      that's pretty much my story too. Showed her a magazine article on fibromyalgia...

  • LadyPasta1

    375d

    Because of two male doctors ignoring what I told them and offering no help, I switched to a female Primary Care Physician. Since I was a working RN (24 years ago), I did a head-to-toe assessment on myself and wrote everything down. I took it to my new doctor, who reviewed it. She immediately said that it was classic FM. A year later, she saved my life when she diagnosed my Non-hodgkin's Lymphoma. Since then, except for my oncologist and later a rheumatologist, my doctors have all been women.

  • Mad.Hatter

    375d

    Mine was kind of an accident. I see a neurologist because I have seizures and I asked him if I could have MS. He did all the testing and imaging and said I don't, but that I have fibromyalgia.

  • dailydose

    374d

    At first by a rheumatologist at my university in 2018, but I had already suspected fibro from my own research into my symptoms then was diagnosed again by 3 more rheumatologists since then

  • poodlelover28

    374d

    2014 at 15 years old. Was also diagnosed with Takayasu's Arteritis and rheumatoid arthritis.

  • Invisible

    364d

    I was 28 when diagnosed, but I had been suffering since childhood.

  • CoffeeAndDogs

    364d

    I was diagnosed 10 years ago at age 21

    • bokani

      363d

      šŸ˜” so young...

  • MsDaisyMae

    363d

    I was 23 when I was diagnosed by a rheumatologist.

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