Living with FibromyalgiaThis section is a place to share stories about Living with Fibromyalgia. Below are entries of those who have already shared their stories. We hope that you find their experiences helpful to your own situation. You may also Help others by sharing your story. To quickly access health information from your website's browser, download Fibromyalgia I am 76, I was diagnosed with FMS about 9 years ago. I believe I have had it to a lesser degree since I was in high school…maybe before. Since there are so many symptoms with FMS, it is easy to blame everything on FMS. About 6 years ago I developed an increased amount of pain and exhaustion. I also have ankylosing spondylitis (arthritis of the spine) and am diabetic, so I tried to accept the increased smptoms as a flare-up of FMS. After 3 months, I finally saw my doctor. Tests showed that I was in kidney failure. It had nothing to do with FMS. It did have to do with a blood pressure med interacting with the Indomethicin I had taken for 5 years for my arthritis. I had to stop both meds and can not take NSAIDS for arthritis anymore. The arthritis, unchecked, has continued to get worse. When I stopped the culprit meds, my kidneys were functioning at 35%. They have improved and now function at 50%. Please do not assume that any increase in symptoms is due to your fibromyalgia. Gabapentin was prescribed for another condition, but does help the FMS, also. When I forgot to refill my scrip recently and was without it for 4 days, I realized just how much it does affect the FMS. Comments
May 2008
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