I was given the same diagnosis. Some days i feel like #@&%, but other days I feel OK. Mostly i don't think about it too much because there are just so many other things pressing - kids. I take Aleve as needed and I get by. My doctor told me that his wife tested positive for lupus and RA, same as me (and you too, i guess). A year later she tested negative for both and no longer has problems. I know it's just one person's story, but it gives me hope. Like you, I have had strange symptoms for at least 10 years before seeing a rheumatologist. It just comes over me off and on, but I figure that if I was going to be truly debilitated by this, it would have happened by now. I sincerely hope you find relief with the plaquenil. Let us know how it goes.