On right track?

[Guest guest]

I am 45 yr old male.

For the last 18 months I have been getting much pain and aches and

fatigue. So far no one has found anything wrong ACCEPT that as I kept

presenting with severe arm and chest pain, they thought heart attack.

tests proved it wasn't but that i do have angina(silent-ie no pain) so

i guess that is a good thing as it is being trweated and I have lsot

70lbs since.

Howevrr, I am still in pain. I have so far had x rays which show

nothing wrong with my spine. Waiting for MRI.

I get the strangest pain across my shoulders, down arms, and across

chest. hard to describe-almost like burning tho sometimes like

electricity or lightening. I also get very stiff all over. I can't

keep still. When driving for any lenght, I have trouble getting out

the car. i ahve a lot of lower back probs too. The apin has been worse

today-wet and cool weather. worse in winter it seems. I am also tired

all the time. Not quite true. i often feel fine and then suddenly feel

like I can't move a step cos I feel so weary. I wake up tired and

sore. i often wake with pain. Often in my stomach. I pee a lot and my

stomach gets upset fairty easily tho much of that has been sorted by

change in what i eat.

I was given pain killers, Ibuprofen first ahten soemthing else and now

Codiene Phosphate. I don't take them tho. No pain killers have touched

the pain.

Soemtimes i feel okay but mostly not. I ache more or less constnatly.

The severe pain comes and goes and sometimes I can go a week with none

tho still ache and feel fatigue. I sleep okay but most days also sleep

a cpouple of hours in the afternoon. I find my fatigue comes on

suddenly arounf late morning or early afternoon.

I walk twice a day for 45 kins aith my dogs. I keep active. I haven't

let this stop me living.

I happene dto meet someone Tuesday and whilst we were talking I had an

attack of the bad pain. She asked what was wrong and I said 'I don't

know I get this pain but don't know why'. Anyway she told me about

Fibromyalgia. So I am wondering if my symptoms fit and whether I shoul

tell my dr about this possibilty? I have been tested for everything

else(except MRI) and have no ohter conditons that could account for my

ill health. I might add that all the other symptoms were around for

quite some time for the severe burning/electric pain started and all

have got worse since that pain started.

I don't expect a dignosis from this list. Just thougths as to whether

I seem to be barking up the right tree to look at FM being the cause?

Tahnk you.

[Guest guest]

While my internist and nurse practitioner in Virginia suspected FMS,

I had to go see a Rheumatologist at the U. of Va. Hospital for a

diagnosis of Fibromyalgia. Over the years, I've had a lot of strange

pain. But what was consistant was what I told them. My pain was upper

body. I had a lot of pain when I did something with my hands. A few

times I had severe chest pain as well. I even went to the ER, but

nothing cardiac was discovered. One internist in Ohio said my rib

cage cartilage was inflammed. My chiropractor at the time said I had

trigger points, and he had to massage them. That sure hurt! I've

experienced changes in the muscles in my rib cage, and because of

FMS, I have restrictive airway disease.

Mostly when a Rheumatologist does a multitude of testing, it is to

rule out other conditions that mimic FMS. I had the trigger points,

non-restorative sleep, feeling every day when I awoke that I was 300

years old, or dead, horrible fatigue, and pain, stiffness.

My brother has FMS too.

Driving kills me. Going to Wal-Mart kills me. I can stand maybe going

to Wallyworld twice a month.

The pain you describe is typical of FMS.

I can't take narcotic pain meds due to allergy. I take homeopathic

remedies, such as Arnica Montana 30c. When my pain becomes

intolerable, or has " spread, " I see a physical therapist who

specializes in myofascial trigger point massage. I'm not able to do

much walking. For fitness, I take therapeutic horseback riding, and I

study Dressage.

I hope you can find some relief. Welcome to the group.

Dillion

> I am 45 yr old male.

>

> For the last 18 months I have been getting much pain and aches and

> fatigue. So far no one has found anything wrong ACCEPT that as I

kept

> presenting with severe arm and chest pain, they thought heart

attack.

> tests proved it wasn't but that i do have angina(silent-ie no pain)

so

> i guess that is a good thing as it is being trweated and I have lsot

> 70lbs since.

[Guest guest]

This link may help.

http://www.immunesupport.com/fibromyalgia-understanding.htm

> I am 45 yr old male.

[Guest guest]

Hi and welcome to the group.

It sure sounds like you fit right in here with us. Most of us (if not

all of us) have lived with years of unexplained pain, visits to drs,

and being told that there wasn't anything wrong with us. It is so

frustrating... to know you hurt and not to have a reason. You'll find

that a lot of us were somewhat relieved to find out that we had

fibro - because at least we finally had a reason for having so much

pain.

For patients with fibro, most test results come back normal - which

can lead to you being told it is all in your head. Actually the only

test for fibro is the examination for the tender points that are

found. Mention it to your doctor and see what they say. Some doctors

will refer you to a specialist and others will treat it themselves -

and some doctors don't believe in fibromyalgia, so you end up looking

for one that does.

Check out the files and links sections of the group as they will

provide you with a lot of information about fibro.

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> I am 45 yr old male.

>

> For the last 18 months I have been getting much pain and aches and

> fatigue. So far no one has found anything wrong ACCEPT that as I

kept

> presenting with severe arm and chest pain, they thought heart

attack.

> tests proved it wasn't but that i do have angina(silent-ie no pain)

so

> i guess that is a good thing as it is being trweated and I have lsot

> 70lbs since.

> Howevrr, I am still in pain. I have so far had x rays which show

> nothing wrong with my spine. Waiting for MRI.

>