When I went to the Doctor, he asked if I had achy legs as a child and I said yes, I remember lying awake for endless nights. He said that it used to be classified as growing pains, but that it was the start of restless legs which led to the fibro. Go figure. I did read an article last night about FMS and it said one of the symptoms is restless legs and until the Doctor said that to me, I didn't realize they were connected. I agree, I need to see a specialist and I think I will call my Doctor to see if he can refer me to one. I just recently started having the numbness in my arms, fingers and my legs and feet. What do you take for yours? I don't know how he got RA connected with the fibro. This is the same Doctor I went to 20 years ago when the restless legs got so bad and he said there was no such thing, and that it was all in my head---well, I took an article in to him from a newspaper and told him this is what I have. I could never describe the feeling, just that it felt like I had spiders crawling inside my legs, and this article from a lady said the exact same description that I gave him.
I don't know why I started going back to him, except my husband thinks he is the best Dr. around so I thought I would give him another chance-----well, doesn't seem like he is any better now than he was then.
Thanks for responding
Jan