Could it be polymyalgia?

Theseus (FH) has recently been diagnosed with PMR, and is now down to 9mgs of steroids. It has has been well monitored and he is feeling good at the moment.

anno is a fantastic one woman support group, by the way. Yes you are!

Dragonfly, the symptoms sound very like polymyalgia rheumatica and I have every sympathy. You really ought to see your GP and ask for a blood test to find out if you have raised inflammatory markers. You can have PMR without having raised markers though. Your GP may give you a prescription for prednisolone, which is a steroid. This is a good diagnostic tool as the pain and stiffness will magically disappear within days (even hours) if it's PMR. I was first diagnosed almost three years ago and, having managed to reduce my dosage from 20mg to 1.5mg, I was all ready to taper down to zero, when I had a flare-up and went back up to 5mg. Setbacks do happen, but I have hopes of beginning a reduction again soon. Do keep in touch and pm me if you need to find out more.

It might be a good idea to ask your GP for some blood tests to get a first diagnosis, then he/she could follow up from the results of the tests, Dragonfly1

Dragonfly Get thee to thy GP soon. It really needs investigating, as you probably realise. I hope you get it sorted soon, Take care.