soytugitana
New member
- Joined
- Jun 6, 2014
- Messages
- 1
- Reason
- Undiagnosed
- Diagnosis
- 00/0000
- Country
- US
- State
- MI
Hi everyone,
I'm brand spanking new to the forums and this page.
I was talking to my old doctor about being diagnosed but had to stop going to her clinic for monetary reasons. I'm currently waiting for my first appointment with my new doctor and hope that he is as knowledgeable about FM as my old doctor was.
Anyway, the way it affects me. I've been living with symptoms since about 2004. But they were extremely mild at first and I didn't know anything about the condition so a lot of other symptoms I had, like sinus issues, migraines, depression, anxiety, etc., were never associated with FM until I became more versed in it.
When I finally put 2 and 2 together it was one of the most exciting days of my life, oddly enough. Not that I was excited about having all these issues and possibly FM. It was exciting because I finally had an answer to almost all that ailed me. Before that moment I thought that I was, either a hypochondriac, or just crazy. Now there was a legitimate reason for me to feel the way I did.
So, how does it affect me day to day? Recently much more than in the past few years. In this last year or so, I've missed about 3 times as many days of work as I used to. My migraines are weekly now instead of monthly. My body hurts me EVERY day.
My RLS affects me every night and day now. It used to happen a few times a year, mostly in the changing seasons like Fall and Spring. It's a daily and nightly occurrence now. It sometimes wakes me up, which is actually okay if it happens in the morning. Then it happens again around mid morning. If I don't take my Tramadol I have to get up out of my chair and move otherwise I feel like I'm going insane. Then it happens again in the afternoon. And of course a couple of times at night. Once after dinner and again when I'm trying to fall asleep.
Ugh. I'm tired of writing now. :-(
I'm brand spanking new to the forums and this page.
I was talking to my old doctor about being diagnosed but had to stop going to her clinic for monetary reasons. I'm currently waiting for my first appointment with my new doctor and hope that he is as knowledgeable about FM as my old doctor was.
Anyway, the way it affects me. I've been living with symptoms since about 2004. But they were extremely mild at first and I didn't know anything about the condition so a lot of other symptoms I had, like sinus issues, migraines, depression, anxiety, etc., were never associated with FM until I became more versed in it.
When I finally put 2 and 2 together it was one of the most exciting days of my life, oddly enough. Not that I was excited about having all these issues and possibly FM. It was exciting because I finally had an answer to almost all that ailed me. Before that moment I thought that I was, either a hypochondriac, or just crazy. Now there was a legitimate reason for me to feel the way I did.
So, how does it affect me day to day? Recently much more than in the past few years. In this last year or so, I've missed about 3 times as many days of work as I used to. My migraines are weekly now instead of monthly. My body hurts me EVERY day.
My RLS affects me every night and day now. It used to happen a few times a year, mostly in the changing seasons like Fall and Spring. It's a daily and nightly occurrence now. It sometimes wakes me up, which is actually okay if it happens in the morning. Then it happens again around mid morning. If I don't take my Tramadol I have to get up out of my chair and move otherwise I feel like I'm going insane. Then it happens again in the afternoon. And of course a couple of times at night. Once after dinner and again when I'm trying to fall asleep.
Ugh. I'm tired of writing now. :-(