Just diagnosed with fibromyalgia - Fibromyalgia Message Board

Trinny · 07-21-2002, 08:49 PM

I have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia two months ago.
This "fibromyalgia" has been the indirect result of a car accident.
This occured after "pressure points" were discovered in my neck, lower back and knees by an orthapedic surgeon. I am now discovering that the constant pain, tiredness,fatigue,depression, sleeplessness, dizziness and brainfog (the list goes on)that I have experienced for some years is part of this syndrome.
It is nice to be able to put all the pieces of this puzzle together then put a name to it.
However there are two symptoms that I am experiencing that I am not sure whether they are FM symptoms. I occasionlly have hypoglycemia. I am not a diabetic however this can occur at any time without warning. I also have a migrane without a headache. A haylo will move across my vision. Then I will have stiffness in my neck and fogginess for a short time.
Could this be a condition of fibromyalgia as well?

Raven · 07-22-2002, 10:40 AM

Trinny,
Hi, I am sorry you have to go through this terrible illness. I want to tell you that there are so many symptoms you can have that you would be surprized was FM. But to answer your questions I have FMS Fibro and CMPS Chronic Myofasical Pain Syndrome,( those are the main disorders) but I have many more which could over lap FMS and CMPS anyways I get Hypoglycemia often and it isn't always when I do not eat. I also get it after I eat about 1 to 2 hours and it is caused by what I may have ate. As for the migraines. I get them bad! All the symptoms but without vomiting. But I to have had the weird vision problems like you mention with or without dizziness. I think it could very well be Fibro symptoms for you. I was diagnosed last part of last year yet I have had problems that have been named Fibro and Myofasical pain for nearly 20 yrs. I suffered through so many unbelieving Doctors and now I am doing a lot of studying and I have a super Doctor yet I remain in severe pain(Mainly in my back) so Pain is my worst problem yet I have many of the other symptoms too and they are hard to live with. Good Luck to you. Raven

SharonAnn · 07-22-2002, 09:11 PM

Trinny,
You need to talk to me. You are the spitting image of me. Tell me about the care wreck. Where did you hit--I mean was the trauma to the head or what. How old are you. I am now 44 years of age and was in a car accident when I was 15. I have been through a lot of doctors and a lot of diagnosis before the truth came out. I am not saying you have what I have. I am just saying that you have what I have but I will go into my complete, lengthy history after you let me know a little about your condition. Again, your description of the way you feel, sounds so much like myself, perhaps you could compare your symptoms to what I have been through.

GiftedGrandma · 08-22-2011, 12:45 PM

Wow! I feel like you've been living in my body. I've never asked my doctor because I feel like a complainer with all the issues I've been going through for years. I almost died in 2008 because I didn't display the normal symptoms for anything. Took 14 inches of my colon because it exploded. Now I just deal with my pain in silence.