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Posted 1/11/2011 11:13 PM (GMT 0)
Anyone ever get what feels like muscle weakness? Its not so much pain in my shoulder and upper arm as it just feels kinda weak like its just dangling there. It weird. Started to kind of scare me and freak me out. I can lift my arm and use it...it just feels weird. Its very hard to describe. Id been doing okay stuck here with this snow storm up until today. My husband is snowed in in a different state. So I took some of my anxiety medicine and I'm trying to calm myself out of this. Thanks..hope you all are doing well.
Posted 1/11/2011 11:24 PM (GMT 0)
Hi hippychick,

I get that too. I get jello legs every so often and some weakness in my hands during really bad flares to the point of dropping things. I have found that stretching the muscle really helps. Good deep stretches. When I get the jello legs that's the only thing that will help them from shaking and become steady again to walk on them. I have found that this is usually a result of fatigue, either from not sleeping well or overuse. If you think you can try to stretch out the muscle that may help. The muscle weakness and tingling in my arm was actually my first symptom of Fibro, the Drs. had to rule out a pinched nerve and nerve damage.

I think if it continues longer than a few days you may want to get it checked out just to make sure it's the Fibro and nothing else.

Sorry you're experiencing the discomfort. I know how hard it is to have the weird sensations and not get anxious about them. So often my anxiety starts reacting before my brain has a chance to realize what's going on :) What a battle my body is constantly in with itself.
Posted 1/11/2011 11:37 PM (GMT 0)
I have had something like that. My arm almost looked like it was out of the socket, it was just kind of slumped forward. Sometimes when I get up in the morning I sit down to smoke my half of a cig and I feel slumped in my shoulders. It comes and goes.
Posted 1/11/2011 11:37 PM (GMT 0)
Yes franky thank you. That is a perfect example "jello" feeling. I am trying the muscle stretches. And I have not been sleeping well and I cleaned my house top to bottom to try to impress my husband when he gets able to come home. I am in a serious flare. It has snowed nine inches here in alabama and I'm not used to this cold at all. Before he left we had been arguing a lot because he doesn't understand and thinks I'm just lazy and whiney. So I took this snowbound opportunity to super duper clean the house and guess I did over do it. Thanks for making me feel not so alone...that always helps with the anxiety.
Posted 1/12/2011 1:27 AM (GMT 0)
I have recently experienced a weakness in my neck muscles. It feels as though my muscles are not strong enough to hold up my head. When I am work, I slump down in my office chair to take the stress off my neck muscles. It is a really weird feeling. I feel like I have gummy bear neck muscles. I have found that taking a muscle relaxant when I get home helps my problem.

Sometimes my arm muscles feel weak, too. I think I need to exercise some more...???

Hope you find the answer you need.

V
Posted 1/12/2011 2:46 AM (GMT 0)
Vannie,

I love your description - gummy bear neck muscles. That describes it even better than jello! That's exactly the feeling I get in my legs and my arms sometimes, that their not strong enough to do their job. Oh, what fun we get to have. At least the next time it happens, I will smile because I'll think of my gummy bear muscles.
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