I have been living with severe pain for several years, mostly in my legs. I have seen my doctor several times and we've done a few tests, ruled out rheum. arth., however they would not give me an MRI. I was diagnosed with patellar subluxation by an orthopedist, but I have been told that that alone should not be causing the pain I have. It is worse when I lay down at night to go to sleep. It can be described as what feels like a migraine in my legs. I know there are "tender points" but I only seem to have them in my legs. Sometimes the smallest poke in my legs hurts, feels like they are bruised. This has caused such an inconvenience in my life. In fact it is 3:30 am and I am up b/c I can't sleep due to the pain. My dr. gave me vicodin but as most know you build up an immunity to the effects so it doesn't work much for me anymore. So if anyone with fibromyalgia can tell me if they can relate to these symptoms? Or anyone who know a lot on the subject? Thanks.
Just wanted to comment on the RLS..I'm sure it's not this. The pain is just sometimes worse at night when I lay down, but I have it all day. My job requires quite a bit of walking, which should be "good" exercise, and in the case of RLS the pain should decrease with movement, which it does not. Other symptoms I have is absolutely no energy, even with a good night's rest, swollen ankles (rare), jaw pain, very painful menstrual cycles, and some new symptoms are headaches with dizziness and numbing sensations in my arms and legs….I'm sure RLS isn't causing this, in fact it seems to be the other way around.