Drastic Change in Symptoms

Good morning everyone!

So I was wondering if you guys could help to explain some new problems I have been having.

For the last two years I have been in a lot of pain (6 out of 10- with 10 being the worst), extreme fatigue (9/10), daily headaches, extreme brain fog, horrible sleep, and oh 20 or so other problems.

Then I went gluten free and started getting neuromuscular massages. It changed my life. My pain dropped to a 2 or 3, my fatigue is down to a 5. My daily headaches are gone. My brain fog is 90% gone. The first two weeks following the massages/gluten free were amazing. I felt so much like my old self. I no longer wanted to quit my job, I started working on getting my "ideal career" going.

Then my joints started hurting- which was a problem I have had since I was 6 and was weirdly gone the past two years. Day by day went by and every couple of days I added a joint that started hurting. On top of that my muscles started twitching and I started having issues with muscle fatigue and my muscles shaking/burning when I was tired. My left wrist started hurting so bad I would have to quit using it at times. I also stuck my ankle in a brace at times because it was bothering me. My jaw within days of my first massage started cracking- leading to instantaneous migranes. My skin also became sensitive to touch.

Most interestingly, in the last 3 weeks (5 weeks after massage/gluten free) I developed pain spots or tender spots all over my body. They aren't all in the normal locations for fibro- so I am not sure what to make of them. Normally, I can't feel them unless I touch them (or something touches them- and then it OUCH). Here is a list of them:

-Directly over and right under the right ankle joint
-On the elbow directly in between the inside and outside of the elbow (ie on the same surface as the forearm)
-Two inches up from the elbow (both left and right)
-The vertebrae on my neck
-Over my hip
-The inside of my right knee
-The outside of my left knee (the knob on the exterior side of the knee where the knee folds)
- I sometimes have on my neck in between my ear and vertebrae (sometimes it is hard to re-find the spots)
-I haven't looked for any on my back because I can't reach it

-They can be hard to find because they are sometimes dependent on how I position the joint and the spots are pretty small.
-They seem to be either directly over a big bony part of a joint of on a tendon/ligament.

I have heard that fibromites often have tender points and trigger points. Is this what I am experiencing? Can you have them in other spots beside the normal 18 that they test you for for fibro?

My body is so full of surprises! Always new problems to entertain me and learn about!

Thanks for the advice! I will have to look into it. My neuromuscular massage therapist focused on my limbs and joints yesterday so hopefully that will help some. I will see if I can find some info online and see if I can work on the trigger points myself in between massage appointments.

Shay

I was wondering if anyone has ever went to the hospital for the severe pain with Fibro?? I have been in EXTREME pain and now dizzy for 4 days

When my arm gets very painful I rub it down in aspircream and put a brace on the joint that hurts for a day or two depending on how long it's hurting. Sometimes you just need to rest it.

Ice packs will help it too.