Please help my stabbing arm pain and weakness

Hi all I'm new to this group and have been having really bad issues with what the Docs believe is my Fibro, I wasn't so sure until I started reading this forum. I have been experiencing HORRIBLE forearm and lower leg pain.. A shredding feeling that brings me to tears. No meds have worked and I haven't slept well since it started Dec 1, 2014. I have been to every doc on the planet.. Brain MRI was normal, but still need spine one... I am just wondering if any Fibro people have bilateral forearm pain, weakness and almost paralysis. I have days I can not use my arms at all. Driving, getting dressed, working.. it all is undoable. I am just looking for answers and if it is my Fibro so be it.. just want to make sure docs weren't just saying that because they have no idea what it is.. I have all over inflammation, even my uterus.. all tests were normal for lupus and RA, although I am on the cusp for RA in terms of numbers.. headaches are always there but to be honest the least of my issues.. I have been diagnosed since 2000 and can't understand what sent me in this direction, unless others have had this too..
Docs have a hard time with me because my bloods never break through.. even with Celiac's.. was tested on and off for years and got mixed results.. eventually I just removed all gluten (since Oct 2013). That was like magic and now I am back to being in worse pain than I ever had been before...I don't need to talk about the fatigue or overwhelming brain fog. I am sure you all have had those joys touch your life.. lol. ..
Recently removed Eggs, Peas, and all night shade veggies from diet, (since Dec 10, 2014)..

Please help me!!! I am find docs to be ignoring my issues... and this is effecting my job, I run a medical ultrasound imaging practice.. try that for a stress free job.. LOL...

Any help you can suggest I am all ears...

Thanks

Hi Plentyofpain, I'm sorry you are in so much pain. I'm not sure what is going on, but I do know that inflammation isn't part of fibromyalgia. When I had a different job that required me to be on the computer a lot, I had a lot of pain in my right arm from my wrist to the elbow that later felt like a pinched nerve from my neck to my wrist, and I couldn't use my hand at times to do simple things like open a can of pop or hold a pen. That decreased when I stopped that job, but I still have minor pain in my wrist when I overdue it on the computer. Have you looked at things that can be mistaken for fibro on fibro 101 yet? Also, google differential diagnosis for fibro to see if anything makes sense for you. Calcium and magnesium before bed have helped my body aches a little. Good luck to you. Hang in there!

Hi, plentyofpain, and welcome to the forum. I'm glad you found us! Not glad for your pain, of course.

First off, let me direct you to our first thread, "Fibro 101." It's a wealth of info on Fibro - what they think is going on with us, possible symptoms, how to cope, etc. etc. You might see yourself there, or maybe not.

I've actually been having a lot of pain in my arms, too, lately. I get an awful, weak feeling - but it's in my whole arms, and I don't know if they're truly weak, because I've long been unable to lift much at all without increased pain - and then if I put my left forearm down on a desk, it hurts like I've torn the skin off! With the right one, it's more of a sensitive elbow thing.

A couple of years ago, I developed a "frozen shoulder," which started out as bicep pain and spread to where I could barely lift my arm. It pretty much "thawed" on its own, thankfully. It happens when adhesions grow around the shoulder socket, and it's really painful. Sometimes it's from an injury, but mine wasn't.

Fibro is such a strange illness...no 2 of us have exactly the same symptoms, or exact same measures that help us to function. But that Fibro 101 thread should help you, as well as the other responses I'm sure you'll be getting shortly.

I hope you'll keep posting - we're here to help.

Debbie

How low was your d? I had hideous pain and weakness with low d and as i got it back up a lot of that improved...glad you did not stop taking that!

Lj

Vitamin d was 10 it supposed to be 30. Havent been retested to see
If taking them is making a difference. With my uterus I went to ob back in oct because all of a sudden i stopped getting my period. Never had an issue my whole life. They did sonos and biopsy and said my uterus was inflammed and put me on antibiotic to help before i had a D&C because of a large polyp in. The only time in the last 3 months i have felt better was two days after taking antibiotic. Which lead me to think I had a parasite because i was having bad intestinal issues during this pain issue. Turns out all those tests were negative. So im back at the fibro.