Im new here, thought I'd introduce myself!

I was dx with Fibro in Oct. but like many others I know I have had it for quite sometime before that. It really got bad when my youngest son was born. He will be 2 Wednesday of this week. I can remember telling my ob at my 6 week check up that I just hurt so bad all over. She did the typical bloodwork and it was all fine. Said it was just soreness from delivering a baby and sent me on my way. But I never got better. Finally Oct 2009 I started having some odd symptoms and when trying to "self-diagnose" I came across fibromyalgia. I made an appt with my primary physician and explained everything about how I felt. He immediately said, well, I'll have to do some tests to rule other things out, but I think you have fibro. Ah, what a relief. I was so glad to not have to jump through some of the hoops that many of you have.

Since then, I have only taken topamax and fioricet for my "migranes" and when that still wasnt helping I decided to take myself to a rheumatologist. He now suspects I might have RA also. So Im now taking a RA medicine along with a muscle relaxer at betime that has really improved my severe neck pain. I am hoping to talk to him about going  off the topamax next time I see him since I dont think its really doing anything for me.

A small personal intro...Im 29 (30 in April) married for almost 12 years to my high school sweetheart <3  We have 4 beautiful children Katelyn is 10, Maggie is 7, Jackson is 5 and Preston will be 2 this week.  We reside in Missouri and I  am fortunate that I get to stay at home and raise my children.

I look forward to getting to know you all and hopefully we can all help eachother out and lift each other up.

I am just at the end of a horrible flare, and finally feeling a bit human again. I think I actually smiled yesterday.

You sure were fortunate to have a doctor that suspected fibro right off the bat!  That rarely happens but, the fact that they wanted to rule out other illnesses first, tells me that they know what they are doing in regards to this illness.  You'd be surprised at the doctors that don't do that!

Have you checked out Fibro 101...the second thread on the forum?  If not, take a look.  There are links to good information about fibromyalgia and you will learn a lot.

It sounds like you are doing well with this illness.  Keep that good attitude and keep moving.  Of course, having four children WILL keep you moving!  Don't hesitate to ask questions because we are here to help you.  I hope to hear more from you soon.

Sherrine