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Posted 1/7/2012 7:52 PM (GMT 0)
I was feeling great and it was the middle of summer. Over a period of a couple weeks all my joints started to pop when ever I moved. Didn't really hurt, a few would get a little achey/tired kind of feeling at the end of long days. I figured with all the popping they did all day it was to be expected.

Then one morning I woke up so stiff and sore I couldn't get up. My joints and muscles hurt to move and just got worse. I was tired and couldn't stay awake, all I did was sleep. After 2 days of nonstop sleep I couldn't sleep because of pain. Had trouble remembering things and saying the wrong word or couldn't remember the words. I had really bad muscle fatigue. Going up a few steps felt like I hiked a mountain, id have to rest my arms when I washed or brushed my hair, (which started falling out after a while). Anything cold hurt, washing hands in cool water, mixing up meatloaf, getting something from the freezer, or holding a cold drink in my hands. Being outside made me fell sick. Never did figure out if it was the sun, heat, or both that made me feel so sick.

I was surprised how bad I got overnight. I went from feeling great (just the annoying joint popping) to feeling like I was hit by a truck then thrown over a cliff.

I've tried and can't think of anything that would of triggered it. Wasn't sick, stressed, or injured.
Wasn't taking any meds and nothing around me changed so I wasn't exposed to anything that I know of.
Posted 1/7/2012 11:05 PM (GMT 0)
Have you had testing for other auto-immune diseases yet?

My FMS slowly snuck into my life but worsened suddenly.
Posted 1/8/2012 12:42 AM (GMT 0)
I started having problems with my neck and back last year but the full body pain hit me pretty much overnight.
Posted 1/8/2012 6:56 AM (GMT 0)
Mine evolved over time. At first it was only in my hands. Then my shoulders. Then feet, knees, hips slowly joined the party. It just spread over about six months.
Posted 1/8/2012 7:26 AM (GMT 0)
Mine increased over time, but then there was a rapid increase in pain symptoms
Posted 1/8/2012 8:19 AM (GMT 0)
Luv2ride-yes I've been tested for other things. I know on my first visit he was thinking lupus because of my medical history and an odd test result. After running a few other tests and redoing some he pretty much ruled the lupus out and after 4 months said it was fibro. More symptoms started appearing over those months too. The more I research, the more symptoms I see that I have. Some of them I would never think they would be linked to the pain and fatigue. Does explain some of the questions I was asked. I also have many of the tender points.

I started feeling a better for a while then the symptoms started to come back but over time this time. I knew it was starting again and kept waiting to wake up is pain like I did the first time. I'm sure that waiting for it to hit, doesn't really help any.
Posted 1/8/2012 8:32 AM (GMT 0)
I got bipolar symptoms at about thirteen. Treatment at about twenty-seven, Rheumatoid Arthritis at twenty-nine. Fibromialgia symptoms at about thirty, and diagnosed at thirty-two. The whole thing feeler like it was overnight, and so many of the symptoms overlap that its really hard to see where one ends and the next begins. Many times a flair in one condition may trigger a flair in another, or the treatment of one will trigger a flair in another.
Posted 1/8/2012 12:29 PM (GMT 0)
Hi, I'mNotCrazy!  I can't remember if I welcomed you or not but if not...Welcome!  I developed fibro in a 45 minute period while watching television....nearly 25 years ago.  My toes started hurting, then my ankles, then knees, etc.  When it hit my elbows it was like I had banged the "funny bone" and I had that horrible electrical-type pain shooting down my arms into my hands and this lasted for two weeks!  It was unbelievable.  I thought I had developed rheumatoid arthritis because both side of my body were involved but it turned out to be fibro. 

 

Everyone has a different story about how they came down with fibro.  Some was from accidents, bad health problems, stress, etc.  This is one reason why this is a difficult illness to diagnose.  Everyone is so different!

 

Be sure to read Fibro 101...the second thread on the forum.  There are good links about fibro and you will learn a lot there.  Good starting links are called Symptoms, What Else Could It Be, and A Thorough Explanation of Fibromyalgia.  You might see yourself there.

 

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

Posted 1/8/2012 12:29 PM (GMT 0)
Mine started with a flu or something that I caught at the doctor's office. And I never got better. It was very sudden, but I was under a lot of stress at that time. I really think stress makes it much worse.

It took me months to get a dx, but that is better than years. I immediately got ahold of the arthritis foundation and got information on fibromyalgia because I had never heard of it before. That helped a lot. Not that I wanted to know, but that I did know how to treat it.

I hope that all of you feel better today. Fibromyalgia is no walk in the park, but it can't kill us.

Hugs, Karen
Posted 1/11/2012 10:34 PM (GMT 0)
Mine started almost the same way as Namian said. First it was my hands, then my neck, shoulders, knees, ankles, back, etc. I would say I had hand pain for about 6 months to a year that got progressively worse, starting in the thumbs then to all fingers and wrists. It snowballed from there. I was originally diagnosed with osteoarthritis in my hands but then everything hurt and I got other symptoms as well. Now the diagnosis is FM.
Posted 1/12/2012 12:09 AM (GMT 0)
Mine started slowly, the fatigue, the tmj and restless legs, then some muscle pain. 2 years later, after katrina took everything we had, it exploded intoa massive long term flare. i have noticed many of the "nuidsance" stuff falling by the wayside, but fog pain and fatigue a re still daily battles.

maggie
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