Newbie from Swansea

Hello Everyone,
My name is Kath.
I don't have an official diagnosis so I hope it's OK to post.
I have been struggling with symptoms for a long time, some I've had most of my adult life. Since 2008 things have gradually got worse, especially over the last 12 months. I did mention to my GP some time ago that I thought I might have FM but was dismissed. I wasn't sure myself and it's only recently that I came back to look at info on FM and realised that it's very probably that I do have it. I think what clouds things is that I have other health problems too.
Currently I have pain everywhere all the time, stiffness in my legs and feet that is so bad in the morning that I can hardly walk and makes getting on and off chairs, climbing steps and so on painfully difficult; back pain which is agonising after walking a few yards and seriously impacts on my daily life and ability to do anything; sleep apnoea which is managed on Bi-PAP plus not being able to go to sleep or stay asleep for any significant length of time; waking up every morning feeling like death warmed up; exhaustion; fatigue; extreme and constant nausea which begins the moment I wake up; vomiting if I'm overly stressed or tired; hyper-sensitivity to most meds which presents as an acute intensifying of the nausea, vomiting, dizziness and feeling awful; dizziness including bouts of BPPV; IBS; can't stand noise or bright lights; depression, anxiety and panic attacks.
The irony is that I'm under the care of mental health, an endocrinologist, a physician specialising in sleep disorders, and awaiting referral to a gastroenterologist, yet no-one seems to be connecting the dots except me.
I'm very fat and apparently, this is the cause of everything that's wrong with me.
I won't bother to say how my daily life because you all already know. One of the reasons I joined the forum was to be around people where I don't have to explain or justify anything. I'm very lucky in that my family are lovingly supportive of me but the rest of the world seems to think I've brought it all on myself because I'm fat.
I am going to make an appointment with the most sensible of our GPs and see if she will refer me on to someone who can investigate and make an official diagnosis, if it turns out that I do have FM. Would this be a Rheumatologist or some other specialist?
Is there anyone else in the Swansea area who could advise who get myself referred to?
Many thanks,
Kath
My name is Kath.
I don't have an official diagnosis so I hope it's OK to post.
I have been struggling with symptoms for a long time, some I've had most of my adult life. Since 2008 things have gradually got worse, especially over the last 12 months. I did mention to my GP some time ago that I thought I might have FM but was dismissed. I wasn't sure myself and it's only recently that I came back to look at info on FM and realised that it's very probably that I do have it. I think what clouds things is that I have other health problems too.
Currently I have pain everywhere all the time, stiffness in my legs and feet that is so bad in the morning that I can hardly walk and makes getting on and off chairs, climbing steps and so on painfully difficult; back pain which is agonising after walking a few yards and seriously impacts on my daily life and ability to do anything; sleep apnoea which is managed on Bi-PAP plus not being able to go to sleep or stay asleep for any significant length of time; waking up every morning feeling like death warmed up; exhaustion; fatigue; extreme and constant nausea which begins the moment I wake up; vomiting if I'm overly stressed or tired; hyper-sensitivity to most meds which presents as an acute intensifying of the nausea, vomiting, dizziness and feeling awful; dizziness including bouts of BPPV; IBS; can't stand noise or bright lights; depression, anxiety and panic attacks.
The irony is that I'm under the care of mental health, an endocrinologist, a physician specialising in sleep disorders, and awaiting referral to a gastroenterologist, yet no-one seems to be connecting the dots except me.
I'm very fat and apparently, this is the cause of everything that's wrong with me.

I won't bother to say how my daily life because you all already know. One of the reasons I joined the forum was to be around people where I don't have to explain or justify anything. I'm very lucky in that my family are lovingly supportive of me but the rest of the world seems to think I've brought it all on myself because I'm fat.
I am going to make an appointment with the most sensible of our GPs and see if she will refer me on to someone who can investigate and make an official diagnosis, if it turns out that I do have FM. Would this be a Rheumatologist or some other specialist?
Is there anyone else in the Swansea area who could advise who get myself referred to?
Many thanks,
Kath