Diagnosis of Psoriatic Arthritis

[amdoty]

So I was diagnosed with PsA and AS about 2 years ago. My father is driving me insane saying he has PsA but has never gone to the dr and is self diagnosing. He’s big into fitness and tells me I would feel better and not have these symptoms if I took supplements and eat only omega 3 foods. He thinks it will just go away. I eat healthy and so take fish oil daily. My pain level is about an 8 most days. I inject Cosentyx omg a month and take prednisone and oxycodone for pain. You can’t just say you have PsA without a proper diagnosis, right?? He’s 71 and says he has it. If he could only feel what real pain was he wouldn’t be saying this. I just needed to vent because it drives me crazy when he says he has PsA and then tells me it will all go away and get better with supplements instead of actual pharmaceuticals ment for these two diseases..

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Hello,

Sending you a hug and I can empathise.

No, he cannot claim to have PsA unless diagnosed.

My mum tells me to do ridiculous things like stretching or pushing on painful PsA joints to cure myself. Mum is in her 70s and claims she prevented/cured (undiagnosed) osteoarthritis by pushing on sore knuckles.

x

[Ree77]

Its situations like these that can make us come undone. No matter how hard a day I have I always try to breathe through it and be positive (even if its just faking it until I can make it). I have a friend like this too who insists that their OA condition is worse than mine..and goes on about it all the time. It may be- I can't say if either of our pains are worse its a personal thing. And that's not what bothers me the most.. they haven't seen a rheumatologist in thirty years and their diagnosis is based on a report they read on an MRI and Xray that a radiologist wrote. I feel for them for sure..but I often can't work out if its a competitive thing or what that makes them tell you that your pain is invalid incomparison to theirs. 😡. Rant over. Try to let it be water off a ducks back though cos it can eat at you and spoil your happiness. Hugs