Nerve pain

Who all has fibromyalgia neuropathy? I am borderline diabetic...but have been doing some research that supports the neuropathy as being one of the symptoms of fibro? I am just curious if this is the fibro or sugar.

Thanks
Missy

hi meg, iv also been told just a few weeks ago i was borderline diabetic. my gp did not tell me anything about this or what it means. if you have any time could you if you dont mind tell me what advice your gp gave you or anything about what this really means and what the symptoms of it are, thanks x
to answer your Q - i was told resently when at the pain clinic that fibro is caused by the nerves in our body going a bit crazy.one nurse said that the pain was mostly nerve pain hiding itself and feels like muscle aches. thats the reason why a lot of people get gabapentin to help fibro. i have been on this for a yesr now and it does help some of the nerve pain i get. the other nurse said it wasnt proven yet.that its caused by nerves in our body. i do suffer really bad nerve pain, but without the gabapentin it goes up 100 times worse. i hope this helps you.
wishing you good days/nights ahead,
shana

Missy, I have never heard of fibromyalgia neuropathy.  We usually have what is called paresthesia.  It's tingling, numbness, burning, etc. but it usually comes and goes.  It has for me, at least.  I did have sharp pain like I banged my elbow when I first got fibro but that doesn't happen much now.  Here is a link telling you about paresthesia.

 

http://neurology.health-cares.net/paresthesia-symptoms.php

Neuropathy, on the other hand, can destroy the nerves.  They don't improve.  I know diabetics who can't feel their feet, wouldn't know if they stepped on glass or severely burned their feet.  This is different than what we experience with fibro.  Diabetics usually are the ones that can suffer from this but also people with connective tissue illnesses like Lupus can have this too.  Here is a link from WebMD that describes this better than I can.

 

http://www.webmd.com/brain/understanding-peripheral-neuropathy-basics

 

I do have tingling, some numbness, and even buzzing in my feet and sometimes my hands but it does go away.  I am a diabetic but I think this is fibro causing this.  It's gone on long before I became diabetic and it comes and goes.  I've had fibro for 23 years.  If this were neuropathy, I'd be a mess by now!  I'm not a doctor but this is my understanding of these symptoms.

 

Sherrine

 

Thanks for all the replies...one reason for asking is that on my disability papers (have not won yet) it states one of the conditions as fibromyalgia neuropathy. I have googled it and the articles that come up are relationships between the 2 but not one disorder that is a combination of the 2. I have lowered my sugar intake and upp-ed my Lyrica and the burning has diminished some...still have it but not as bad. So I am not sure which one has done it, the lowered sugar or the higher meds LOL.

I figure the nerve damage (what I have is small fiber nerve damage...here is a link for it if anyone is interested http://www.ccjm.org/content/76/5/297.full#sec-1 ) that is what is causing the burning and the number one cause of it is Diabetes. In denial I guess So now I am just trying to watch what I eat and keep checking my sugar and see what happens.


Shanadine

Pre-diabetes or borderline is just that it could very easily turn into diabetes if you don't start watching what you eat and exercise. My biggest thing is that I love starches...bread, pasta...so forth. When those things are eaten and the energy is not used, it turns to sugar. So in addition to watching your sugar intake, you have to watch what starches you eat. And exercise...even if it is just a walk every day. You can purchase a blood glucose monitor at wal-mart for next to nothing. The one I got is the ReliOn. The test strips run about $20 for 50. Wal-mart also told me you did not need a prescription for the strips. If yours requires it, ask your doctor to write you one. Then you can test at home. My fasting is always ok...my problem is that it takes a really long time for the sugar levels to get back to normal. Hope this helps you some.

Missy