Numbness Anyone?

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I'm new here. I haven't been officially diagnosed yet, though my

nurse- practitioner is pretty positive. I see a Rheumatologist March

20th. I was in a car accident in 2001, rear ended real good. I had

injuries to my mid-back disc's, super bad whip-lash, and TMJ from it.

I have spent the last seven years playing doctor pass on to doctor,

with no one figuring out what was causing all this pain. They all said

that I couldn't be in this much pain from my injuries. I have been

given medication for the muscle cramps, pain and sleep trouble. My

present nurse-practitioner finally tried me on Lyrica and I saw such

good improvement from the pain , though the side affects are

something. It wasn't until after I say the commercial for Lyrica that

I looked up fibromyalgia and it's symptoms. OH MY GOSH IT'S ME! I

could not believe I have had all the symptoms, and complained about

them, for soooo long and no one figured it out! I honestly was

thinking that I must have a mental problem and had those lovely

thoughts of doing myself in. When I brought it up to my NP she almost

slapped herself in the head for not thinking of it herself.

So, anyway, I am now 47 years old and have lost the most productive

years, sans children at home, of my life. I can't work. I pretty much

can't do a heck of a lot. Even sitting at this computer too long hurts

my back quite a bit.

You'all have quite a group here so maybe you can tell me if you have

problems with numbness? Tingling? Legs falling asleep quickly? Also,

did you all have pain at the tender points? What if you take

medication? Will it cause it to be gone. I'm afraid I won't hurt

enough at the doctors and I still won't have any answers to what is

wrong with me.

Okay, that's enough for now I guess. " Talk " to you in a bit.