New here, still narrowing down my diagnosis

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I am an (almost) 37 year old mother of 3 great kids. I have been having

RA type sympotms for almost a year now. I have gone through many ruled

out diagnosis, and am really getting tired of not feeling well. I have

been on Celebrex (quit working after 3 weeks), Mobic (caused severe h2O

retention), Flexeril, and am now on 2 motrin and 1 tylenol three times

per day. I am still nursing my youngest and hope to make it for at

least 2 more months before I have to wean her to take stronger meds. My

rhumatologist is still thinking I may have either RA or Fibromyalgia.

All of my RA tests came back " normal. " I also tested negative for Lupus

and Lyme. I have Hashimoto's Thyroidits wich is also an autoimmune

disease, but it is under control with Armour.

I came here for some advice and support from those who have been there

and done that. Has any here been given a positive RA dx even though

their bloodwork was " normal " ? What did your doc do as far as treatment?

I really don't think I have fibormyalgia because all of my symptoms are

in the joints. My only Fibro symptom is sever fatigue (of course I work

full time and have 3 young kids [] ).

Looking forward to getting to know you all and learning about your

treatments!