Wrong DX

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I am a 29 year old female who has been dx with fibro. and have been

taking Lyrcia for about 8 months but it is not working. I am going

to get another opinion about what i really have. I am tired every

morning when I get up (thought it was from having a 3 year old with

autism) but it takes me at least 3 hours to feel a little better. I

can't hardly walk in the morning. here are the rest of my symptoms:

Feet hurt all the time

hands hurt and swell up

can feel my ball and socket joints in my hips

my elbows hurt and have noticed 2 almost cyst like bumps under the

skin

have severe lower back pain all the time

hands cramp like when I am typing, writing

at night i have to wear a boxing glove because I wake up in the middle

of the night and I have to wake my husband up to fix it

I just wondered if anyone knows if this could be RA. What should I

tell the doctor when I go this week.

Also my ANA was high and my sed rate was high too and i also have

crohns's disease. Thanks for listening and would love to know from

others with RA if this sounds like them.