has anyone been misdiagnosed with fibromyalgia??

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I went for my first ever visit with a rheumatologist, and she (after

spending five minutes with me taking a VERY BRIEF history, and testing

range of motion of my joints) said I have fibromyalgia and not

arthritis. Her reasoning is that I do not have the joint destruction

commonly seen with arthritis. I have to say that I am 29 and the onset

of my symptoms is fairly recent.

Maybe I have fibromyalgia, maybe I don't. But I am having joint pain,

not muscle pain. Its not like I WANT to have arthritis. LOL. I would

love to hear that its not that serious, if that were true.

Fibromyalgia sounds so much more treatable than say... RA, PA, or

Lupus. No offense to people with fibromyalgia. I'm just saying that, I

have seen what RA can do to a person...

My mom has seronegative RA and has experienced severe destruction in

her joints. So, I know what happens when a diagnosis is delayed....

I am having pain:

wrists

shoulders

hips

ankles

toes

fingers

spine (neck & back)

Sometimes my joints " freeze " in place and it is really hard to move them.

Can fibromyalgia cause your joints to freeze??

She ordered labs, to be sure, but I am not convinced that I can trust

this rheumy. I have never heard of fibromyalgia causing severe pain in

joints.

I am just curious to hear if this has happened to anyone else.