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Posted 10/3/2012 5:34 PM (GMT 0)
I have been wondering why my fibro symptoms seem to get worse as the day goes on. I asked my Dr and he couldn't even answer all he said was every one is diffrent on how the pain effects them. I have looked on the internet trying to find an answer that makes sense. I can't find one. I wake up stiff in the mornings but after I get moving it goes away. Lately I have found that I am feeling pretty good and about 2 hours later the pain starts to sink in and becomes worse as the day goes on. There are days when I don't even doing anything and this still happens. Can someone please help! confused
Posted 10/3/2012 5:40 PM (GMT 0)
Its just fibro, I am bad when I wake up, then 9-noonish is my best time, and after that I am blah again.

Even if I don't do much its that way. There is no answer as to why as far as I know
Posted 10/3/2012 5:49 PM (GMT 0)
I hurt after i am active. Since i do not fall asleep till early in the morning, usu when dh leaves a 7 and wake up about 11 am i usually hit a spot about 3pm when i feel like doing something more than usually. THat is when i usually do a load of laundry or something. Then the pain hits again very quickly.

The more active i am, the more i hurt.

Posted 10/3/2012 6:26 PM (GMT 0)
Do you keep moving or do you sit a lot during the day? You need to move with fibro. Sitting or laying too much will make you stiff as a board and have more pain.

You might be focusing too much on how you feel or perhaps not pacing yourself. My pain waxes and wanes. It it doesn't keep getting worse as the day progresses.

Sherrine
Posted 10/3/2012 6:37 PM (GMT 0)
This is where i differ. If i am active, i hurt worse. Of course, i have other issues that may cause me to be that way. It would depend with me what i do in those hrs that i was feeling good. One load of laundry can make my back ache. The op needs to find out what works for her. Like we have said, everyone is different. I advise to keep a notebook to see what influences how she feels and when. include things such as activities, weather, stress level, etc.

 

Posted 10/3/2012 7:05 PM (GMT 0)
Lisa, I am a newbie to this condition myself, and like lady, I have other conditions that can dictate my abilities to move. For me, I can go months with better afternoons, and then it seems to be nights are better for a while. good mornings are the rarest. I suspect the "why's " to this are probably different for us all. I just have to learn to take one day at a time with no expectations, and to listen to what my body is telling me. Easier said than done, it is a lesson that I have to continually relearn.
Posted 10/3/2012 7:11 PM (GMT 0)
Lisa- I notice when I do lots of activities the next morning I am stiff and hurting till I get moving. Sometimes around 5 pm I start to get sore and I have to take ibprophen. If I ever sit down after supper I get very stiff and want to crawl in a warm bed to relax my muscles.
If I don't do much and have a low day I don't have all this stiffness. I have been raking leaves, trying to beat the snow and I am sore more then usual. I take subutex for pain and it has made a big difference for pain control for me.
Posted 10/3/2012 9:01 PM (GMT 0)
I am active with work and regular house hold chores. It is the same for me though that when I sit for a while I get very stiff. However I still notice pain regardless of weather or not I'm being active or sitting to rest it just seems to heighten through out the day and by the time bedtime comes I feel like crying and have to take a pain pill and wait for it to kick in which sadly sometimes doesn't happen. But if it does then when some of the pain gets to a lesser level I will try to go to bed. I guess for me it seem that it doesn't matter being active or not. I feel like my body hates me!
Posted 10/4/2012 1:56 AM (GMT 0)
In general, I'd say that my pain gets worse in the evening, too, no matter what I do or don't do. It's been that way for a couple of decades...well, since I've had fibro.

Debbie
Posted 10/4/2012 2:32 AM (GMT 0)
I try to stay active, but not overdo. I find it helps to do some work while sitting, then something standing, and alternate, preferably with more standing/walking than sitting. It really depends upon how bad my feet feel each day, though! With my neuro condition I can get spasms and cramping to the point where my muscles are really 'locked,' so I have to play it by ear each day.

Warm baths or showers any time of day can work wonders, too.
Posted 10/4/2012 3:34 AM (GMT 0)
I know what your talking about I usually hurt really bad in the morning then after a few hours I get a little relief and then it sets back in again. I do know if I sit to long or lay to long it does make the problem worse. I hope you feel better soon.
Posted 10/6/2012 6:03 AM (GMT 0)
This often happens to me but in my case I think stress has a lot to do with it. I have a stressful job and by the end of the day I am emotionally and physically spent. I also drive an hour to and from work which definitely does not help with the stiffness. I know if I sit too long I get awful lower back spasms.
Posted 10/6/2012 2:14 PM (GMT 0)
It really is different for all of us. I am stiff in the morning but some mornings I can slowly get my body moving and I can accomplish a few household chores, some mornings I can not.
Do what you can, try not to feel bad.
Posted 10/6/2012 7:49 PM (GMT 0)
I am so stiff in the mornings that I hesitate to put both feet on the floor because I'm not sure if they will hold me. Sometimes I grab the walker in the morning but once I do some stretches and a hot shower I do okay. After a long day of standing at work, then the pain gets bad in the evening and then I take a muscle relaxer to help the pain and help me sleep and then the next day same thing starts all over again. It is depressing that every day begins and ends this way and I don't know if and when it will ever end. I still have hope of a juicing fast curing the body but I am not disaplined enough to do it for a longer period of time. I am still doing that homeopathic detox but except the decrease in migraines and more energy, so far it hasn't helped the pain.
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