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    rheumatoid arthritis

    I just recently got diagnosed with RA was wondering if anyone has this in addition to Fibromyalgia and what they take for it. My doctor has recommended methotrexate, however I have some concerns about the side effects and was curious to see what my other options are.
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    Looking for a Rheumy in Ajax, Pickering area

    Keep us posted on when and who you find. Make sure it is someone who wants to help and not be all about pushing meds. I'm currently looking for a different specialist because I feel like a number and not a patient, I started with this rheumatologist, because my mother goes to him for her fibro...
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    Dr. Pellegrino

    Dr. Mark J. Pellegrino has fibromyalgia and runs Ohio Pain and Rehab Center and has wrote books on it: Inside Fibromyalgia, Fibromyalgia Up Close and Personal, Fibromyalgia Supporter, Fibromyalgia Managing The Pain and Laugh at Your Muscles. I have ordered two of these and will borrow the others...
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    New new Dont know what to do

    I recently joined here to find advice and to vent. Fibromyalgia tends to make us feel old beyond our years, but it also makes us survivors because we go through so much, but continue to give so much of ourselves to others. We never give up, we may feel frustrated, let down or exhausted from...
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    Hi everyone, My name is Angela and I have fibromyalgia and the following syndromes or...

    Hi everyone, My name is Angela and I have fibromyalgia and the following syndromes or conditions: IBS, OAB, bladder spasms, painful sex, RLS, TMJ, planters fasciitis, brain fog, thinning and breaking hair and nails, popping and locking up of my joints in my hips and knees, myofascial pain...
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    restless leg syndrom

    I have been taking 10mg of pramipexole for 3 years and it keeps me from being up all night and I haven't had any RLS symptoms since starting, but it only treats the RLS. I forgot it on a 7 day vacation last year and all my RLS symptoms flared back worse then ever before. Sometimes you have to...
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    Son with Fibro?

    These symptoms sound so familiar. I hope and I pray that your son doesn't have fibro in addition to his Crohn's dz. However in the beginning with all my accompanying syndromes I convinced myself that I didn't have my mother's dz, however in 2007 the pain kicked in and I had to face reality that...
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    feet

    I've taking meloxicam for 6 month stretches in the past to alleviate planter fasciitis which is a common condition in the fibro world. If the flair last more then 3 months I actually ask to go back on it. I don't think its good to be on an NSAID for long periods of time or indefinitely, but that...
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    lost and confused

    Been taking 5000mcg of biotin no results yet, still hopeful. My TSH levels came back normal.
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    Dr. Pellegrino

    Called to schedule an appointment the lady that does scheduling is out till next Thursday. But he is definitely on my list of people to check out.
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