Delayed pain

I am having excruciating neck and shoulder pain! We went on a trip 6 hours from home over the weekend and on the way I drove for about 3 3 hours and on the way home Monday I drove about 4 hours. I felt good on the trip for which I was very thankful and felt good today when I woke up but the later the day wore on I started having pain in my neck and across the top of my shoulders I rested for awhile and it seemed to ease but continued to get worse as the evening wore on. I went to bed thinking rest would help but I couldn't rest it kept waking me up hurting so much! So I am up at 4:30 taking pain meds and hurting so bad! Does anyone else have delayed pain like this could it be the stress from driving? I have pain sometimes and can't figure out why it's so much pain and so overwhelming and it's seems if I do something stressful or work more than usual that the pain is delayed a few days. Does this affect anyone else?

Absolutely! That's why it's hard sometimes to know that you are overdoing it - you feel fine while doing the activity; it's only later that you start to feel the pain. Your neck/shoulder pain may be from the stress of driving, or it may be from holding yourself in the driving position for so long.

And sometimes, an activity that you are used to doing just fine with no after effects will cause problems this particular time you do it. There often is just no rhyme or reason to fibro pain. I have learned over the years, though, that certain things will cause delayed pain, and I try to be aware of that fact and pace myself. It's just a trial and error process (heavy on the error ).

Yep, yep, yep. Totally normal, for FMS sufferers, that is.

Myself09 stated it so well - my reality now..

Is why others (& often we fibromites) don't 'get it'..we can do stuff sometimes - seem fine while we are doing it but we sure pay for it.. delayed pain & stiffness & unable to sleep !! Might be in agonizing pain for days or even weeks

I am so bad on car trips. I rarely stop, since I would prefer to just freakin' get there already.

Four hours is about my limit. After that, there is a price to be paid.

I do have to say it's nice to NOT be doing the long-distance relationship drive twice a month on weekends. I-95 between Richmond and Washington is a small version of Hades on the Highway.