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Posted 3/17/2012 12:46 AM (GMT 0)
I know we don't like to be asked our age, nono but I just would like to know if age has anything to do with severity of symptoms. I only ask because I am 38 and I have laughed and said I am to old for this, but when I hear about people that can't walk and have severe problems I wonder if my age helps my symptoms. You don't have to answer...I was just curious. wink

Karen

Posted 3/17/2012 12:50 AM (GMT 0)
I am soon to be 53. I don't know if age comes into play or not. I know some days I feel like I am my mother's age (80)
Posted 3/17/2012 1:05 AM (GMT 0)
I'll be 60 in May....and I try to stay as active as I can or I really hurt.

 Sometimes, I don't pace myself the way I should and end up flaring.

When you have fibro, sometimes you have to pay a price and decide if what you want to do is worth a flare...I still like to have lots of fun so sometimes I do throw caution to the wind.

Hugs, Robin

Posted 3/17/2012 1:12 AM (GMT 0)
I am 58 going to be 59 in August...
I have had fibro for as long as I could remember
but in the last four years since my husband suddenly died
I have been much worse.. I am not like I used to be
and I don't like it at all..... I would probably be able to cope better

if I wasn't stuck with the chronic vertigo.. never knowing when it will happen terrifies me and made me a prisioner in my home ...

Posted 3/17/2012 1:19 AM (GMT 0)
I am 33 and my symptoms started when I was 26. At 26 I went from having lupus related joint pain to not being able to walk and barely able to breathe from fibro in a matter of hours. I have never been the same since. At least now, with meds, I can walk most of the time without assistance and breathing is much easier. Hope this helps.
Posted 3/17/2012 1:41 AM (GMT 0)
I am 29 and symptoms started showing pretty bad about two years ago. This last year has been the worst I can barely walk without my gabapentine. I know when I miss a dose. I just started Lyrica and am doing a bit better on that as well,but I still feel like my symptoms are controlling my life in a way I don't want. I'm hoping I can handle higher doses of lyrica and can get my life back on track with its help.
Posted 3/17/2012 2:02 AM (GMT 0)
I am 48 years old. I have had fibro for many years. I am happy to say that I feel so much better since stop work. I use to work so hard as a nurse pulling on patients. This forum made a huge difference in my life.
Posted 3/17/2012 2:17 AM (GMT 0)
Thanks for the replies so far. I guess age doesn't matter.
Lupusmomma, I remember last year my fibro was at it's worst and I can remember sitting at work and breathing just hurt, it felt kinda tight in my chest too...I had to leave early that day.

I can say, maybe since I stay home now and my stress level is low that's why my fibro is behaving. I have been building up my activities for over a year, and it's taken me this long to get to where I am now in my activity and chores. I am so thankful that my severe pain flares are taking a vacation right now. I know there still there and are waiting for something to jump start them again.
Posted 3/17/2012 2:23 AM (GMT 0)
ak angel,

I was a nurse (well still have my license) too. With fibro, 3 ruptured disks and arthritis I couldn't do it anymore. Gave it up for a sitting job and still couldn't do that. I still have student loans...and can't even work. I remember I would miss orders, forget to check orders, forgot patients requests, and just couldn't keep up anymore. My pt's would ask me questions about there meds, tests, and I couldn't find the words to explain it to them. Everyone said I was stressed, well I think it was my start of fibro.
Posted 3/17/2012 2:36 AM (GMT 0)
Karen,

Don't mind being asked at all, except I have to think for a second! ;) I'm 57. Yeah, that's right. I'm sure. Some things are definitely worse (ok, let's be honest, most things are worse!) - not necessarily fibro itself, though. The problem is figuring out what's caused by what, you know?

I do remember saying often that I felt better in my 40s than my 30s. Maybe that was due to less in the way of physical demands - my kids were more self-sufficient, I had learned to cut myself some slack, had lower expectations, etc.

Debbie
Posted 3/17/2012 2:50 AM (GMT 0)
Acheybody,
I guess I am kinda thankful since my fibro started (3 yrs ago) that my kids were older, 16 and 18. So they were able to care for themselves and me! (sometimes lol)But I think having a supportive family really helped, even my md said "If you didn't have a good supporst system your fibro would be worse" and I believe him.
Posted 3/20/2012 1:53 PM (GMT 0)
I am 37 and my symptoms started when I was 25.

T
Posted 3/20/2012 1:58 PM (GMT 0)
I was a nurse too. I am 47. I was diagnosed with fms in 1983 after bout with mono. I got better, til I injured my back and left shoulder lifting a patient. then the fms came flooding back.
Posted 3/20/2012 3:13 PM (GMT 0)
I am 38 and my symptoms started when I was 34.
Posted 3/20/2012 7:23 PM (GMT 0)
i am 47 and just last year i was on the police force on an elite team. we worked out and ran every day and now i have been fired from the force and can hardly walk to the end of the driveway to check the mail. somedays i cant get out of bed. this diasease does not have an age stipulation it just likes to attack you when ever it feels like it.
good luck and God bless
Posted 3/20/2012 7:47 PM (GMT 0)
I'm 66 and was dx'd at 40...back when they called it fibrotitis or something like that.  As a matter of fact when I mentioned fibromyalgia to the rheumy she rolled her eyes and was hesitant to write that on my chart...I guess fibrotitis made her feel more comfortable.  Not much was known about it then and it was truly considered a 'waste basket' diagnosis..we were all nuts and should go to a psychiatrist.  Hmmm.

That my story...

Donna

Posted 3/20/2012 9:01 PM (GMT 0)
43. Diagnosed at 36. Sister diagnosed in her early thirties, brother in his mid-thirties.
Posted 3/21/2012 2:15 AM (GMT 0)
prisonerofGod,

I am so sorry to hear that you were fired from your job. Wow, to run and physically work out for a job like that, then get fibro and not be able to walk to your mailbox...it's just sad. These people that don't have it have NO IDEA of what it feels like. My son is in college now, he's 20. He wants to eventually be a state police. It scares me to death. I will be praying for you, God has you in his hands. I'm telling you he has helped me through many a days.

Vestabula,

That's why I hate saying the f word...fibromyalgia...I need to just start saying that I have a chronic pain problem. When you mention that word to anyone, they really don't believe and anyway they have absolutely no idea of what your going through. Even MDs.

Thanks for everyone's feedback.
Posted 3/21/2012 12:42 PM (GMT 0)
I'll be 65 next month and developed fibro right before my 40th birthday.  Like Donna, it was called fibrositis back then and they knew even less about it then they do now!

 

I do think as we age we get more aches and pains, with or without fibro, but it's very easy for us to just blame fibro.  I'm going through that now.  I've had a lot of problems with severe pain in my butt and my legs and am now finding out it's not fibro...it's a form of arthritis.  That can come with age, too.  I just don't think about it and take one day at a time.  I always manage to have good periods in each and every day. 

 

Sherrine

Posted 3/21/2012 12:50 PM (GMT 0)
I am 42, diagnosed last year but I've had it since '95 after a car accident. It seems that as I get older, the more aches and pains I feel tho. I am not sure if it's age related or fibro related at this point.
Posted 3/21/2012 1:04 PM (GMT 0)
43 not sure when it started maybe slightly five years ago subtle things like back aches,numb toe and tiredness,Got really bad in 2010 after respiratory failure.
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