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Recently been diagnosed with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome
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Jilliana
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I’ve recently been diagnosed with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome
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Hi @Jilliana welcome to the community.
Thank you for joining us, you may be interested in our dealing with chronic pain discussions.
Please let us know if you have any questions
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@Jilliana how did you get diagnosed with both conditions? I've been diagnosed with fybro 3 years now and any other problems seem to get put down as just fybro
A friend of mine has said to ask about ME and MS but I'm really not confident that anyone will listen. Although I am hopefully seeing rheumatology
Good luck hun xxx -
I have had Fibromyalgia for 10 years and diagnosed with M E seven years ago the Rheumatology dept sent me to the mental health clinic to get the M E diagnosis because it is only diagnosed when all medical tests have been carried out to rule out other medical conditions with the same symptoms
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FMA UK is a UK charity for people with Fribromyalgia, have you seen these before? They have:
- National Helplines on fibromyalgia and benefits issues
- An online support forum that is available 24/7 with office bearers of the charity being available to help e.g. our benefits advisor helps with benefits queries and sends information regularly.
- UK wide system of support groups
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