FM and CFS

rache1020

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Posted 4/10/2009 3:56 PM (GMT 0)

Just out of curiousity, i was wondering... can someone have both FM and CFS? I thought it was that you just have one or the other, but a friend of mine (the only other person that I know personally with FM) says her doctor diagnosed her with both. How is that possible?

Sherrine

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Posted 4/10/2009 5:43 PM (GMT 0)

Rache, yes, you can have both. Actually, some doctors think they are one and the same illness.

Sherrine

67 stang

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Posted 4/10/2009 6:01 PM (GMT 0)

I was diagnosed with both in Dec of 08. I was totally suprised. I had convinced myself that it was rh. arthr. I just turned 42 this month and I teach 1st grade.

pattipanda

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Posted 4/10/2009 6:12 PM (GMT 0)

Hey Rache,
In 1999 I was dx'd with CFS then in 09 I was dx'd with FMS.. Dr thinks it was FMS the whole time.. I don't know. I just know I've felt this way for-e-v-e-r-r-r-.
So, either, I have one or the other or both, it was brought on by my Lyme Disease. My Lyme episodes started in 1995. Either way I think they are treated pretty much the same way.

Hi Stang!! Yikes a room full of 1st graders and FMS... you're like my hero!!! :)

Hugs & Happiness!!

CT9A

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Posted 4/11/2009 1:18 AM (GMT 0)

I have been diagnosed with both. My docs seem to think that both fit since so many of my symptoms are common for both. I also have symptoms that are strictly FM and others that are CFS.

donnaeil

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Posted 4/11/2009 6:08 AM (GMT 0)

I was diagnosed with both. I can often tell the which one is flaring according to how I feel. It is definitely possible. Both illnesses cause pain and exhaustion, just different types and locations.

Donnaeil

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