Can Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome cause fibromyalgia? ?
Okay first some background. I was diagnosed with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome when I was 13 yrs. old. Treatment was birth control. When I was 21 I stated getting blood clots. Dr. did not know why but I had to stop taking birth control. Now I take warfarin because stopping birth control did not stop the clots. At 23 I had partial hysterectomy. Uterus and right ovary was removed to alleviate some of my symptoms, the right ovary kept forming cysts that had to be removed surgically because they would get to be the size of a man's fist. Have had very few problems with PCOS since hysterectomy. However, I hurt everywhere, I visibly swell up and I have to take a prescription diuretic (think it is spelled lasics), and severe fatigue. I also have IBS and Interstitial cystitis (control both with diet). The Dr. says I have fibromyalgia. I do not want to take the steroids and pain medicine that the Dr. is prescribing. Does anyone have any idea about what could cause the bloodclotss and other symptoms. I feel like my Dr. is not investigating whether there is a common cause between all of these different problems. I have been hospitalized many times due to swelling and blood clots, but the fatigue is my biggest complaint. Can the polycystic ovarian syndrome which is the only health problem I had until I was 20 cause these others symptoms. I still have one ovary which still gets cysts occasionally.
Public Comments
1. While the cause of Fibromyalgia (FM) is unclear, accumulating data suggests that disordered central pain processing likely plays a role in the pathogenesis of symptoms.Although various pharmacological treatments have been studied and espoused for treating FM, no single drug or group of drugs has proved to be particularly useful in treating FM patients as a whole, and only one drug to date has earned U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for treating the syndrome in the United States.
There are many triggered events thought to bring on the onset of FM. These triggered events don't cause FM, but they may awaken the underlying physiological abnormalities that are already present in the body of an FM patient:
* Physical Trauma
* Emotional Trauma
* Disturbance In Brain Chemistry
* Disturbed Sleep Patterns
For detailed information about the possible causes, treatments, etc. for FM check out FM/CFS/ME RESOURCES. http://fmcfsme.d-3systems.com/
Together, Finding The Cure,
Misty Roberts
Owner/Patient 30+ years
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2. misty cut and pasted good info-its nice to see others on here not spreading quackery
beware-someone might tell you it is thick body fluids-that is quackery--thick body fluids may cause pain and fatigue-but not REAL FMS
it is also not autoimmune (it has immune dusfunction-which is different)-it is not arthritis-it is not vitamin related (b12 does not cure real fms)
