Hi @oldhen PMR and its companion disorder ... was pain and stiffness on a scale of ... mornings I felt I would faint from the pain ... The earliest record of GCA dates back ... My aunt's was triggered by a back

I also experienced a PMR flare that ... It was my second bout with PMR after ... symptoms were very similar to yours, with pain ... The carpal tunnel-like pain caused neurological ... I am thankfully back in remission and

find someone who had stiffness in back ... difficult to find a stretch for the back ... The pain of PMR was worse than that ... of GCA as with PMR, it was my whole

However, the PMR symptoms are present ... , hips, shoulders, back, stiffness all ... pain just wondering about osteoarthritis ... vs PMR symptoms and where all this ... Sure would like to get some energy back

I came close to suicide from pain but ... when I taper down the Medrol and the pain ... returns they put me back on it and ... docs usually dont have insight to PMR ... and do not know the insane pain it

My PMR started in spring of 2018 starting ... had a spike that was so bad I went back ... The pain is mostly in my neck, so bad

Support group for PMR what other people ... are taking to relieve the pain &amp ... over two years & now off & pain ... & discomfort are back unfortunately

Hi @norieaugustine, PMR and GCA are ... The pain and stiffness of PMR were terrible ... occasional short stabbing or pulsating pains ... and the worst stiff neck ever, with pain ... on both sides of the back of my head

I also attribute having PMR to the vaccine ... having the first dose, I was in serious pain ... until I stopped the prednisone and was back ... to severe pain. ... data yet about the vaccine causing PMR

I think the answer is yes, PMR can come ... remission for 6 years and I had to go back ... prednisone that you took and it made the pain

have normal inflammatory markers with PMR ... prednisone, did it completely take away pain ... above, I feel much better with less pain ... especially in my hips, thighs and lower back ... Do some areas of pain just take longer

appetite - so I've gained some weight back ... I started back doing strength training ... By the way, symptoms of my PMR were ... incredible pain and stiffness, my whole

questions my first time around with PMR ... valuable insight when I was 3 years into PMR ... I did that and went back and forth between ... I think our individual pain thresholds ... I'm hoping other folks with PMR

Hi leilalou, PMR and its big sister ... so not on Prednisone, but with the PMR ... and stiffness was back. ... can come back with a vengeance. ... in my head or the incredible neck pain

as people share their stories about PMR ... I am back on prednisone 10 mg as I became ... is such relief of the horrible hip pain

novabill - I have a constant lower back ... I also had the lower back ache when ... my PMR was active but didn't consider ... it part of my typical PMR symptoms. ... pain?

Newly diagnosed with PMR - two months ... All my joint are painful and swollen ... Kept falling back into the pain. ... tried to drop my methylprednisolone back ... Will go back to 1 1/2 tomorrow while

have been in PT for two months and pain ... I would wake with throbbing pain at ... feel like I have less lateral rib pain ... of motion has improved but is not back ... My PT provider and PMR doc are terrific

called " Living Well with Chronic Pain ... at age 84, I have been able to get back ... concern in my life, and then I had PMR ... Welcome back to the world! ... As you can see I don't hold back

symptoms from your PMR. ... taper weekly but sometimes had to go back ... If it didn't get better I went back ... My first round with PMR took me 3-1/ ... prednisone with the last 6 months going back