I did a search and didn't find much..Myofascial Pain

I have been researching, reading everything I can.  The more I read, the more I think my issues are more with Myofascial PAin than with fibro.  They all say fibro is more body wide and myofascial is more localized.  My pain is my neck/shoulders with those lumps they speak of, and periformis muscle/sciatica.  I also read that many rheumy's still lump the 2 together.  Do many of you find this to be true?

There is a link in Fibro 101 that tells you all about Myofacial Pain Syndrome and another all about fibromyalgia.  You can read and compare there

 

My pain is mostly in my back and shoulders but I can have traveling pain anywhere on my body.  That's the difference, I think.  I could have both fibro and myofacial, too.  The pain of fibro is in all four quadrants of the body but it doesn't have to be happening all at once.  Sometimes I'll have a hip or some toes, my knees or my fingers bothering me. 

Sherrine 

Ok, now I have read more on the subject and not sure what to think.  Probably dealing with both at the same time.  I did read a book written by Dr. Devin Starlanyl this last weekend, was very interesting.  As I read these books a light comes on and it hits me that over theyears I have suffered this or that.  The chemical sensitivites they speak of happened to me, quite severely.  I am thinking some of these symptoms come and go, am I correct?  A few years back I was having terrible reactions to chemical scents.  My boss mixed Carpet Fresh and Resolve on the carpets at work and it set off asthma like reactions in me.  My lungs nearly froze, I was gasping for air.  I did see an ENT whom did a Cat Scan of my sinuses and was shocked I wasn't even sicker than I was, yet they never really could pinpoint a reason other than the chemical reaction.  At that time my PCP gave me an inhaler to keep on hand.  That year the chemical reactions were terrible.  One day my daughter and I drove pass a carnival with rides..all I could smell was heavy diesel fuel, made me sick to my stomach and all she could smell was popcorn.  3 tiered candles make me ill, some perfumes, orange scented cleaners and such.

As I read though, I realize I probably have been dealing with fibro/myofascial since my early 30's.  When I think about all the trips to doctors and all the disappointments over the years, I get so disappointed in the medical profession.

Hi Deb...

http://homepages.sover.net/~devstar/phsympt.htm

This is a link I found awhile ago as I was dx'd with MFP as well as fibro. 

Donna

I agree again, Deb. When I found all this out and started looking back, I realized I had had a lot of this coming on since I was a teen at least. My chemical sensitivities come and go a lot too as well as many other symptoms. Sometimes, I can't even follow a diesel truck on the freeway. Just last year, we tried to go for a car ride in my sis-in-law's car while on vacation with them. I had to make us turn around and go all the way back to their house so we could use our car instead all because her air conditioning was low on freeon (sp?) and I could not stand that smell!

I guess in the end, the work all of us do now to educate our caregivers, will make it better for the next generation of Fibromites if they don't find out it is an auto-immune disease in the meantime.

Thanks Chompers.

Thank you.