HI AGAIN

Ok, another quick question as again, I have a new problem today!!!! So, I had a lot of twitching in my arms last night while I slept, and today, my arms and legs are pretty tingly. BUT, another thing that I have been experiencing is facial pain off and on. My jaw, and forehead and cheeks hurt occasionally. Is this another symptom? I am starting to panic fearing the worst? I am sorry, I know I have a lot of question but I swear there is always something new. Please let me know if any of you experience this?

How are you holding your face? Seems a weird question, I know, but muscles of all sorts can be tense and this can increase fatigue in the muscle, and thus cause pain.

TMJ is a tightness/pain in the jaw. If you are wrinkling your forehead, tightening lips and/or cheeks, or even pulling neck and head back on the spine, it can conceivably increase facial pain.

For instance, when I am stressed, I often check my tightness level on my body/face. You'd be amazed what you tighten. I am not a medical doctor, however, so this is merely an informed observation.

TMJ could possibly cause this.  I take a muscle relaxer and that helps me a lot.  The twitching could be caused by low magnesium or potassium.  Most people are low in magnesium.

 

Sherrine

I will often get an ache on one side of my jaw only.

When it first started, years ago, it was really bad. After getting everything checked out dental-wise, and having to take ibuprofen round the clock for weeks, it faded away. Now it comes and goes, but has never gotten nearly that bad again.

I've decided that it's just tight muscles. Everything else on my left side is tight, so why wouldn't that be, too?

So many symptoms we get with Fibro are scary, especially at first. I used to think I needed to know the why of everything. Now I just think, "What fresh **** is this?" (I try to laugh at most things) but of course, if it sticks around and gets really bothersome, you do have to have it checked out.

Debbie