Psoriatic arthritis – Is this bad?I am 43 years old. about this time last year I started to get a sore hip and had an xray and it showed minor osteoarthritis. I started to take anti-imflammatory’s for a while and they seemed to work. Then nearing October last year, the pain reoccurred. after changing to different types of anti-imflammatory’s and trying the high strength paracetamol I realized that the effect of the medication was insignificant. By the time November came around I developed pains elsewhere (neck, back, shoulders, wrists, fingers, ankles, heels, toes). I was forced to give up work, I really could not continue. this has happened so quick and when I started to endure with this sudden influx of pain, it effected my sleep patterns, waking frequently etc… I did become accustomed eventually and now sleep is better. I get fatigue really bad after simple tasks. of course I had to learn a whole new way of doing everything from walking to turning off the tap. I am getting everything else; the morning stiffness and stiffness in general. I have seen specialists and so far I have tried the methotrexate (chemotherapy) and at the moment I am on the sulpher medication. The methotrexate did not agree with my liver and the sulpher does not seem to be having an effect.

Anyway; this has all happened in about a year from first symptoms (although I have always had psoriasis since my early ’20′s).

My question is: I know that there is no consistency with this ailment but, is this a more extreme case?