Hi, new here

6yrs ago i got very sick, couldn't walk, hold a spoon, sit up or roll over in bed without my husband pushing me etc.  EXTREMELY bad.

I went to a doc who said i had a rhuematoid factor and gave me prednisone which helped enough to get to the bathroom and back.

6yrs later and a million doctors later, i walked into an office and the doctor took one look at me and said that it wasn't RA, it was fibro.

I have been on 3 different antidepressent drugs including lyrica and have to say wow, just WOW!

I am still an 8 on the pain scale instead of what i called a 15 (beyond pain).

I can walk without a walker, but need to lean on a grocery cart the whole time i shop.  I can hit the mall, but have to take breaks again and again within an hour, but i can still go to the mall which is another wow for me.

I have made dinner 3 nights this week on my own (a wow for me) and i am only on a low dose lyrica and hope i will get better.

Sure, i hurt a TON still, but i can move, and i don't ache anymore when i'm not moving.

6yrs of heck, but thank god i finally am being helped the right way.

Thanks for listening and hope to get involved in chats soon.

I would also like to welcome you to the fibromyalgia forum.  I see that you have already been directed to fibro101.  There is a wealth of information on that thread.  I hope that you read it.

As was mentioned above, generally they do a tenderpoint test to tell if you have fibromyalgia.  But maybe your doc was convinced without doing it. 

I can handle the pain, but not the fatigue.  Do you have fatigue too?  It is the pitts.  So exhausted and weak.  I take adderall for that and norco for pain.   I am now working after seven years of not being able to.  So I am really proud of myself.   It is only part time, but I don't nkow if I could hanle full time.  Probably not.  And I might have to quit during the winter, as it is really cold here.  But my boss said that she would give me a leave of absence and that helps me to feel better about things, I can go back in the spring.  One day at a time though.  And that is what I suggest for you.  That is one thing that I learned from fibromyalgia, as I could only take life one day at a time.  It really helps to take the anxiety away. 

I hope that you feel better soon and I hope that you co keep posting. 

Also as mentioned above, gentle stretching, keep moving.  You can do this, we will help to motivate you.

Hugs, Karen