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I was told 2 days ago that I have Fibro by a rhumatologist. My issue is that they looked a questionaire I filled in and went off of that. I walked into the room and was told "ypu fit the classic profile of someome with fibromyalgia, we're not going to do any bloods/scans/xrays because they would just come back normal." My issue with this is, what if its one of the many other conditions that have similar symptoms? I've had no tests done by my GP prior to this either. Has anyone else had this… read more
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Members widely validated concerns about receiving a fibromyalgia diagnosis without any testing, with many sharing similar experiences of... Read more
I will add,, i asked for specific tests to be done,, ie looking for ANA(lupus), rheumatoid arthritus, psoraiatic arthritus, on and on and on,,, the one thing they did find with me is that i do exhibit the HLA-B27 gene which is found in people with ankloysing spondylitus,, which i do not have
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Make sure you taper off the Paxil. It's one the hardest SSRIs to withdraw from. 💜
I did taper off for almost 4 months. I’ve only been completely off for about 7-8 weeks. My doctor put me on Buspirone to help for a few weeks to a couple months.
I was told I had it many years ago with no testing.
Right now I’m struggling with going off Paxil after 20 years of being on it. Side effects are cruel. Anyone else gone off antidepressants?
It is well documented that women experience diagnoses delays more often than men. Women with MS in particular commonly experienced diagnoses delay of 2 years!
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