Guest guest Posted May 16, 2006 Report Share Posted May 16, 2006 Hi all. I posted a couple of weeks ago. Telling you all about my symptons and the fact I was seeing a rheumy about a year ago and nothing showed up in my bloodwork but he thought it was ra. I didn't want to go down the prescription route and couldn't understand why nothing was showing up in the bloodwork when I knew I was in pain. So I stopped going for about a year and just lived (mind you not very well) with the pain. Well I went back today - 11 blood tests all came back fine. He is pretty sure I have fibromyalgia and osteoarthritis in my knees. He felt points all over my body and asked if I had pain and some I did some not. He asked me about my sleeping (lack of) feeling exhausted all the time and my achiness and joint pain or muscle pain all over. He's started me on celebrex and a low dosage anti depressant to take before bed to help with the sleeping. I was suprised at first and told him I " m not depressed. He stated its shown to help with fibromyalgia patients. So I'm actually looking forward to trying these out to see what type of relief I get. I go back in 6 weeks. I started off by being upset at first when he said the bloodwork was fine. Last year he thought it was the start of RA but he's now thinking differently. Do any of you have fibromyalgia and any suggestions with coping? Sorry so long.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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