Lower Back & Neck Pain - What & How was you DX?

cheryl810

Hi everyone!
I've been recently dx with fibromyalgia but on top of that I've had lower back and neck problems for years. Within the past 6 months my lower back is extremely painful; it constantly painful from the moment I wake up (worst pain) to the time I go to bed. I can't sit or stand for long periods of time and just sitting here typing is killing my lower back. For years I'd tell dr's that the pain low and conjoins with my hips and tailbone. I get relief if I bend forward but obviously I can't be doing that all day long. The other day I went to pick up a magazine out of a basket I have on the floor; I never felt this kind of pain. I felt something shift out of place and go back; I literally screamed in pain. The pain gets so bad I could barely walk some days. The left side of my back is always numb and just feels like I exerted myself when I'm not. The pain somedays goes down my left let also.
My neck is always so painful I just hold it. I was involved in a pretty bad car accident about 6 years ago and got a major whiplash. Since then my neck and left shoulder always hurts. I also once in a while will get this HORRIBLE sharp electifying pain when I turn my neck. It feels like something moved in or out of place and hit another object in my neck. When this happens I get double blurry vision for a second due to the severity of the pain. I haven't had MRI's in awhile (scheduled for them in a couple of days of hip and cervical spine) but last I knew I had 2 bulging discs in my neck. I've also been told I have a slight case of scoliosis. All I ever got done was PT but if you massage or press on my neck to hard it makes it worse and then I get a really bad headache for days.
Can anyone relate to these problems? What were you dx with how did you go about getting that dx? And how did you get it treated?