Do I have Fibromyalgia?? - Fibromyalgia Message Board

LMF64 · 09-09-2008, 09:20 AM

Hello-

I am new here and trying to find an explanation for my pain. About 7 years ago I had a sleep apnea test as I thought I had sleep apnea. They discovered during this test that I never went into Stage 4 sleep during the night- the muscle repairing stage of sleep. They told me I had Fibromyalgia and wanted to know if I wanted to go on medication. I said, no thanks, I am nursing my baby and I don't even have symptoms. (However, my dad and a first cousin had been diagnosed with Fibromyalgia years earlier.) Now fastforward 7 years and I think I am having symptoms. My right hip hurts when I wake up every morning and I have pain in one area of my buttocks that makes my leg "tingle" down to my feet. (This goes away if I take ibuprofin.) I was playing mom's hockey one day and the next day my right ankle hurt and I have had recurring pain and nerve "shooting" sensations in it periodically. My left elbow hurt so bad I could barely lift up a plate. I assumed it was bursitis and although that intense pain has gone away, I can still feel it a bit. Last fall my right wrist was in so much pain that I couldn't write with a pencil. This went on for about a month and then that went away also. I was diagnosed with IBS about 5 years ago. My question is: Could I actually have Fibromyalgia? I just brushed the doctor off when they told me this due to my sleep test. Can they determine this from a sleep test?
Any help from you all would be appreciated!

sammye · 09-09-2008, 02:26 PM

That's interesting. I never heard of them diagnosing fibromyalgia with a sleep test. Fibro runs in the family. The pains you have sound familiar to me.
A lot of people have ibs with fibro. Time to get to the doctor again it sounds like.

LMF64 · 09-09-2008, 08:56 PM

Thanks for the reply Sammye. Does the pain from fibro come and go like mine does? Does the pain eventually take over and become constant in all cases? Or are there varying degrees of how bad fibro gets for each individual?

BeHappy2 · 09-09-2008, 09:27 PM

I also have never heard of a sleep study diagnosing Fibro.
My sleep stages 3 and 4 do not exist.
A Rheumatologist confirmed my Fibro diagnosis.
I would suggest ,schedule appt. with your doctor and then be referred to a Rheumy.

BeHappy2

sammye · 09-09-2008, 10:48 PM

Sure,no problem! It comes and goes and everyone is different with it.
For example I've heard of people who can't stand to even have a bed sheet on them because they hurt so bad. I'm glad I'm not as bad as that. There's people who can't get out of bed at all. If I don't move around it makes it worse for me. I push myself a lot. Keep moving is my motto! Some days the motto changes though and I'll be like OH yeah....here we go. I really appreciate the good days that's for sure.