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GP is not helpful at all

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Lizzeedee
Lizzeedee

Hi I am new on here and need some advice. 10 years ago I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia. I moved to a different part of the UK and when I registered with a new gp he told me that as I worked full time there was no way I had fibromyalgia and to forget that diagnosis. I was so upset and felt ashamed soI never mentioned it again. Several years later I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis but know that I have fibromyalgia as well. I am really struggling but my new gp is also of the opinion it's all in my head. How on earth do I get an official diagnosis. I live in West Yorkshire. I need to get something official as I am struggling at work and am at my wits end. Every day I get up at 5 am just so I can try to get moving and get to work for 8 o'clock. My mental health is suffering but no one seems to want to help me especially not my gp. Where do I turn to?

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  • LoobyM
    LoobyM Lizzeedee

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    hi Lizzeedee, how are you doing? I just saw your post and realised no one has replied. I don't have any advice but I just wanted to say hi. I was diagnosed with Fibro in June this year, paid privately to see a rheumatologist who was clearly beyond bored talking to me. He asked me what my GP thought it might be and I mentioned that Fibro had come up a couple of times in my consultations, with that he wrote up some notes, printed a leaflet off on Fibro and prescribed me with 10mg of Amtriptyline. That cost me £200, I was thrust out if his clinic and have never been seen since. Its such a lonely condition because nobody understands, you've nothing physical to show anyone, people think you're just a stress head and a hypochondriac and before you know it you feel very isolated from normality and your loved ones. I myself get bored of talking about it to my husband but with so many symptoms on a daily basis its hard to ignore. So that's all from me, I hope you've made some head way with a diagnosis since you posted although I have to say, even after being diagnosed, nothing changes 😏

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