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Difficulty holding down a stressful full time job

Fibromyalgia | Last Active: Sep 14 2:38pm | Replies (20)

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I absolutely loved working as a graphic designer. It didn’t take long before my wrists elbows and neck started hurting. After years of trying every pointing device, chair, keyboard tray, foot rest etc in the book, my upper body was destroyed. I was diagnosed with FMS at some time along the way. My pain issues all had a reason, they weren’t mysterious. I was laid off and knew I would never work in my field again. It took 8 years to get SSDI. My workers comp case was a joke. Ive had several surgeries on my wrists and elbows and could use more. Then I got tarsal tunnel in my feet which is crippling. But the worst is the Fatigue. Do you all have ‘underlying pain’ or are they individual/diagnoses like what I have had? Find the right meds!

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I also am constantly plagued with fatigue. Every morning is a struggle because I just feel so exhausted & a lot of times pain is worst in the mornings for me. The few household chores I am able to do have to be in increments with a lot of resting in between. I have been diagnosed with fibro plus spondyloarthritis which I was told causes a lot of my lower back pain. Plus functional neurological disorder.

I thought I had a bunch of different problems until I got to Mayo and learned I have ehlers Danlos syndrome. I was misdiagnosed most of my life. Mayo is the only place I found that truly understands fibro and EDS. It’s a hard journey to get an accurate diagnosis and treatment.