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Well I was doing pretty good until the wreck Sunday and now I am just plain hurting all over and can not sleep. It will go away again I am sure. Thanks for thinking of me. Love peppergloria scott wrote:

THANK YOU SO MUCH PEPPER FOR THE INFORMATION. IT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED. I'M REALLY SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR LOSS AND I HOPE THE MEDS THAT THE DOCTOR GAVE YOU CAN HELP YOU THROUGH THIS ROUGH TIME.

((HUGS))Pepper wrote:

I was diagnosed with lupus first. The symptoms were that I was tired a lot, TERRIBLY depressed over NOTHING, my ANA count was extremely high, and a rash came on my cheeks and across the nose.

They diagnosed me because of the ANA count. I am not real sure what that is, but, from what I understood, we all have a certain amount of antibodies cells in our bodies and I think the normal count is like 400-610 and 610 being on the high side. My count was around about 2400. They tried several meds until they got the count down to 800 and it stays at about 600-700 now. I ached a lot and it was like a muscle cramp or a cramp like you get when you sit in one spot to long, except I felt like that all over my body. I went from not being able to sleep at all and going as long as 48 hours without sleep to the extreme of sleeping 2-4 days all day long. Then later I started to just hurt all over and it was a different hurt than I had felt before. It hurt worse when anyone would touch me, even my grandchildren. I went back to the doctor and that is when she said that I had Fibromyalgia as well as lup[us and of course

with the lupus you will definetly have RA.

Lupus is hard to detect and from what the doctor said, I had it for awhile before they detected it and the high ANA count was what got it discovered. Anyone who has lupus has different symptoms, and it effects everyone differently. Some it only effects the soft tissues and muscles and others it attacks the organs. I have the type that effects the organs. Also Lupus is misdianosed a lot because the smyptoms are so similar with other common everyday ailments such as a common cold, maybe bronical infections, virus, and even heartburn to heart attacks symptoms. I felt like I had a cold a lot, BUT, I did not have a runny nose, cough, or fever, or even sneezing, BUT, when I go to the doctor and describe how I felt I was dianosed with a cold, or I had plurisey (sp) or a bronical infection.

First of all if the doctor is not taking her seriously then she ought to find another doctor, but, tell her to ask them to take her blood count and look at her ANA count. If it is high then more than likely she does have lupus. The two diseases are very very similar with the exception of the rash and the high ANA count. Also with lupus I don't think you hurt with the touch like you do with Fibromyalgia. You hurt and cramp with lupus but with Fibromyalgia you hurt to the touch. They are both HORRIBLE illnesses.

Lexapro did not make me hungry, it was the effexor that made me hungry. Lexapro made me feel shakey and weired. I did not like the way it made me feel the next day at all. I am now on Paxil CR. Trying it out.

Good luck with your mom. I hope she finds out for sure if she has it or not. Love peppergloria scott wrote:

HI PEPPER! I TAKE LEXAPRO AND I DON'T REALLY CARE FOR IT MYSELF. IT DOESN'T MAKE YOU HUNGRY BUT IT HAS OTHER SIDE EFFECTS THAT I DON'T CARE FOR. I HAVEN'T REALLY FOUND ANYTHING THAT REALLY WORKS.

I HAVE A QUESTION THOUGH. WHAT WERE YOU DIAGNOSED WITH FIRST THE FIBROMYALGIA OR THE LUPUS? MY MOM HAS FIBROMYALGIA BUT SHE THINKS SHE HAS LUPUS AND SHE CAN'T GET A DR. TO HELP HER FIND OUT WHAT IS WRONG WITH HER. CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE SYMPTOMS AND HOW TO TELL THE DIFFERNCE BETWEEN THE 2? I WOULD APPRECIATE ITPepper wrote:

I have to take antidepressants and I was on one called effexor and it also made me hunrgy. I don't know which was worse the saddness I felt or the hunger. I was then put on lexapor (sp.?) and it makes me feel wierd so Monday I am going to the doctor and see what else they can give me. I hate taking antidepressants but the lupus and the fibromyalgia makes me so depressed and then with the loss of my brother I have tot ake them to even deal with life these days. Is any of you out on antidepressants that you might could recommend? Zoloft is not covered by my insurance. Thanks Peppermwdw@... wrote:

On one hand a DR is telling you to loose weight and then giving you a prescription that will make you gain makes sense huh!!

that has been my gripe with insulin. It seems to always make me hungry till I have been on it a long time. Some meds I am on weight gain is a side affect. I'm sure one of these days they will make some diabetic medicine that will NOT put weight on you, course I'll be dead by then.

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