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How did your PMR begin?

Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Jun 18, 2023 | Replies (114)

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I had no stressors when my began. I was healthy.. went to sleep and awoke at 3 AM with my shoulders and hips on fire in severe pain.

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Same here ! Healthy .. neck started to hurt and then everything from there !!

I had no stressors at the onset, but I had high stressors in my career for several years prior to my onset. (I’m 78) My symptoms started with shoulder pain only. I was walking 5-6 miles a day late summer 2022. I couldn’t understand why my shoulders were aching after I finished walking—I’d been using my legs and feet not arms! Then the cold weather set in and the shoulder pain went away—I was riding my recumbent bike indoors. Then about 90 days later, my hip and leg muscles became stiff and painful and the shoulder pain returned along with fatigue, weight loss, appetite loss, a low grade fever, night sweats and extreme pain. I’m a healthy body weight and eat a healthy diet. I’m on a ‘step down’ regimen of prednisone, but it’s a delicate balance in not exercising too much. In reading comments today I see I need to drink much more water, which won’t be an issue. I’m on 5 mg now and am looking forward to ‘stepping down’ to 1 mg and putting this behind me.