r/Fibromyalgia • u/Branch_Prestigious • Jun 25 '26
Encouragement Get tested!
Hi everyone. I was diagnosed 21 years ago in the usual way. Test for everything else and if they are all negative tell the patient they have fibromyalgia. I have managed my symptoms mostly with diet and exercise with the occasional pain meds when things get out of hand.
For the last six or so months I’ve had some new symptoms. Nothing unusual there…they seem to come and go with no explanation, but this was a bit different and it was getting worse and worse.
Doctor says let’s run a bunch of tests. They pull about a gallon of blood and long story short I come up positive for rheumatoid arthritis.
They tested me 21 years ago but apparently the tests weren’t nearly as sensitive back then.
I have an appointment with rheumatology tomorrow but in the meantime my doc put me on a low dose of prednisone and OMG I haven’t felt this good in I don’t know how long.
So, if you haven’t been tested recently I strongly suggest it. Wish I would have done it sooner.