Pain and symptoms questions.

Muscle spasms are normal for fibro, though I am not sure that is what you have or not. my muscles get rigid. Feeling of swelling I think is a fibro thing too.

Try not to obsess with your health. But do keep walking. That is one of the best things that you can do for yourself. Try to take life one day at a time and live in the moment. Get use to the idea that you will probably always have pain. Stress is a trigger. Keep it down to a minimum. That may mean changing your life style and avoiding stressful people and situations. You have to think of yourself now and how you are going to get your pain under control. Tolerable. That is what you should be looking into. Many of us go different routes and that is all in what works for you. Some take narcotics, some go natural. Some use antidepressants. The main thing to do right now is keep moving, even if it is just walking around the house. Drink a lot of water to keep the muscles hydrated, if you got lemon, put it in there. It is good for you and makes the water taste better. You will get the hang of it. But obsessing about it doesn't help a thing. Live with it. Deal with it when you have to. Keeep that positive outlook. That takes you a long ways. You can do this and we can help you.

Keep posting.

Hugs, Karen

AUBGIRL,

I just wanted to say that I am glad that the malic acid supplements are working for you. And I am glad that you are feeling better.

Take care,

Hugs, Karen

Thanks Karen!

Hi Anna,

I've got the muscle twitches and from previous posts I've read that Magnesium can help with that. However, if you get diagnosed with Fibro, your doctor may put you on Pregabalin *Lyrica* and that does help with Restless Leg Syndrome. I've found it's helped with the general twitches too, and when I tried to go off it, they returned:(

For your blood pressure, did you mean 190/130? That is pretty high. If it staggers though, you might want to start reading up on how you can naturally bring it down, de-stressing being a big one. However, I always have a low to low-normal reading and I have a lot of stress. So I'm 100% convinced that stress goes hand-in-hand with blood-pressure, but at the same time, I'm only 29 and have a pre-disposition for low pressure like my mother. However, the moment you find that your blood-pressure remains high, after trying to naturally lower it yourself, definitely take it up with your doctor asap!

Strain-like-pains? Yep, tis another symptom. As the weather has been changing, one of my feet that I had previously sprained decided to 're-enact' a sprain and I couldn't walk on it for 2-3 days. My wrists regularly hurt, as to my fingers, which is a real bummer because I love doing art and playing real-time strategy games that require a lot of finger/wrist motions:( I also regularly get the feeling of swelling, again, especially in my wrists and ankles. My knees are known to ACTUALLY swell if I work long days, but does calms itself down after a couple of hours of relaxing.

Lastly for doctors; I've gone the chiropractic/massage therapy and naturopathic routes and have found little relief of my Fibro symptoms, but they have helped out with things like my neck and hip *that's out of alignment all the time*. I'm also in desperate need of counselling, but I cannot afford to pay them upfront, nor can I regularly afford the difference from my insurance. I'd also like to get into some form of Physiotherapy, but I'd like to find one in a heated pool setting, and or an Osteopath as I've heard positive Feedback on them for people with Fibro:)

Please know that I'm ONLY going on my experiences and whatever I've read/researched, and that all Fibromite pains/pain-relievers are like snow-flakes: You'll never find another person with the exact same symptoms as yourself. I hope this helps^-^

As I get to learn more about my symptoms, I realize they're not dangerous. Blood tests results and physical exams are telling me I'm ok, but when the symptoms are happening for the first time, you don't actually know what's happening to you. And with the stress and anxiety, I have new symptoms like.. feeling someone is holding my throat or side chest pain or this feeling I'm going pass out, like I have a plastic bag over my head and I'm no longer in this world. It lasts a few seconds. All of which go away after a while. But, still scary :(

I do breathing exercises. Walk and try and change my mind often but sometimes, it's like my mind is taking over whatever I'm doing to remind me of the stress.

Anna,

You are not going crazy! Actually, I am considered a success story when it comes to Fibro and Depression. I see a psychiatrist. She regulates my meds..Cymbalta,(for depression and fibro), Xanax for anxiety, Topomax for Migraines and Ambien if I can't sleep. What i am trying to say is she was the right doctor for me. She tried what worked with my symptoms. Now I can carry on with my life and have worked my way from working a 20 hour week to a 40 hour week. I couldn't do that before I saw my psychiatrist. She also had a great therapist that helped me. I now speak to people who were in my spot with the pain and fatigue and craziness. I show them there is life with the fibro. You just have to find your way to manage it. You can do it! Blessings with Light and Love!

Ladybird1966