Help me different diagnosis by doctors?

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Called Reiter's Syndrom-- arthritis, conjunctivitis, uveitis, urethiritis
" Cant Pee, Can't See, Can't Climb a Tree"
also swelling of the fingers " sausage digits, the IBS...
All related to HLA-B27 gene.

so far you fit the profile, good luck
usually caused by infection......Show more

Honey, my heart goes out to you!!!We laugh about it. We learn to "cover" the errors with laughter. But we're embarrassed and silently start questioning our own sanity. We worry about brain tumors and Alzheimer's because we know the problem is far more extensive than other people are seeing. , "I can no longer rely on me!"
If we tell our doctor about our problems, we are often easily placated by the doctor's words. "Everybody starts having trouble as they get older." "No, you don't have Alzheimer's - just FMS." "Oh, you're just depressed."
We take comfort from such dismissals. We really don't want to believe that something is really wrong with our brain.
So we joke about it with each other - further dismissing its importance. Someone once said, "If it wasn't for brainfog, I wouldn't get any exercise!"

But something is wrong. This is not the everyday forgetfulness that everyone experiences from time to time. This is a 24 hour, seven day-a-week continual struggle to appear and act normally. It's been proven by SPECT and PET scans of the brain. It really IS all in our heads - and it's real.


So what do you do? Perhaps you're still working and notice you are unable to even grasp the simplest part of those new forms you have to use. Perhaps people are noticing that glazed-over look you have as you struggle to understand a new instruction. Maybe you've overdrawn your checking account again - despite superhuman efforts on your part to prevent it. Maybe you're watching the Weather Channel because it's the only channel that makes sense. You're forgetting to take the garbage out. The list is endless on how this cognitive dysfunction can effect your life.

Your personality is changing. You're no longer as spontaneous as you used to be because everything coming into your brain has to be sifted for importance - for nuances you used to catch easily. You're struggling to react appropriately to everyday situations - and it's a constant effort which adds to our stress.

Because our brainfog is under-diagnosed by our local doctors, there
's very little research on treating it - especially in FMS.

I have had FMS and been in a wheelchair ! Im not in one now..but some days i can barley walk. I look PERFECTLY normal. but peeps dont see my pain. Since this dont let me post long posts, im going to post another below. THis is SO important!...Show more

I'm sorry that you are going through this, it must be quite difficult.
You need to give us more details(what are your symptoms) before we can try and help, though....Show more