what does fibro feel like? | Arthritis Information

 

I am having fibro problems at the moment. Last night my arms were so weak that I could not lift the covers off of me. I had to call hubby into the room to do it for me. Of course, he laughed at me and called me weakling and said I would have been stuck if he was not home. Yeah WHATEVER!

 

That is fibro for me. And today I woke up with a fibro migrain! Yippy for me!! That is what RD said the pains in the back of my head that run from the base of my neck up to the middle part of my ears was... a fibro migrain. I am still in denial and even told her it was just the muscle, and she said its a migrain... then she offered to give me something for it and I was presistant and still told her no it was the muscle not a migrain. Now I am starting to believe her. But I have gotten these types of head pains when I was in teenage remission. I just am having a hard time connecting 2 & 2 2gether.

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And the "wow, it feels like I got hit by a card 5 minutes ago"
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was it an ace of harts? joonie2008-04-30 14:33:42

Sounds pretty much like I how feel on my bad fibro days. It's such an awful feeling. Talk to your RD about it. There are great meds out there that help alot. Good luck.

Hahaha Joonie, I mean "car"


Yeah.....I dont proof read....
From a former poof reader... I can't answer that question, but I have similar feelings often.  I wonder if I have crossover with fibro?  I've never had a dr touch the "points" but I have some places that are so painful when touched that I have to hold back a reactive *slap* to push the animal or person away because it hurts so badly.For me:
- excessive fatigue despite sleeping 15 hours a night.
- dizziness, headaches, feeling like you have the 'flu all the time, BRAIN FOG - can't concentrate on anything. You know when you are really sick and have a cold and you lie down and watch a TV show and you can't remember anything that happened? That's like my life when fibro is bad.
- muscle and pain and 'tiredness' "around" a joint. Not like RA where it is 'in' the joint, but like all around it.
- The muscle pain is like always there and it makes you pretty miserable. The pain is only about a 2-4/10, but it is always there.


_popupControl(); Fibromyalgia and Polymyalgia Rheumatica(PMR) pretty much have the same symptoms.

However, there is one Major Difference between the two and that is with  FIBROMYALGIA YOUR SED RATE ISN'T ELEVATED - WITH PMR YOUR SED RATE IS ELEVATED.

Unusual as it is PMR isn't usually one of Arthur's Gang dx. Guess they are looking for more severe types so they can pump drugs into a patient, which usually don't work long-term.
The treatment for PMR is prednisone and the good news is that PMR can clear up in as little as six months or up to five years. The incidence of it hanging on forever are low.
I was reading this post.. and trying to understand... bc w/ RA.. (don't have fibro and Refuse to even think about it!!! i mean seriously!!)