My psoriatic arthritis experience

I have been reading a lot of other people's experiences about this disease. I, however, only began this journey in August of 2021. I had an injury on one of my fingers, went to the doc, my blood pressure was raised (a little bit), was given amlodipine (for blood pressure). Since no one in my family has psoriatic disease I didn't think anything about it. But that started my journey...

A psoriatic arthritis diagnosis

The combination of the injury and amlodipine woke the dormant gene. By September 2021, I was in a full flare being diagnosed with pustular psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. I had no idea what was happening to my body. It hurt all over. Felt like I was walking on glass, fingers so swollen I couldn't even lift a fork, toes were like sausages, toe and fingernails falling off, scalp was peeling, legs and feet were so swollen that I couldn't put shoes on. Skin was peeling all over my body. Fatigue was unbearable. It really scared me in the beginning.

Now since my diagnoses and the help of my doctors (all my doctors – who didn't understand how I got like this in one month – they jumped on this case to slow it down), I've come to learn to accept this condition.

Finding support and information for life with PsA

I know I still have a very long road to go, as my doctors explained to me that usually between psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis is about 10 years, not all in one month. I am very thankful for forums like this to help when the depression gets really bad (as I still have very bad depression days), and these forums help me to understand the disease and how to cope.

So thank you all and may we All have better days.