erintheinvader
New member
- Joined
- May 11, 2015
- Messages
- 1
- Reason
- DX FIBRO
- Diagnosis
- 04/2015
- Country
- US
- State
- WA
Hi guys, my name is Erin. I'm 21 years old, recently graduated from college, and am working at my doctor's office. For the past few months I've been feeling fatigue, all over body pain, dizziness, heat flashes, and an increase in migraine frequency. At first I thought it was Graves Disease, as that runs through my family. After much testing, and no pain relief, I was diagnosed with EDS (a connective tissue disorder that causes pain in joints) and Fibromyalgia, and my cortisol (the stress hormone) levels are too low, causing my moderate anxiety to skyrocket and become quite severe.
Although I'm relieved that I don't have Graves Disease, the daily pain I feel from both the EDS and Fibromyalgia is really sacking the life out of me. I walk around with the stiffness of a 60 year old woman, but I'm only 21. I never have the energy to do what I could in high school.
Yesterday while I was taking care of my horses, one of them escaped and I had to chase him down to get him back in his stall. I've been a runner my whole life so I didn't think anything of it, but I woke up this morning and everything hurts. It took so much effort to get out of bed. It makes me feel so crappy, everything feels like it's breaking down and even the slightest stretches hurt. I feel hopeless in the fight against this. It seems like there is almost nothing I can do, everything is so sensitive.
Although I'm relieved that I don't have Graves Disease, the daily pain I feel from both the EDS and Fibromyalgia is really sacking the life out of me. I walk around with the stiffness of a 60 year old woman, but I'm only 21. I never have the energy to do what I could in high school.
Yesterday while I was taking care of my horses, one of them escaped and I had to chase him down to get him back in his stall. I've been a runner my whole life so I didn't think anything of it, but I woke up this morning and everything hurts. It took so much effort to get out of bed. It makes me feel so crappy, everything feels like it's breaking down and even the slightest stretches hurt. I feel hopeless in the fight against this. It seems like there is almost nothing I can do, everything is so sensitive.