Hello, I've recently posted in the moan, complain & vent thread about my frustration with my diagnosis (see post for details). I thought I'd post my symptoms in here to see what you all thought, do you think it's fibro?
Main symptoms:
Dry eyes (non-obvious meibomian gland dysfunction)
Lower back and hip pain - this is the most common/consistent after eye symptoms and is present every day when I wake. I have had an mri and it showed no signs of spondylitis in the joints however.
Foot pain including toes - diagnosis of this was slightly flat flooted and partial plantar faciatis. No notable swelling
Hand/finger pain including cramping - mainly in the joints of my fingers. I feel like I have noticed slight swelling before but never consistent
Fatigue - constantly tired, feeling like I want to go to sleep constantly even after being in bed 9 hours
Nocturia (needing to urinate at night) - I feel like this is a big disruptor to my sleep on top of my pain
Lesser symptoms:
Dry & itchy scalp - this comes and goes, could be unrelated.
Chest pain - pain around my heart area, drs said this is just cartilage. Comes and goes frequently
Knee pain - a constant burning feeling in the knees present most days
Migraine with aura - had these for my full life
IBS - worse with most medications mainly painkillers
Medications:
Toprimate - Migraine
Co-codamol - migraine/pain
Hydrocortisone eye steroids - Dry eyes
My symptoms are improved slightly by more sleep, light excercise and generally not expending my self as much. My symptoms are at there worst in the morning and last thing at night.
Main symptoms:
Dry eyes (non-obvious meibomian gland dysfunction)
Lower back and hip pain - this is the most common/consistent after eye symptoms and is present every day when I wake. I have had an mri and it showed no signs of spondylitis in the joints however.
Foot pain including toes - diagnosis of this was slightly flat flooted and partial plantar faciatis. No notable swelling
Hand/finger pain including cramping - mainly in the joints of my fingers. I feel like I have noticed slight swelling before but never consistent
Fatigue - constantly tired, feeling like I want to go to sleep constantly even after being in bed 9 hours
Nocturia (needing to urinate at night) - I feel like this is a big disruptor to my sleep on top of my pain
Lesser symptoms:
Dry & itchy scalp - this comes and goes, could be unrelated.
Chest pain - pain around my heart area, drs said this is just cartilage. Comes and goes frequently
Knee pain - a constant burning feeling in the knees present most days
Migraine with aura - had these for my full life
IBS - worse with most medications mainly painkillers
Medications:
Toprimate - Migraine
Co-codamol - migraine/pain
Hydrocortisone eye steroids - Dry eyes
My symptoms are improved slightly by more sleep, light excercise and generally not expending my self as much. My symptoms are at there worst in the morning and last thing at night.