Mistaken for gout

[Neilsgirl]

Could any please help me

I’ve been having awful joint pains in knees elbows with like electric shock pains

Also my muscles hurt like they are burning and very weak I have a constant headache a feel like I’m going mad I’m very forgetful and concentrating is hard for me

I’ve gone from someone with lots of energy to someone who has to drag herself out of bed and just falls asleep after work

I’ve asked my doctor for help he gave me blood test that showed it wasn’t rheumatoid arthritis but my Uric acid was slightly raised so he diagnosed gout ???

None of my joints etc look or feel like gout

Has anyone else had the same reaction from a doctor ?

[Gjkas]

Yes, i think that there's a lot of Doctors our there that are STUPID. We have 4 Doctors in our Surgery and only one of them are any good. She only works 2 half days a week. So it's pretty hard to be able to get an appointment with her..

By what you've said about the pains you are getting doesn't sound like Gout to me. I'm not a Doctor but ive had Gout ,you usually only get it in one joint, perhaps sometimes 2 ??.

Usually the affected joint gets swollen and hot to the touch. Really very painful.

At least that is how mine have been..

What youve described is a lot like Fibromyalgia??? .

Hope not. What is your G.P. going to do for you . TREAT YOU FOR GOUT. HUH.

If i were you I would go and see another Doctor and what he has to say about it.

Hope youll soon be feeling better.

Take Care 😓 x

[Hidden in reply to Gjkas]

I agree , sounds like fibromyalgia , have you been doing stairs or some activities to make these areas work , try heat pads hot baths , rest ...

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

Yes, I agt, could be fibro. Xx

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

Worse I meant , not work .....same thing 🙄🙄

[Neilsgirl in reply to Hidden]

I’m trying to work I’m a domestic cleaner so I’ve finding it very hard and keep loosing work because of it 😔

So it’s hitting me financially too

I’ve finished the meditation they gave me for Gout and if anything my symptoms are worse ?

This is another reason I think I’ve been misdiagnosed

[bobbybobb]

Go back to your GP take a list of symptoms and tell them the medication has not worked for you.x

[Gjkas in reply to bobbybobb]

You know, Bobbybobb, I've been back and forth to my G.P because my pain is not under control .I've been on the same medication for years. But because I'm under the Pain Management Doctors my G.P is reluctant to try anything else.

I'm in bloody Agony, but I only get to see Pain Management Doctors twice a year if I'm lucky. They say that they just don't know what else they can do because i am so complex. I know that I've got a lot of medical conditions but I really need help for the pain. I don't care if my Heart conks out.

As far as I'm concerned now. It's NOT QUANTITY OF LIFE ANYMORE,

IT'S QUALITY OF LIFE.

And i really haven't got any quality of life.

I haven't been out of the house for over 5 years because of the pain. Except for Hospital Appointments, then my Husband has to practically drag me there. WHY the hell do the Doctors keep you going when they know what you really want. ?????.? .

Really, Really had enough

10 years ago I would never have thought that I'd be thinking like this. But the increasing pain over the years. OOOH

[bobbybobb in reply to Gjkas]

Your pain management doctors need to work harder. Some degree of quality is important and although all pain cannot be cured, there should be a level to where it is managed so that you feel it is not all hopeless and a waste of time. Tell the GP you are not coping and need to see the pain management Doctors and discuss how the pain is severely affecting your quality of life. Write everything down in a way that makes them sit up and listen and take your husband with you, so he can also have some input into how it is affecting you. x

[Gjkas in reply to bobbybobb]

Oh Bobbybobb, I've already done all that. My Husband always comes with me, but he is a bit deaf and he sometimes forgets things

Everything is just hopeless.

I can't see any way out of it.

My Hubby's my Carer ,but he's not well himself .I know that my Illnesses are pulling him down. But I really don't know what to do. I've even told the Doctors that I wish I was dead.

It would be better than lingering around like this. A few years ago my Husband bought my cup of tea up to me like he always do..But this morning he couldn't wake me up.

So he rang 999, i was rushed to Hospital and was in CRITICAL CARE on a Life Support for a couple of days, then in ICU. Was in Hospital for 6 weeks. I still say to him that I wish he hadn't called the Ambulance. I wouldn't be in this pain then. I know that i shouldn't say it.

BUT IT'S HOW I FEEL.

I've got an Advanced Notification letter from my Doctors put in place to say that if i collapse from whatever cause. They are not allowed to give me CPR or any other kind of Resuscitation. It's also been made clear in CARDIOLOGY and the other Clinics that I have to go to. Except Pain Management, because if they could help get rid of just some of this pain I'd rip that letter up. Our 3 Sons know about it and they all understand, because they see me every week and know how much pain i am in. So I don't feel guilty about feeling the way I do.I don't want to leave any of them because I Love them all so much. BUT OH.

🛌😱😰.This is me..😨👎✋👎x

[bobbybobb in reply to Gjkas]

I am all for Advanced Directives when they have been discussed with all involved In certain circumstances. Nothing is hopeless when you have the love of your family in front of you. To watch them flourish, it would be a tragedy to miss a single minute of that.They are always working on new generations of medications so you just don't know if that one medication will come onto the market and change things for you. Or if one of your pain Doctors rethinks the management of you. You always have to have that hope. I'm sure you have discussed this low mood with your GP. Has e suggested anything to help you cope and digest the way you are feeling. xx

[gopaingo]

I have to say that my Dr has gone the other way. I have had gout for years, but on a recent trip to hospital consultant...a new Dr said my uric acid was high, but it can't possibly be gout as I'm too young and so it must be fibro........he also said that I don't have athritys - when I have has altrosound years ago that proved I do....so my advice is to go back to the Drs with all your symptoms and when you were diagnosed with fibro.