Could this be fibromyalgia?

[kater]

Originally Posted by sunnydee

Hi everyone:

I've been diagnosed with peripheal neuropathy and bilateral thoracic outlet syndrome. But I'm wondering if I could possibly have fibromyalgia since I don't seem to be getting much relief from the meds for peripheal neuropathy.

Here's my story:

I'm a 47 year old female, not overweight, in fact most people call me thin. About a year ago, my TOS was so bad in my hands and arms and shoulder that I had to stop working. About six months later, I started having symptoms in my feet, mostly numbness. This later turned into pain and moved up my shins, into my knees and the thigh muscle immediately above the knee. Whenever I had my period, the pain is magnified and also in my hips.

Recently I started having stiffness in my feet, heels, and back of the calf in the morning after waking up. The stiffness doesn't last very long. I'm getting tremoundous headaches in the front of my head that ibuprofin can't fix. I'm also waken in the middle of the night by headaches.

I work out 5 days a week, and this does help. The gym has a machine that allows me to stretch my neck, shoulders, legs, etc. Mostly my pain is in my knees and shin area. I've seen many doctors and have had many tests, but they all come back normal.

Since the onset, I've had two surgeries for TOS (with some relief), but whenever I sit at a desk to work or get in a car to drive, the symptoms are much more intense.

I don't have extreme fatigue which seems to be a symptom of fibromyalgia, but I'm wondering if my other symptoms sound like I could have it.

Any suggestions are welcome.

Thanks,

Sunny

i was recently diagnosed with fibro. i have had Myasthenia gravis for 8 years. i have terrible fatigue. i absolutely feel that i cannot make myself do anything at times. i also have terrible headaches which i have never had until recently. i read somewhere that fibro is considered a sleep disorder because ppl can not sleep well or much at all. also if they do sleep they do not feel rested. i can say that is true in my case. i feel so worthless sometimes. i worked as a psychiatric nurse for almost 30 years and i was very much type A. also in reading i have read that fibromyalgia generally strikes ppl who are type A personalities. hope this helps. i fight depression all the time because of the drastic life changes in the past 3 or 4 years.
kater