I haven't felt like posting for awhile. It just gets like that.
I did hear a lovely description of fibromyalgia the other day. It was described as a condition where the pain fuse has been blown. That's exactly what it felt like to me.
I went from a period where I could successfully handle pain to not being able to handle it. I took pain medication but an occasionnaly tylenol was nothing like what I was and still do have to do every day.
What did suprise me was the list of co-occuring disorders. Let's see, it was fatigue of course, thinking problems (fibrofog), dry eyes, dry mouth, sleep disorder, irritable bowel and irritable bladder.
Wow, I have several of those. Although I knew one went with the fibromyalgia, I never even considered the others.
I'll have to think about it some more. What do you think?
Showing posts with label symptoms. Show all posts
Showing posts with label symptoms. Show all posts
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Sunday, November 29, 2009
The One Major Symptom of Fibromyalgia
The One Major Symptom of Fibromyalgia
Surprisingly the one symptom of fibromyalgia that got my attention was the pain. Pain in the muscles and pain between the muscles got my attention. Even before I knew what they were pain in the pressure points drove me to start looking for answers. Some people start with pain in one area and it just seems to spread.
My best friend and I have talked about how long I was having some of the symptoms many times. We figure that I have been having some of the “lesser” symptoms of fibromyalgia for 5 to 10 years before 2005. It wasn’t until the pain became overwhelming that I paid attention though. Pain is at least for me the most debilitating part of fibromyalgia.
It is hard to describe. I always said it was like having arthritis but in the muscle not the joint. I have heard others describe it as like having the achiness from the flu or bronchitis. Another lady described it as feeling like someone was chewing on her muscles. I know people describe the pain in the pressure points as a burning.
Unfortunately it is also hard to predict how bad the pain will be. Some of the things that seem to affect fibromyalgia are the weather, time of day, changing positions from sitting to standing, not sleeping, or even stress.
As time goes on I hope to explore more symptoms of fibromyalgia. I also want to explore things that help me and others.
Surprisingly the one symptom of fibromyalgia that got my attention was the pain. Pain in the muscles and pain between the muscles got my attention. Even before I knew what they were pain in the pressure points drove me to start looking for answers. Some people start with pain in one area and it just seems to spread.
My best friend and I have talked about how long I was having some of the symptoms many times. We figure that I have been having some of the “lesser” symptoms of fibromyalgia for 5 to 10 years before 2005. It wasn’t until the pain became overwhelming that I paid attention though. Pain is at least for me the most debilitating part of fibromyalgia.
It is hard to describe. I always said it was like having arthritis but in the muscle not the joint. I have heard others describe it as like having the achiness from the flu or bronchitis. Another lady described it as feeling like someone was chewing on her muscles. I know people describe the pain in the pressure points as a burning.
Unfortunately it is also hard to predict how bad the pain will be. Some of the things that seem to affect fibromyalgia are the weather, time of day, changing positions from sitting to standing, not sleeping, or even stress.
As time goes on I hope to explore more symptoms of fibromyalgia. I also want to explore things that help me and others.
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