According to what I have read out on the internet, I have many Fibromyalgia symptoms. A woman out here (who otherwise gave a very intelligent answer to a question that I asked) told me that she didn't think that I have Fibromyalgia because you have to have had symptoms for 3 months in order to be diagnosed with Fibromyalgia. All that means is that (for me) it hasn't yet been 3 months! I would rather have Fibromyalgia than to be dying of or afflicted with some other aweful disease (like Cancer or MS), but don't want to have Fibromyalgia. I want my life to go back to the way it was before this injury/illnes/whatever struck me down. The pain started in my right hamstring muscle (2 months ago), but the pain soon spread to my whole leg-foot and butt-then to the other whole leg and foot. The pain has not gotten any better. It has stayed the same or gotten worse.
From what I have read, I have a lot of tests and blood-work to look forward to, right?-tests to rule out whether I have a different disease with symptoms similiar to Fibromyalgia symptoms. I just NEED to know what is wrong with me-before I lose what little sanity I have left. After seeing 2 doctors on two different occasions-I'm not any closer to the truth! (It puts me in terrible pain to sit and type different questions out here for very long, but Y/A people have helped me tremendously-even via email-so I endure the pain.)

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to find a doc truly knowledgable about FMS
email kindness@fibrobetsy.com
many docs diagnose ANY pain as FMS–but it is a specific condition (believed to be a disorder of the central nervous system)
most docs including the majority of rheumatologist are NOT competant to assess FMS
Since you can ID a starting point-you need a good work up for possible injury/illness to your right hamstring–
an injury to one part of the body can cause the rest of thebody to overcompensate–causing the otehr parts of the body to hurt-
the pain itslef can be distratcing and causing fatigue..
by the time you get all the rule out tests done–it will be long enough to make diagnosis of FMS if that is what it is.
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