the skin! It burns!!!

Ugh. Looking for advice here!
I have fibro, but i dont seem to get deep muscle pain very much. My pain feels like it is all on my skin!! The sensation is like a bad sunburn. Or like someone poured scalding water on me yesterday and today i am dealing with the afterpain of that. It comes with every flare up, but this time it is not going away. It used to just last a few hours, now it is weeks. Worse on my back, but everywhere is affected. If i turn my head, that stretches the skin on my back, and it feels like i am about to rip open. My clothes keep touching me, cant very go around naked!!!!
Does anyone else feel like this, and what works?????

i dont take any meds. going to doc next week and hoping he can give me something for it. just feels like a long time to wait for relief!! I always resisted meds because of my fears of side effects, and as i said never had a lot of muscle pain. my dr said there werent a lot of meds to help me with what bothered me most - namely the fatigue.

I have been experincing the same sort of skin sensation. I tell people that it feels like my skin is on fire. However, I just called my Rheumatologist and asked if he could write me a Rx for the Voltaren gel mention in the post and several other posts. I am keeping my fingers that this will help! Wearing a mumu is not an option for me at work.:( I wish though! :)

Best of luck!
Carolinamoon

thanks everyone for the posts. I am going to ask my dr about voltaren gel too! Willing to try anything. No health coverage right now so I hope it isnt too pricey!! I am sure doc will let me try it, he is pretty easy going about a lot of things. Need some relief soon, as it is getting ridiculous, and i miss bear hugs from my tiny girls! :(

Oh yea' ! Tell me about it ! That $%^& sucks ! I use to get that all the time on my scalp, groin area, and inside of my thighs. It would feel so bad, that I'd swear my skin had to be burnt red, blistered, sweating profusely, or at least something crazy.... But nothing !!! My skin looked totally normal ! Freakin' fibro

Luckily, I have pretty much knocked that symptom out. I think I have had it maybe like 10% as bad as I use to, a handful of X's.... but definately not even close to life altering like it used to be.

I call these little things ^ healthy reminders, to keep living the way that I do, as my Fibro waits in the wings.....

Peace,

Fish

Yep, been there. That is one thing that sent me right to Dr. back in '94. I could have drawn with a marker around the whole area on my forearm that felt like it was chemically burned. Doc at that time swore I had MS. So bad, the air hurt it.

New docs have told me that's the sensitive nerves. It did go away after about 6 weeks. Have had bouts now and then in different areas.

Right before my diagnosis, my pain was like I had a blood pressure cuff on full blast left on my arm. To this day, wont let anyone take my blood pressure on that side.

All I can say is that the symptoms can be odd. Our nerves are over sensitive and signals/wires are all crossed. you can only imagine what they can do.

OMG!!! I FEEL LIKE I'M ON FIRE!!! My skin is burning so bad around my belly and back- I super fatigued and I feel like I have been hit by a train- help?? I am a very active athlete and I haven't been able to train or really move- getting so depressed- anyone have some ideas of what might help???