muscle joint pain

Hello @wishingtobepainfree and welcome to Mayo Connect. I'm pleased that you have joined this online patient support network. Thank you also for your post regarding muscle, joint pain. I'm sorry to hear that you are having this type of problem. While none of us are medical professionals and cannot diagnose your problem it might be helpful to learn a little more about your situation. You mention both pain and weakness. You said that it has been a few years and your doctor can find nothing wrong. Please feel free to share with us the type of doctor or specialist(s) that you have seen. What kinds of tests have been done to examine your muscles and joints? Do you have any other health problems or symptoms other than the muscle/joint pain and weakness? I'm sure that others in our Connect community will be responding to your post in the near future. Best wishes. Teresa

Wishing, please share what you have learned so far. Have you had your vitamin D levels checked? That is a very common cause of skeletal/muscle pain and often overlooked, but easily corrected with prescription doses. The description you described can be attributed to many causes. I feel your pain! Similar symptoms for me began around the age of 55 and it seemed that I went from an active person to a very fragile old lady within a couple of years. Please give us more information.

Hi yes im taking vitiam D once a month it was low...also they tell me my testostreon is low but say its not low enough to worry...also in on chloesteral meds and I read that that can cause my symptons...im diabetic also heart disease with 3 stents and very bad back..waitibg to go to mayos for surgery soon

Hello
I live in a small town and nit one doctor learned about my problem with pain in muscle joints in medical school. I went to many doctors and they claimed all in my head,stress,etc. At 56 and pain in joints etc i has three dissections of aorta ,heart valve replacement and was perhaps only one to live. I was disabled and I finally went to a large hospital in another state and the genetic specialist tested me for 5 hours. He said it might be a rare connective tissue disease passed from your parent. I then searched for dr francomano in baltimore marylynn. I live in ms. I got a free medical flight for people with undiagnosed medical problems. She found i had one of possibly four connective tissue diseases. I have sense found i do not have ,EHLERS DANLOS BUT AN UN NAMED RARE FORM. so search on line for zebra on facebook and youll find thousands with problems like your symtoms. May not be what u have at all but 1 out of maybe 500 doctors would never even suspect or know about it. Good luck
Judee

I just posted what i went through to find out . I found a genetic specialist can find problems like those described joint,muscle,fatique,pain,loss of weight ,pain moving around your body because of inflamation. I forgot to mention two things ,one i had no vit D at all . Genectic dr. Put me on 10,000 mg day, then that mast cell disease causes joint muscle pain also. Process of eliminating many foods. I also have that. But my pain is reduced drastically by not eating many foods and taking vit D . Not diagnoising but sharing experiences. Good luck

@judeeo Welcome to Mayo Connect and thanks for sharing your experiences with us. I admire how proactive you have been in order to get a diagnosis! It sounds as if you have worked hard to get the help you needed. I'm sure that your story will inspire others. Keep sharing with us. Teresa

thank you.....all of my doctors call me thier miracle patient as I am not ready to leave this earth yet ,POSTIVE thoughts are what will keep you up...not negative. Even though Ive been told for 14 years I might make it a month or so. Keep trying all of you

@judeeo Thanks again for your encouraging words! Teresa

Just in the last few days I stopped taking my chloresterol meds and with in two days my muscles and joints are feeling better..im still in lots of pain in back and legs but I waiting on call from mayo to do surgery I hope. My life has came to a halt becsuse of it

Also I found out mt vit D is realy low and testtestosterone level is low. But I am feeling better after stopping cholesterol meds