I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia when I was in college. It took several years for a doctor to decide that's what it was. Reading some of the posts on here I feel like my 20 year battle is not as bad as I thought it was. Since I have had mine under control most of the time without medication. When I first got diagnosed they tried so many drugs and none of them seem to help. I was finally put on Cymbalta and that drug was the worse, I stopped taking all my drugs and things got better for me. I learned ways to help myself without drugs however there were times of the past 15 years it has flared from time to time, but within a few months I can usually get it under control. However I have now battled with it worse than ever since September and I can't seem to get it back under control. I am also having symptoms I hadn't had in the past. In the past I mostly had aches and pains, sleep issues, and neuropathy. This time I am actually passing out, feel like even my bones hurt, lightheaded and dizzy all the time (I have had to give up driving), lymph nodes are constant swelling especially in my neck and underarms. The symptoms just seem to be adding up. I am scheduled to go to Mayo at the end of the month for the Fibro clinic and in July to the POTS clinic in hopes to find some help and some relief. Hang in there and try to find something that works for you.