I am from Bonifay, Florida, 10 minutes from the Alabama state line.. welcome!!...
I also have Chiari Malformation and I agree, the symptoms are the same.. an MRI will show if you have the lesions on the brain.. My sister has MS so I know some about that also.. There is another...
My right foot arch slowly "cramped" up to become deformed to a high arch while my left foot arch stayed almost flat(normal for me) I had to go to foot dr and get custom made orthotics due to not...
I get the scalp pain too, usually accompainied by neck pain and or jaw pain.. I would like to try going gluten free but that eliminates a lot of foods, doesnt it?...
I am facing thumb joint fusion also.. how bad did it get before you decided to have the surgery done? My thumb joint is currently about double the good one and have a few places in the joint that if...
thank you for responding.. this is more like someone is stretching my muscles in my neck as tight as they will go . I cant even lay down without horrible pain from the pulling of the muscles from...
does anyone have muscle spasms in the neck? 2 times in the last 5 months I had horrible bouts of muscle spasms where it felt like my whole neck tensed up as much as it could, I could not lay down...
I had trigger finger in my right thumb. I dont know if that is related to arthiritis or not but I do have arthritis in the same thumb. I had a clicking in the joint of my thumb and it would stick and...
mine is on the left also.. and I have glasses but it does cause pain when I wear them too long.. THANK you for this everyone.. it helps to know that it is not me losing my mind.. you helped me out...
anyone else? thank you luvzminis for the advice.. I appreciate the supprt!!...
wow GSD girl, I am tired just reading about your day!!...
I guess you could say my hair hurts.. it feels like I had a super tight pony tail in my head for a long time.. very sore and tender and some stabbing pain off and on. Not all over, just in the left...
Is anyone having or had pain in the head that is more like you got hit with a hammer or something? like the part of the head is tender and sore feeling?...
Hey all, I am sorry if this is a repeat of something already posted, but I read the list of fibro symptoms and didnt see it I have been having a pain in my throat, feels like I had something caught...
I am sorry to hear you are in pain.. stress is one major thing that brings on the pain for me also, one time my mother really stressed me out and I hurt for a few days after that when before I was...
I have been cutting the elavil 25mg in half for a few days and it is great now.. it is just what I need.. I sleep well but not sleepy when I get up and get moving..I feel better mental wise too, I...
I just have a bad time with meds. My dr gave me amitryptilene 25mg and I cant stay awake. I cut one in half and will see how that goes. I also take mtx 4tabs a week and that does seem to help, but he...
thanks for the help.. do internists also treat arthritis? I will try calling a few and see if they will treat me...
I have read some things on here about 5htp and samE supplements. I have tried many meds and always have the bad side effects with them. I dont sleep well and I have almost constant leg pain. Anyone...
Is there anyway to find a listing of drs? I live in north florida/south alabama and need to find a dr that treats fibromyalgia and arthritis. I prefer to find a dr(if possible) that treats all things...
this is a lot of great information.. I did see a DO in the past and I am thinking about going to him to see if he will help me with the fibro.. I wish someone here lived by me so I could find a good...
thanks so much everyone!! I am going to find an Internal Medicine dr and see how that goes.. I think sometimes that the more meds and dr's I see, the worse I feel. Anyone know a way to check...
I have had fibromyalgia and psoriatic arthritis for a while now.. I was on methotrexate but got fed up with the laid back treatment approach by the rhuemy so stopped taking meds.. I am wondering if...
thanks for the great advice.. I did go ahead and make an appointment with an ortho just to get another opinion.. will probably ask about ankles and big toe joints too.. they are stiff, not really...
thanks for the input everyone! I have numbness and swelling in my rt thumb that is really painful. My rhuemy said that it is inflamation and will improve after using celebrex. I am worried about the...
thank you Linda and I look forward to learning and sharing with others.....
hey, I just found this topic.. I have fibro and PA I didnt tell rheumy that I had psoriasis,, didnt think it mattered for him and didnt know about the PA. He looked at my finger nails, saw the...
I was seeing a neurologist and he dx me with fibromyalgia, then referred me to rheumy......
hello again PR Glo to answer your questions.. I do take ibuprophen 800 for pain, I do have a high pain tolerance so this is all I need most days.. I only take it when I am really hurting. My parents...
pr glo.. I am sorry to hear how difficult it is for you. I am able to do things, I get tired afterwards.. some days I can rake outside and clean up the yard Or do housecleaning, not both the same day...
I have psoriatic arthritis, just found out a few months ago.. the lower joint on my rt thumb is hurting and deformed, now the upper joint on my thumb is hurting and the whole thumb feels numb, plus...
I hate that she feels that way also, but my sister has MS and she blames herself for that, she is realizing she didnt have anything to do with it. I do not like taking meds at all and I am bad at...
thanks you for replying.. I did get with the dr office and he is out of town, but the nurse called me back and told me to stop taking the mobic(which didnt help at all) and gave me the ok to take...
I have pa and fibromyalgia. I started getting this pain in my rt foot and ankle/bottom half of leg. It feels like my skin is just raw there but a cold burning pain, kind of the way it feels if you...