OK FINALLY I CAN TALK TO SOMEONE ELSE ABOUT THIS DISEASE. I WAS TOLD I HAD PSORIATIC ARTHITIS THREE'S AGO. MY LIFE WAS CHANGING AND I HAD NO CONTROL. YES I WAS PUT ON METHOTREXATE, ARAVA, BEXTRA, AND ZOLOFT. WHAT THE DOCTORS DON'T TELL YOU ABOUT THESE DRUGS IS THEY REACH THERE MAX. BENIFITS AFTER SIX MOS TO A YEAR.I'M 30 AND HAVE BEEN GETTING WORSE SINCE I WAS DIAGNOSED TWO YEARS AGO. AND HERES MY TAKE ON SOME FOODS MAKING WORSE. ARTHITIS IS AN AUTOIMMUNITY,SO ANYTHING YOU EAT THAT WILL BOOST YOU IMMUNE SYSTEM IS GOING TO TRIGGER THE DISEASE. ALSO, YOU CAN HAVE PSORIASIS ANY WHERE ON YOU BODY. I HAVE IT ON MY HANDS AND FEET. MOST OF WHAT I KNOW ABOUT THE DISEASE, I HAD TO FIND OUT ON MY ON. AND YES,THE WINTER IS WORSE FOR ME. I HURT AND SWELL IN MY NECK,SPINE,BREST JOINT,ELBOWS,WRIST,HANDS,LOWER BACK,BOTH KNEE'S,LEFT KNEE IS THE WORST,HIPS,AND ANKELS. I HAVE A COUSIN WHO HAS RA AND TOOK THE GOLD SHOTS WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER,NOW HE JUST TAKES PERISONE(?) AND IS DOING FINE. IAM VERY SCARED TO TAKE ENBREL OR REMICADE BECAUSE OF THE SIDE AFFECTS. SO, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM SOMEONE ABOUT ANY INFORMATION ON THIS VERY RARE DISEASE.THANKS