Thank Goodness
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After just over 2 long years, my GP thinks I have FMS. I have a Rheumatologist appointment next week. Certainly the symptoms fit me like a glove, the problem has been that I have Stills Disease which can also have similar symptoms.
I have felt as though I have been a nuisance trailing to and fro the GP with a variety of symptoms. My pain is now tolerable thanks to Naproxen, Amitryptiline and my usual antidepressant. I have had severe depression for almost 6 years. The thing I find hardest to cope with is the dibilitating fatigue which is almost a constant thing. Since starting the Amitryptiline I have been sleeping much better, but I still wake up feeling exhausted.
I am 47 but feel about 90 most days. I have found reading some of the threads on this forum very useful and feel that I am not so alone with this weird and wonderful selection of symptoms. It seems that most people have a battle to get a diagnosis for FMS. It will be an enormous relief to have a positive diagnosis at last.
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chris215a
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i have had it for over 20yrs now and i was so relieved to get my diagnosis about 6months ago.
if you ask your gp there is a support group in most health authorities,, mine had a 6week course to teach us how to deal with it and to meet people with the same problems so we have peer support.
good luck with your daughter i hope you get the result you hope for.