my right knee. I went to the doctor and he said I probably just pulled a muscle. By next week I had pain in my left knee also and the same doctor then said I had Bursitis. But a few days later my fingers,my hands, and my arms were also hurting. So then the doctor decided to test me for rheumatoid arthiritis, lupus, muscle diseases and all. I had a lot of bloodwork done and it was all negative. In the meanwhile my ankles and my back, my neck also started to hurt and I started getting a sore throat also. Over the years, I started getting a lot of headaches. I couldn't exercise anymore. Then I was finally diagnosed with Fibromyalgia. Actually one doctor said it was Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and the other said it was Fibromyalgia. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is caused by stress and a traumatic situation and I was under a great deal of stress at that time and I had gone through something big in my life. But the Rheumatologist said my pain was in different areas and that's why it's Fibromyalgia. Fibromyalgia happens in people who don't sleep well and I believe stress plays some factor too because they do say that a stressful situation can trigger it also. They also say that people with Fibromyalgia also have some sort of pain in the boday. But you get used to it after a while. I have started to exercise again, I used to do step aerobics before I got Fibromyalgia but a few years ago I started doing the treadmill. They say many patients who have Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome also have IBS. So I guess that's one of the reasons why I got IBS. Hope this helps
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I got Fibro in 1994 and it started out with horrible pain in
