Fibromyalgia Support Group

You're not alone in your pain. Fibromyalgia is a condition that can be difficult to diagnose and manage. If you're trying to cope with pain throughout your body, sleep problems, general fatigue, or other common fibromyalgia symptoms, you're in the right place. The community is here for you to talk about therapies and share your challenges.

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tempertemper 06/14/2011

Hi can anyone give me some advice? a bit about me, I have a personality disorder Bpd but for over a year now I have been in pain of one sort or another its diffrent kinds of stabbing and burning pains that move around my body also have bladder problems naursea dizzy spells and now I keep forgetting simple things like what I was watching on TV 5 mins ago what I went into a room for ect. I found a site on line that linked my Bpd to fobromyalgia So I told my doctor that I thought that I might have this she giggled under her breath and said "how does this make you feel,better" I know Bpd can make you appear needy and demanding but I am seriously in a lot of pain and its getting worst with time life with Bpd is hard as it is without the pain ontop of it all! Has anyone had problems with their doctor taking them seriously? or does anyone have Bpd and fibromyalgia PLEASE let me know!

deleted_user 06/14/2011

I'm sorry that your doc isn't taking you seriously. I think it's time to find a different doctor, one who will take you seriously. I don't have BPD but have bipolar and fibro, along with a few other things.

mynameisD 06/14/2011

What is BPD?

deleted_user 06/14/2011

Yes, I just got my doctor for fibromyalgia and she is not support, I'm in so much much pain all she is giving me is muscle relaxers and I told her that I in much pain, she will not give me anything stronger, she told me to got to my regular doctor if 'm in pain. But I will pray for you pain, I have lots of pain also in the stomach also but I will be praying for you because God is a healer.

LeoX3 06/14/2011

I'd do two things. One, check meds for side effects that can mimic FM, because some meds do that. Two, go see a neuro if you can. Dizzy spells at least should get you in, see what a neuro thinks about FM as a dx.

Good luck, and I pray your pain will ease. A good friend has BPD, and it took her some time to find a doc who took her physical issues seriously, too.

sleeplessinvictoria 06/14/2011

Like most of the girls on here said you need to find a new dr that is going to take you seriously.Second of all you need to go see a Rheumatologist as they are the best ones to dx fm.Unfortunately it can take along time to get a proper dx unless you get a Rheumatologist that specifically deals with fm and is good at what he does there is a web site called rate md you can search for a dr in your area and it gives you a rating on there performance. I dont have Bpd but i do have fibromyalgia.I pray you do not have fm as it is a horrible illness to have.Good luck.

deleted_user 06/14/2011

Hate to say it but a LOT of docs are this way, especially with a disease they can't find in a blood test. Add into that your BPD dx and she is expecting you to come up with stuff for attention and not giving you a fair shake.

I would suggest keeping your mental and physical separate as much as possible. Certainly, both sides need to know what drugs you are taking so you don't have interactions. But docs can be really bad about assuming things, ie a medical doc may blow you off entirely because they know of the mental BPD dx... They don't need to know that, they just maybe need to know you're in therapy for general reasons like most the world is ha.

I know some may not agree with me. But I work with medical records/transcription for social security disability. I've seen a LOT of health docs be biased about a patients treatment/possible dxs because of previous mental dxs... or because the possible dx, like FM, cannot be seen on a blood test.

I have also found personally that if my husband comes with me to doc appointments for things that are subjective (like pain, FM, etc) I am taken a lot more seriously. I reallllly hate that.

tempertemper 06/15/2011

Thank you all for your advice and well wishes, I will definitley be taking someone with me next time I go to my doctor and if I dont get any joy I will have to consider a change,I will check my meds again but Im sure the only symptom on the list of side effects is naursea Ive been in bed for the last 2 days with what kind of feels like bad flu my hands and feet are burning so much I couldnt even hold a cup of tea this morning and I still have a terrible stabbing in my chest that kills when I breath.Anyway beginnig to sound like a needy Bpd patient again Thanks once again for your help and best wishes go out to you all x.

deleted_user 06/18/2011

the chest pain is realted to fibro and it has it own name. if you go to the web site i'm going to list it tells you the name and symptoms. the chest pain can be a killer. My Neurologist wont give me pain meds only neruotin and cymbalta I have to see my family dr for pain meds or muscle relaxants I'm going to him next we. I've become very upfront with my dr;s I walk in to their office with printed pages from the web and say i think i have this and what are we going to do about it. I have all the symptoms checked off that I have and he goes from there.,

gasf 06/18/2011

Have you had MRIs with contrast? If you have your are likely sick from them. There is going to be millions of people that are sickened by these gadolinium based contrasting agents as 1% of every dose stays in the body.

Burning and pain are both sysmptoms.

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