New to rhumatoid

Karen1832

Hi I'm newly diagnosed and to be honest it's all very overwhelming and I'd love to speak to others in the same situation please

PeterJ

Hi @Karen1832 and welcome to the Community, we area friendly and supportive group and I hope that you will find that as well.

I understand that you have been newly diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis and are looking for people to chat to. You have come to the right place.

You also might find the following article from our website of interest.

https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/conditions/rheumatoid-arthritis/

Please have a look and if you have any further questions please ask. We are all here to help each other, so keep on posting.

With very best wishes

Peter

Loggiemod

Hello @Karen1832 and welcome to the community. How does the RA affect you? It can affect us all in different ways but we are all here for you and each other

Karen1832

I'm really struggling if I'm being honest, I'm in pain constantly and the meds they have me on cause a whole new set of issues, side effects from stomach cramps, mouth ulcers and the worst is the very vivid scary nightmares but I'll talk to my consultant about it at my next appointment, does anyone else really suffer on methotrexate

Thanks for reading xx

noddingtonpete

Hi @Karen1832 form what I have seen on the community it takes a bit of getting used to. Have a look at the following

https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/treatments/drugs/methotrexate/

Also you may find this discussion useful

https://community.versusarthritis.org/discussion/comment/700289#Comment_700289

If in doubt go back to your GP/Consultant for help

Kind reagrds

Peter (moderator)