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Fibromyalgia and adhesion & fascial issues
I have fibromyalgia and have had widespread skeletal muscle pain for a number of years. This past year, I started having pain issues due to adhesive capsulitis (freezing of my shoulder and ankle), myofascial adhesions, and plantar fasciitis. Is anyone else with fibromyalgia experiencing these type of issues? I am wondering if they are related to my fibromyalgia or some other underlying problem.
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My suggestion would find a pain clinic in your area. I would talk to them about trigger point injections. When you're talking about myofascia, that involves massages and trigger point injections to relieve the muscle pain. I don't know if what you're describing is a nerve pain when you say it feels like ants, but the is gabapentin for nerve pain you could look into. The symptoms in fibromyalgia can easily be mistaken for something else going on. There's a specific condition that has to do with myofascia, there is a specific condition that have to do with multiple skeletal pain there's lots of different conditions that overlap with symptoms that have to do with fibromyalgia so you might check into some further testing. I would highly suggest a rheumatologist and or a neurologist. Anyway just my two cents worth hopefully you found this helpful.
I have posted this before, probably in another thread. From the Mayo web site:
Antidepressants. Duloxetine (Cymbalta) and milnacipran (Savella) may help ease the pain and fatigue associated with fibromyalgia. Your doctor may prescribe amitriptyline or the muscle relaxant cyclobenzaprine to help promote sleep.
Anti-seizure drugs. Medications designed to treat epilepsy are often useful in reducing certain types of pain. Gabapentin (Neurontin) is sometimes helpful in reducing fibromyalgia symptoms, while pregabalin (Lyrica) was the first drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat fibromyalgia.
Hope this helps!
I have similar symptoms. I was tested by a Neurologist for nerve damage and also went to a Rheumatologist. I feel the ants crawling all over my body, as well as burning at times, and severe pain in my feet and legs. These are just part of my symptoms. But these do sound like your symptoms. I was negative for Small fiber neuropathy, and my EMG is normal, as well as all MRIs. This is what they tell me. I have been diagnosed with Fibromyalgia and Migraine Associated Vertigo. I suggest you go to a few different doctors and see what they come up with. At least it will help you rule out that really scary things like MS or ALS.
Best of luck to you,
Kat
The problem swallowing and the feeling of ants don’t sound like fibro symptoms to me. Coincidentally, I have Sjogren’s, fibro and a swallowing disorder. To my knowledge, the swallowing disorder is not connected to the other problems.
I've had fibro for about 20 years. I had a frozen left shoulder about 15 years ago and a physical therapist worked on the shoulder over several weeks to loosen it. I had a complete recovery, but it was extremely painful (a real 10 out of 10) experience. I've also had carpal tunnel that a PT was able to work out by calming the fascia in my arms. I was seeing a physiatrist back then who told me that he thought I had a combination of fibro and Myofascial Pain Syndrome, and the MPS was causing my pain. He was the most knowledgeable doctor I've seen, but he retired years ago and I've never found a doctor since who wanted to treat me with anything but meds.
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