How to get diagnosed.

Ask them to rule out reactivation of virus, .do you have a history of chickenpox, mono, or covid, The neurological pain from reactivation of these can mimic fibromyalgia, It is important to find out if they can find something that is treatable, I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia after a bad bought of flu, for the best way of coping I found an organic Mediterranean diet and daily waking and light weights helped, as well as pacing activity, .too much exercise or activity made it worse and too little made it worse, Breathing exercises and guided imagry tapes by Belleruth Napersteak have been very helpful, .decreasing my toxic load has been helpful, I used EWG.org and consumer lab.com to find the least toxic products and foods, I keep plants like ferns and Sansevieria in my bed room to help clean the air and increase O2, I was able to continue working as a nurse until 2022 when I had too many other medical problems, I hope this helps, Tjey are doing more research all the time and I hope someday they will have better answers for fibromyalgia suffers,

Is the medication working for you? I feel horrible for my friend the pain on legs are excruciating.

I do not have a history. Had chicken pox once as a child and covid years ago, also once.

Thank you for all the other info. I’m starting a more Mediterranean diet today actually! My diet has been terrible since I’ve been in constant pain. My meds have helped a lot but I’ve been extremely stressed and it has gotten worse. I will absolutely look into the advice you have graciously shared.

I love the duloxetine. Massive help for me personally. With mental and physical. I did experience a lot of stress these last two months so I’m hurting quite a bit more.

I personally didn’t like the gabapentin. It made me walk worse than I was. I got the gaba from the er but my Dr switched me on to duloxetine

The rheumatologist is the one to see and will diagnose.

Awesome! That’s who I’m seeing next. Thank you 🖤

I haven’t read all the comments yet but my diagnosis was just eliminating all the other causes so it must be fibromyalgia. In the early 90s, that was the way it was done. Hey, at least my primary doctor knew enough to suggest fibro as my problem (for an about 15 years by then) when all other doctors had dismissed my symptoms. She looked at my pains, stiffness, sleep disorder, and other symptoms and saw them together, rather than individual problems.

Process of elimination. That was what I couldn’t think of.

$2000 to diagnose?!

2k for all the testing to rule out other issues