Mowmow
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Hello, I am new here and have a few questions. I have suspected for a while that fibromyalgia might be my problem. I always had a pain problem, since I was a little girl. All the doctors my mother brought me to see says it was due to my weight. I was a heavy child, tipping the scale at 280lbs by 12 years old. Since then, I lost considerable amount of weight. I am also tall, 6 feet to be exact. I was not always heavy, the problems started when I was thin. I would have wandering pain. It was excruciating. If someone poked me, the pain would feel like a hot iron and would last for days. One doctor said I had juvenile arthritis, another said it was growing pains. The pain became less frequent as a teenager, I would still get it randomly for no reason, like a part of my body was being torn off.
Now as an adult, 25 with three boys. The pain has come back with vegence. I find myself in pain for no reason, I can't sleep, tossing and turning. Its in my back, my shoulder, my hip and something is definitely wrong with my feet. All the doctors I go to, want to test me for everything else. They don't find the fact that I had juvenile arthritis a factor. They don't want to send me to any specialist. I'm in a rut and not sure what to do. They keep bring up the fact that I had gestational diabetes, but my glucose levels were never elevated enough to be medicated. They are more concerned about my weight. I had 3 boys back to back. My oldest is turning 4 and my youngest just turned 1. I gained some weight while pregnant, 50 lbs total for all 3 pregnancies. I been working on losing it, its a slow matter, but I'm not giving up. I been eating healthier and cut out all the junk from my life.
I don't know where the pain is coming from. Its completely random and lasts for a day or two. Its extreme pain. It feels like it travels. Anyone that touches me may trigger it. I feel like I may be losing my mind because no doctor believes my pain is real. I suspect it could be fibromyalgia, but how do I get the doctors to test me? I feel like the doctors here in Brooklyn, NY all feel that fibromyalgia is not a legit illness and keep trying to say it is my weight. Someone please help me, I'm not sure if I should keep pursuing this matter, but I don't want to be in pain anymore. I want to have enough energy to play with my kids.
Now as an adult, 25 with three boys. The pain has come back with vegence. I find myself in pain for no reason, I can't sleep, tossing and turning. Its in my back, my shoulder, my hip and something is definitely wrong with my feet. All the doctors I go to, want to test me for everything else. They don't find the fact that I had juvenile arthritis a factor. They don't want to send me to any specialist. I'm in a rut and not sure what to do. They keep bring up the fact that I had gestational diabetes, but my glucose levels were never elevated enough to be medicated. They are more concerned about my weight. I had 3 boys back to back. My oldest is turning 4 and my youngest just turned 1. I gained some weight while pregnant, 50 lbs total for all 3 pregnancies. I been working on losing it, its a slow matter, but I'm not giving up. I been eating healthier and cut out all the junk from my life.
I don't know where the pain is coming from. Its completely random and lasts for a day or two. Its extreme pain. It feels like it travels. Anyone that touches me may trigger it. I feel like I may be losing my mind because no doctor believes my pain is real. I suspect it could be fibromyalgia, but how do I get the doctors to test me? I feel like the doctors here in Brooklyn, NY all feel that fibromyalgia is not a legit illness and keep trying to say it is my weight. Someone please help me, I'm not sure if I should keep pursuing this matter, but I don't want to be in pain anymore. I want to have enough energy to play with my kids.