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Posted 3/25/2012 7:44 PM (GMT 0)
I do not have a Fibro diagnosis but I'm wondering if this is common with Fibromyalgia. I have been experiencing muscle fatigue, weakness and pain for a couple of years which has progressively gotten worse. I don't notice the muscle pain as much when I have rested my muscles, however it seems that if I do anything other than just sitting around resting my muscles will feel like I just went through a horrendous workout. Last week I was outside raking some leaves for about 30 minutes and I am just starting to recover from the muscle fatigue and pain a week later. I just spent an hour washing windows and now my arms feel like they are going to fall off and I can hardly move them. I'm just wondering if this is common with fibro?
Posted 3/25/2012 8:14 PM (GMT 0)
This is very common with fibromyalgia. I have often gotten a delayed reaction with the pain. It just seems to come whenever it wants to. Try to pace yourself even if the task seems easy. I hope that you get a dx soon so that you know what you are up against.

Hugs, Karen
Posted 3/25/2012 10:03 PM (GMT 0)
You just mentioned 2 of the tasks that I haven't been able to do for years, and really miss doing. Especially washing windows - an hour would be impossible for me - more like 2 minutes!

Yes, this is very common with fibro.

Debbie
Posted 3/26/2012 2:14 AM (GMT 0)
Oh yes, I washed the sliding doors today.  I'm just waiting for it to hit, I know it will.  But with the dog nose prints, little boy grandkid prints, I had to do it.  So I'll be a slug till it passes, a day, maybe two.
Posted 3/26/2012 1:57 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks everyone for your replies. It helps to know it's not just me. I would expect to feel this way at 70, but it's hard going through this at 29. Does anyone know if you can build up tolerance to these activities if you do them more frequently to get your muscles used to it, or do you feel the same regardless?
Posted 3/26/2012 2:13 PM (GMT 0)
Im 29 too and I've often thought that very thing. From my personal experience it is possible to build up some tolerance. It can be dangerous to try though. If I push too much I get really bad flairs of pain and exhaustion. Sometimes these can last for days. If it turns out you do have fybro I'd highly recommend physical therapy. I found I could not get the balancing act down on my own of what is too much and what is too little. With experienced help I think my stamina is slowly growing. You should talk to your doctor soon if possible as many symptoms of fybro can also come from things like lime disease and ms. There's a really great thread on this forum about fibro symptoms called Fibro 101 as well you might want to take a look at. I learned a lot from reading it.

Post Edited (TiredArtist) : 3/26/2012 8:16:50 AM (GMT-6)

Posted 3/27/2012 6:45 AM (GMT 0)
Every time I hear this subject I wonder how fibro can do this to our muscles. I too suffer from what I call is muscle wasting. I get so weak if I over do it. I am like you I am down for days. It has gotten worse over the years. I hope this time I bring it up to my Dr.
Posted 3/28/2012 12:30 PM (GMT 0)
Oh, this is so definitely a fibro thing. I did a lot of yard work last week and my muscles were not behaving. I couldn't rake for longer than a few minutes because my muscles would start screaming and then get really weak very quickly. I did "push through it" quite a bit because it all really needed to get done and I had no other help, and I'm happy to say that I didn't get quite as much of a fibro backlash as I thought I would. For me, I've learned to do small bits of house/yard work at a time (doing something else for a while and then going back to a more difficult task helps a lot), take frequent breaks and find other ways to do things as well.
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