New to fibromyalgia, perhaps

I'm 26 and have been facing symptoms which caused me lots of visit to many doctors. my mother has arthritis so this was major concern. the test came out negative and though I asked my doctor whether I could be seronegative, his diagnosis says it 'might' be fibromyalgia. lazy doctor? though I haven't been through any fibromyalgia related tests, I have symptoms like pain and numbness in arms and legs. what bothers me the most that a strange numbness and burning sensation never leaves my knees. especially while laying down. does this happen in fibromyalgia?

Also meant to ask if there are any foods you guys have experienced to worsen the symptoms. I'm a creature that lives off dairy and eggs.

What really sucks that due to the constant discomfort and pain has made me really irritable and moody. but of course people don't understand. how the hell do we deal with career and everything else with chronic illness? I'm kind of on the verge of break down. o need break and the world doesn't agree.

Hi, Voice, and welcome to the fibro forum. As Ljm stated, there is no test for fibromyalgia. There are other illnesses with many of the same symptoms as fibro and those do have tests. So you need to get those other illnesses ruled out before a diagnosis of fibro is given. If a doctor wants to pin the tag of fibro on you without ruling out other illnesses...run! Fifty percent of th doctors graduated in the lower half of their class.

We have pain and can have numbness, too. As far as food is concerned, most don't see a correlation between food and fibro...unless you are sensitive to certain things like gluten. I eat eggs and cheese every day for breakfast and notice no difference. In the upper right hand corner of the forum you will see a Google custom search. Type in Diet and Food Discussions and our threads on this will pop up. I had to keep the food discussions there because the forum was beginning to be a food forum.

Be sure to read Fibro 101...the first thread on the forum. There are links to good info about fibro and you will learn a lot there. Good starting links would be Dymptoms, What Else Could It Be, and A Thorough Explanation of Fibromyalgia. All of f Fibro 101 is good so do read it.

I'm looking forward to getting to know you better. Don't hesitate to ask questions because we are here to help you. Hope to hear more from you soon.

Sherrine

Thank you guys. One of the things that concern me is that sometimes I have stinging pain in fingers, mild pain in wrists, feet, elbows and knees. Can these things happen in fibro?

Thank you moderator. I just keep panicking when my symptoms resemble my mothers', who has arthritis.

I was tested for inflammation when I had tuberculosis and had high ESR level, it was two years ago and I didn't get checked after that. I didn't use to have any joint pains then and the dr. said the inflammation was from the medicines.