New pain issue - Fibro also?

[Guest guest]

When I first started seeing the Rheumatologist it was for the diagnosis of

fibromyalgia following a failed back surgery and numerous other therapies to try

to help.  I am now taking Vicodin, Neurontin and Celexa daily and wear a

Fentanyl patch which I change every three days. 

Lately I've noticed that on the third day of the patch, when it starts wearing

off, I have a newer more intense pain than the ones that I originally had when

diagnosed with Fibromyalgia.  My legs ache from the spot above my knees, through

my knees, down my shin bones into my ankles and tops of feet.  They ache

terribly bad and will not stop even with the Vicodin. The Neurontin helps some

but the patch is all that stops it.  I wonder if I didn't have the patch just

how bad it would really be.  I've mentioned it to the doctor but he just excuses

it as fibro pain.  Does anyone else experience this type of pain and do you have

a diagnosis for it other than fibromyalgia?  I'm wondering if it's some type of

neuropathy and why it would have just recently started.  He excuses the pain as

weight related and says that the knee and ankle pain would be better if I lose

weight.  I hope that's true.  However, I only really need to lose about 40

pounds so I

don't know if it would make that much difference.  Also, it's not just in the

knees and ankles.  It starts above the knees and runs the entire length of the

muscles and tendons all the way down to the tops of my feet.  Even the sides of

my ankles ache.

Does anyone else experience this pain and is it just fibro pain?

Robyn