Rheumatoid v. Fibromyalgia?

[Dippydebby]

I have rheumatoid arthritis and on dailymedication and weekly injections. My pain now is more widespread and much worse like a hot.poker in different areas but my memory is horrendous over the past 6.months since my.pain became worse. My.friend is a physio and said she felt I had fibromyalgia do they go together?

[catlady123]

Hi I suffer from R/A and am on alot of meds and had numerous joint replacements ,i was told that i also had fibro as they go together reading your comments mirrored how i feel.Hope you feel better.I am on methroxrate injections which help slightly.

[Fra22-57]

I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia in 2011.then I was hospitalised for a week on steroid drip and given diagnosis I had rheumatoid arthritis too.Whenever I go see rheumatologist he says pain etc I complain of is the fibro.he says my rheumatoid disease is controlled as on loads meds and biologic injection.I take pregabalin for the fibromyalgia which helps.

[LoneEra]

Hi. Yes, I have seronegative RA and fibro. I was told that RA can go hand in hand with fibro as the ongoing RA pain essentially puts the central nervous system into overdrive. But personally I feel like I’ve had fibro since way before I was officially diagnosed.

It can be hard to know some days whether the RA is the culprit of feeling pants, or if it’s the fibro. Or both! But I do find that the self management techniques for both conditions are pretty similar, so that helps.

You should ask your rheumatologist about getting a formal fibro diagnosis x

[penny]

I have read that there could be a link between vitamin D and RA and that a doctor in Brazil has been treating RA with vitamin D:

healthline.com/health-news/...?

[klr31]

Have you had your thyroid checked out and checked the results yourself?

Karen

[Hidden]

have you ever heard of Ambroxol for fibromyalgia? I use it for my Parkinson's, but most don't know it can really help manage fibromyalgia pain, just thought I would share. Really helps with my shoulder nerve pain from PD, and also clears my brain fog to keep me sharp! Some links on it below if you're interested.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/284...

fibromyalgianewstoday.com/2...

for memory I also take Acetyl L Carnitine in addition to Ambroxol, it really works too!

psychologytoday.com/us/blog...

[Ladame]

Hi, I have RA and asked to see my rheumatologist as I thought my methotrexate wasn’t working- not helping pain, neither was Tramadol- she examined me and said I had fibromyalgia as well. So yes, they do ! I’m now on a low dose of amitriptyline at night which helps me sleep but the tiredness and lack of energy hasn’t improved. Sorry to sound a misery, don’t mean to, just telling it how it is! I started after the sudden death of a very close friend and I think it was this which triggered it, as apparently this can happen. Wishing you all the best x

[desquinn Partner Volunteer FMAUK Trustee]

cannot remember the stat but I think it was you may be 20% more likely to get fibro if you have RA.