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Feeling at my wits end with Chronic Pain and Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia | Last Active: Jul 16 6:18pm | Replies (318)Comment receiving replies
@sandytoes14
I would like someone to talk to. I haven't figured out if I have fibromyalgia yet but I feel very strongly that I do. My hand are going numb when I sleep on them for 1 to 10 hours after I wake up sometimes for days. My esophagus is swollen and throat. I have swelling in my ribs and chest and it stings, aches, dull pains, etc it hurts so bad in 10 different ways. I have a cough for about 6 months now. And a sinus headache along with sinus swelling. It's driving me crazy and I'm hoping I can figure this out.
I also have severe degenerative disc disease and severe stenosis of the spine. I've had 2 operations first one at 30 yrs old 2nd one at 31. 1st was a removal of one of my lower disc and the 2nd one was a fusion in my neck is fibromyalgia linked with back problems? I've read that it can cause problems but does it cause degenerative disc disease?
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GodSpirt, it sounds like to me your C5 in your neck is causing your hand problem. I have it so bad i can't feel either hand and cant even drive! Also it sounds to me you have a severe SINUS infection and need an AB right away! I dont believe that the Fibro can cause a lot of what you listed, Fibro is mostly Nerve and Muscle disfunction i believe. I did a lot of research on all of that for i came down with CFIDS which is closely related along with EBV, Sjogren's Syndrom, Bells Palsy and of course-Fibro! I had the Chronic Fatigue so bad i lived in my easy chair, any strength i had was saved for a shower and that was it! Tie 50#s of weight on each limb and walk upstairs-thats a perfect example of CFIDS! After 4 months in my chair, my employer {after 35 years of service} fired me ! This is after a dedication of 6 days a week at 10 hours a day! Yeah-HERE-GoodBye-Thanks for your service! Sorry-got off on a tangent there! LOL Dont forget Humor and Music, they are the best PILLS in the world-i wish you well! :")
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I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia a year ago, but my symptoms started a year before that -- extreme insomnia and weeks or months of flares with mild to severe pain that can be all over or shift from one area of the body to the next. Also nerve pain that feels like it's just under the skin. I'm not on any medications except for Trazodone and CBN/CBD gummies at night to help with sleep and low dose muscle relaxer at nights when I need it for pain, altho it doesn't help that much.
Your symptoms don't sound like typical fibro symptoms. Fibro can cause back and neck pain, but it's usually the muscles that hurt and not the spine. Also, I've never read that it can cause degenerative disc issues.
I also would like someone to talk to and was thinking of starting a chat group in the fibromyalgia support group. I'd like to connect with others and discuss their experience and what helps them with the symptoms, which are life altering.