I have Lupus. My Doctor diagnosed me w/ fibromyalgia ALSO. WHY?

I have had SLE (lupus) for 1 year now and have been treated with cellcept and prednisone.
At my last Dr. appt., my doctor diagnosed me with fibromyalgia.
She did no tests or anything. How does she know?
I played football for 6 years(many injuries)--I know i have a high pain tolerance.
****She said that because my joints were not swollen, I must be amplifying the pain!!***--(amplified pain is the definition of fibromyalgia-you interpret pain as being worse than a normal person)

I am really angry that my doctor would tell me that I'm just complaining--she's always telling me to tell her all my symptoms.

IS SHE CORRECT TO GIVE ME THIS NEW DIAGNOSIS ON TOP OF MY PREVIOUS DIAGNOSIS OF LUPUS???????

Fibromyalgia often occurs in overlap with lupus. They are both autoimmune. Fibro is usually diagnosed by having pain on symmetrical pressure points in the body.

If you want to know how you doctor knows, ask the doctor. We don't know what your doctor was thinking or how the diagnosis was made.

If you don't trust your doctor, get one you can trust. Lupus is too serious to be treated by a doctor with whom you do not have an open and honest relationship.

We dont' know if she was right because we don't know your symptoms and we don't know what information she used to make that diagnosis.

They may be related. Fibromyalgia, like arthritis, is more likely to be a common result of several different processes, than a specific disease in itself. Lupus causes generalized inflammation, which could definitely cause symptoms similar to fibromyalgia.

Fibromyalgia simply means literally "fibrous tissue" "muscle" "pain". Fibromyalgia is diagnosed via patient-reported symptoms, usually patient complaints of pain in specific trigger points http://www.spineuniverse.com/displaygrap...

Fibromyalgia isn't an insulting diagnosis. It's a description of the type of pain you're having, which is pain without accompanying inflammation.

Fibromyalgia patients do interpet pain as being worse than a "normal" person would. However, (reputable) physicians feel there is an actual physiological cause for this, not a psychological one. Amplified pain isn't just a fibromyalgia definition; it can occur with other chronic diseases too.

I have fibromyalgia. Your fibromyalgia may be a result of your SLE. I know you're angry and feel like your physician is dismissing your complaints, but the word "complaint" in this case is an actual medical term, not a derogatory one. All healthcare personnel use the term "complaint" when a patient describes symptoms.

You may want to do some reading about fibromyalgia. Try
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/fibromy...
http://www.webmd.com/fibromyalgia/defaul...
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/fibro...

i WAS DIAGNOSISED WITH lUPUS IN 1997, AND IN 2007 THEY SAID i HAVE FIBROMYALGIA, NOT LUPUS, AND NO THEY DID NOT EVEN TOUCH ME.

SO I UNDERSTAND YOU FRUSTRATION

SPIRIT