thanks sabby and inchronicpain
i had an initial diagnosis of fibro a few years ago but my gp was then dismissive of the whole thing; and since then each doctor or physio i've been near has been equally as dismissive. Sabby I had the MS check as well; and that was ruled out thankfully but it doesn't seem anyone over here really believes it exists
I found one article online that was actually an old meetup group for people in my area who couldn't find help with getting treatment for fibro but the group seems to no longer exist; did help confirm i wasn't just imagining the lack of help though.
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Originally Posted by sabby
I hear you on that tigergirl. I'm sorry that the docs are not responding to your needs. It really stinks!
Back about 11-12 years ago, I was going through a lot of testing. I had a lot of neurological tests and the like for possible MS, I had sleep tests for apnea and asked the neurologist if fibro might be screwing up my sleep. He completely poo pooed my question stating that he believed that sleep apnea caused fibro like symptoms and that he had only read some articles about fibro so he wasn't going to dx me with it.
It took me another 8 years to finally get my gp to finally recognize the fibro (after another round of neuro testing and the recommendation from that neuro that it "could be" fibro). Doc finally put me on some meds for it.
Luckily for us here in the states, more and more doctors have come to the realization that this is a very real issue for people and are now taking it more seriously. I hope that you can find someone in your neck of the woods who jumps on this bandwagon and can help you.
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Originally Posted by inchronicpain
hey tigergirl I know what you mean hang in there there is some good doctors out there that know and will treat you for fibro
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