My name is Dionne and I have was finally diagnosed with FMS in 2009 I believe by my Primary Dr. I was 20 years old when I had my first child and my body was never the same after her. My issues started with my left leg being numb and sharp pain running down my leg all the time. I had my 2nd child at 21 (18 months later) and my leg issue got worse finally I got my Dr to listen to me that something was wrong with me, They found that I had a bulging disk at L5-S1. 3 year later I had my 3rd child and the pain was getting worse it now wasn't just in my leg. I continued to go to my Dr and tell him that I was tired all the time, my whole body hurt he continued to test me for Lupus and other things I have had a ton of MRI's and CT to see what was going on. I continued to get frustrated because all my test were coming back ok (beside the bulging disk). My Dr would put me on a muscle relaxer and or pain killers for a while and they DIDN'T work. Finally after years of the same issues and no answers he said that I had FMS and told me that I needed to go to a pain clinic. I was on 10 medications at that time and was still in pain and my muscles still wouldn't relax. I got pregnant in 2012 and stopped all my medications when I lost that baby I decided that I was tired of all the medication and it wasn't making much difference with the medications. I got pregnant again a few months later and I am going on 2 years of no medication. I should also say that I was seeing a Chiropractor on a regular basis that specializes in FMS and he helped me out a lot.
Life with FMS with meds and without meds SUCKS!!!!!!!! I am 32 years old and I work full time and live on a farm (raise goats, pigs) and have 4 active kids, there are days/weeks that I just have to come home and lay down for the rest of the night because the pain is so bad that I just can't sit/stand any longer...