Sorry for asking – but are the symptoms very similar? And which were you diagnosed with first? I am just wondering because my GP has not ruled out other medical issues, just dumped me in the fibromyalgia box without checking for anything else and on the basis that I have CRPS so it must be fibromyalgia I have too!
Never apologise for asking questions, it’s how we learn! 😉
MS & Fibromyalgia symptoms are so simular it’s hard to know which is which!
I was dx’d with MS 2010 by MRI & neurologist & 2012 I was told I have Fibromyalgia by GP! The reason I went to GP was because I was getting really bad pains in my back & right leg which I thought was the MS but Neuro disagreed!
I was at the end of my tether with the pain & just wanted to know what it was!
GP said Fibro & already on MS meds that help Fibro too!
He referred me to pain clinic where I was told I have wear & tear in my spine & hip joint which is causing leg pain, hence having a very painful procedure to help with pain for 3rd time in Thursday!
I can’t take any pain meds but paracetamol as I am severely allergic to them!
Thanks Vix for the reply. I get a lot of bad pain all over, along with that in my left leg which is the CRPS. I have been getting a whole lot of different symptoms lately which I have never had before (I was told in 2009 by GP I had fibromyalgia) and the GP keeps fobbing it off as fibromyalgia. Like yourself, the meds I take for CRPS help with Fibromyalgia too. Although I do take Cocodamol when the pain is through the roof, I don’t take it too often as they cause problems with my stomach.
I hope the procedure on Thursday helps with the pain, good luck and take care.
Oh by the way love the CUTO, hadn’t heard of that one before!
Do you have MS and Fibromyalgia?
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Sorry for asking – but are the symptoms very similar? And which were you diagnosed with first? I am just wondering because my GP has not ruled out other medical issues, just dumped me in the fibromyalgia box without checking for anything else and on the basis that I have CRPS so it must be fibromyalgia I have too!
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Never apologise for asking questions, it’s how we learn! 😉
MS & Fibromyalgia symptoms are so simular it’s hard to know which is which!
I was dx’d with MS 2010 by MRI & neurologist & 2012 I was told I have Fibromyalgia by GP! The reason I went to GP was because I was getting really bad pains in my back & right leg which I thought was the MS but Neuro disagreed!
I was at the end of my tether with the pain & just wanted to know what it was!
GP said Fibro & already on MS meds that help Fibro too!
He referred me to pain clinic where I was told I have wear & tear in my spine & hip joint which is causing leg pain, hence having a very painful procedure to help with pain for 3rd time in Thursday!
I can’t take any pain meds but paracetamol as I am severely allergic to them!
Hey ho! Rock & roll! CUTO (chin up Tits out)
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Thanks Vix for the reply. I get a lot of bad pain all over, along with that in my left leg which is the CRPS. I have been getting a whole lot of different symptoms lately which I have never had before (I was told in 2009 by GP I had fibromyalgia) and the GP keeps fobbing it off as fibromyalgia. Like yourself, the meds I take for CRPS help with Fibromyalgia too. Although I do take Cocodamol when the pain is through the roof, I don’t take it too often as they cause problems with my stomach.
I hope the procedure on Thursday helps with the pain, good luck and take care.
Oh by the way love the CUTO, hadn’t heard of that one before!
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