Newly diagnosed

[barny123]

Hi all, diagnosed with fibro 2 weeks ago after months of tests for various torso pain. Cameras up cameras down which discovered heatus hernia and divituclar desease, can fibro make pain worse with these conditions? Can fibro cause breathlessness as went to A and E last Friday with it and feeling very light headed with chest pain. Glad to say all tests ECG bloods etc ok.

Got a video appointment this afternoon with pain clinic, hopefully they will be able to help and guide me through this condition.

[LoneEra]

Hi Barny. Sorry for the slow reply! How did you get on with the pain clinic? Have you been prescribed any meds? Or been given advice on self care?

[saluhouse]

Hello barny. Welcome to the club nobody wanted to join. You must be feeling so bewildered with all your myriad of symptoms. Hard to decide what is hurting you the most.

But you have come to the right place to find out about fibromyalgia. On here there are experts to advise on anything fibro related. Not professionals - but they do know their stuff. And - it seems to me - fibro impacts on anything else you might have wrong with you.

I do hope the Pain Clinic is helpful to you. But keep reading all the posts on here - I’m sure you will learn a lot.

Best wishes xxx

[LisaSnow FMA UK Volunteer]

Do you have diverticulitis or just diverticula? If diverticulitis has developed it needs treatment such as antibiotics along with diet modification. I do not think fibromyalgia directly "makes" the pain of these medical disorders worse, rather, fibromyalgia interfers with how your brain perceives pain, so you feel as if the pain is worse. It is most helpful to treat the medical disorders first so the inflammation does not spread further. Take care!

[barny123 in reply to LisaSnow]

Thanks Lisa for the info. I just have divituclar but interesting how fibro affects the discomfort.

[LisaSnow FMA UK Volunteer in reply to barny123]

That's great! Speaking to dietician about changing out a high fat diet can reverse the duverticula growth! Indeed, fibro patients have generalized disturbance in pain "processing". Fibro has an amplified response to "stimuli" (any potential cause for pain), so that minor event that would not ordinarily be painful in healthy individuals can feel very painful.

[Hazel_Angelstar Administrator FMA UK Staff]

Hi barny123 and a warm welcome to our community

You mention you were diagnosed after tests for stomach pains..... Do you have pains elsewhere on your body.

Fibromyalgia is widespread pain, and if your pain is localised then you may have been misdiagnosed

Also the chest pain and breathlessness may have been connected to costochondritis, which is common in people with fibromyalgia