Hello, introduction and a question

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Hello,

My name is . I don't remember if I introduced myself, so here I

go (maybe again)

I'm a 38 year old guy who lives in Tennessee. I haven't been

" officially " diagnosed with fibromyalgia yet, but have a lot of the

symptoms. I first started experiencing symptoms that made me wake up

and want to see a doctor in 2003. He took blood work, etc. and sent me

to a rheumatologist who basically told me that he couldn't find

anything wrong and that my aches, etc. are what happens when we get

older. I was 35 at the time.

I got frustrated and decided to live with the pain, etc., until

recently. I seem to have gotten progressively worse...memory issues,

numbness and REALLY bad pain days.

Now, I see the wisdom of going back to the doc and have made an

appointment with my PCP (the one from 2003).

My question is, do I tell him that I think I may have fibro or just

give him the list of symptoms and let him work from there. Part of me

wants to tell him of my conclusions, but since there is no definative

physical evidence, I run the risk of being thought of as a hypochondriac.

Thanks for listening!

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