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I used to be very "pain tolerant" but my mom says now i am more pathetic in dealing with it. I feel like a liar as its not as bad as it could be. Im not always in pain but I do much and I get sore and weak in the legs. I want answers but feel too pathetic to really complain.

So I have read a lot that they say you typically get it from a trauma or stress. So does that mean it is all in your head Fibro?
I have an autoimmune and RA but then the dr added to say the other symptoms is Fibro. So I am confused am I physically sick or mentally sick?

Does anyone feel like they may have been misdiagnosed? I've been speaking with a friend a lot recently who has fibro and she feel she has and the more I speak to her the more I feel I may have been. Just given fibro diagnosis as there was nothing else they could think of. Another friend has mentioned MS which has never been mentioned by a doctor before but reading up on it I have a lot of the symptoms. Obviously I will be discussing this with a doctor ASAP as I would explain a lot. Be intrested… read more

I’ve been having odd pains in one breast. And it all started with leaning over without a bra to wash up. It was like a lightning storm there and now it aches. I went and had it looked at and they ultrasounded half my breast. There was a small cyst but they said it wasn’t causing the pain. I’m hoping that it’s just Fibro- like my nerves over firing from injury. I don’t know. Then I realized that a dent in the breast can also be a sign and I’ve had one for years. I’ve never thought much of it… read more

Has anyone been told that they should be tested for MS as well due to the fact that both MS and fibromayalgia mimic each other? Or has anyone already been tested and realized it was MS and NOT fibromayalgia. I'm just curious if this has happened to anyone. My wife is concerned that I might have MS instead so I was going to request to get tested. I've been experiencing symptoms that could quite be MS. J/W. Any advice will help... Thank you!

So does anyone experience seizure
like symptoms with fibro. I ask because this has happened 2 times once several years about before begin diagnosed and then yesterday. I had been feeling week all day took a nap and then was awake and shaking but could not move now they have ran all sorts of test with 0 answers anyone know what I'm talking about?

Ok so im used to my usual fibro flares, the leg pain, back pain, chest pain, pain under my left rib (sometimes right too) as well as left shoulder blade pain. Not to mention all the other non pain symptoms like gi stuff, headaches,anxiety, as well heart racing sensations. Ive gone to the er a million times thinking i was dying or having a heart attack only to hear after a billion tests... its your fibro. Now today i had coffee for the first time in a minute and my bp is high (which seems to… read more

If you have had shingles in the past can this be a trigger for fibro.
I have not been diagnosed at the moment but I'm showing all the symptoms. X