Newly diagnosed with Fibromyalgia

Hi, I was diagnosed early last year with fibro went to docs and pain clinic at hospital. Been told I have also anxiety disorder called GAD and I have recently been told i have depression. I am 32I have worked  since 16 in retail and i loved it but over the past 10 years i have been riddled with pain,low mood swings and upset and sleep dreadful. I was put on tramodol,amitriptyline and naproxen which i was on for over a year but tamodol was making me sick and dizzy so i changed to co codomal they dont seem to touch me some days with the pain. I have pain allover mainly my back,knees and hands. My hands swell up badly when i use them and now my knees have started doing the same.I cant even do simple things like wash my hair sometimes as pain really bad.My knees look like balloons at the minute. I find that somedays i dont know what to do. I find a hot bath eases it sometimes i have to have a hot water bottle everyday on my back and i use deep heat spray but now im desperate to help relieve this pain. I was told by hospital to exercise but sometimes i cant even walk properly.

Hello i am new to this site to. I am 50 this month. Can someone tell me more about fibro.  I was diagnosed with fibro  1 weeks ago.  I havent a clue about fibro. My doctor just gave me gebapantin. Dont like them. I dont understand fibro. I feel ok today but didnt get much sleep, My legs were bad due to pain and restless legs. Some days I am really in pain and can hardly walk due to stiffness all over and especially in my hips, stiffness all over and as you say albo90 (almost as if they part-dislocate) especially my lower limbs below the knee. my feet are so sore. What I dont understand is that when i read about fibromyalgia some people have symptoms I dont have, and sounds so bad for them and I wonder if I have been misdiagnosed even though I am always in pain somewhere due to stiffness and shooting pains in legs especially of a night. Do fibro sufferers have flare ups. i.e does it come and go. as I said I feel quite ok today obviously still pain but not anywhere near the pain I was in a few days ago? I havent been referred to a rheumologist or physio? What can my doctor do for me? My family and friends dont understand the pain i am in. They think "oh its just a bit of arthritis" so annoying! Thats what people actually think that when you tell them you have fibromyalgia they do actually think arthritis!  God if only a bit of arthritis!  Any suggestions for medication thats currently working for someone would be of great help. Thanks.

I am new to this website so my reply is late. I am 58 and was diagnosed at 40 after suffering for years without knowing what it was. I have refused to take drugs and prefer holistic treatment while I am able to. I totally understand that pain levels, frequency, duration and tolerance varies greatly from one person to the next. I too have bad spells usually in extreme weather, hot or cold. Deep cold is bad, this past winter I had a very long bad period. Using a heating pad helped and do keep your body as warm as you can.  I also know that what may work for one person does not work for another. Here is what I have found that does help me out. The "melt method", gentle exercise on a roller and pressure balls for hands and feet. Walking, I got a puppy and forced myself to walk her a lot and now I am up to about 2-3 miles a day. I take magnesium malate and this seemed to make a lot of difference. I also do stretching exercises for sciatica that help the fibro too. My muscles get super tight and it can cause pain in my feet and knees if my calf muscles are too tight. Just sit on the floor with your legs out in front of you and lean forward. Other exercises I found by using google and you tube. Just look for excercise for fibromyalgia or sciatica. There are tons. Attitude is everything. My mom is 89 and has arthitis throughout her body. She taught me not to dwell on the pain and the bad days. Get up, take a shower and get dressed every day and get moving. That is still her motto. I appreciate forums like this one so that we can all share what may work for each other. Thanks for starting this conversation over a year ago.

Hi I have fibromyalgia myself and it seems to be getting worst day by day for me. I hurt all the time unless I have taken my pain meds, so I know exactly how you feel. I am concerned about you saying your feet have been bothering you. Have you ever been checked for Neuropathy? I would see a neurologist because the soreness in your feet could be the starting of Neuropathy in your feet.my friend has had it for years and she says there's goof days and bad days but a majority of the time her feet hurt her so bad she can't even walk and she gets burning feeling in them. She said the pain feels like if someone tied a rubber band around them as tight as they could get it. Im not saying that's what is wrong with your feet but I've had fibro since 2008 and never had my feet hurt me in anyway, just the rest of my body feels like I was hit by a semi truck or beaten to death with a hammer. Thank god for pain meds! Even tho I hate taking them ya know. But I sure hope you get feeling better it sure can be a struggle at times but try to hang in there as best as you can.

hi wow reading your story I can really relate too firstly my joints especially my hips click a lot I too only got dignosed last week after 2years of test and being past around I suffer with widespread pain but mainly my arms and legs I too walk funny with a limp as my knees r so spare and I get stabbing pains in the tops of my legs lucky I only work 7.5 hours a week doing lunch time job in a primary school I get some pains in my feet mainly shooting sharp pains iv been on lots of tablets and haven't found any that work for me as yet hope this helps so u know u r not alone