What is this sting/vibration/pain in my back/ribs/neck??

In august 2012 I was up at 4am. Just too uncomfortable to sleep... this weird tingle...sting...came over me. My vision was blurred(worse) & my right ear got this high pitch(which never went away)?? My legs feel like they weigh 100lbs each?? I feel so weak when this happens(which is about every 6-9 months) usually after I've over done it. My back neck & ribs burn, feels like my spine & ribs are vibrating?? I mentioned this to my neuro and he looked at me funny?? Then asked me if I had seen a psyc?? At the end of my visit. He handed me a referral to a psyc?? Which led to me convincing myself this was "all in my head" which after 6 months of meds & psyc & therapy visits... led to an overdose :( which I obviouslly failed at. I thank god everyday I failed. I'm a mother to 2 boys 19&8 and I've got 8 neices & nephews & at 38 I'm a meme to 9 grandbabies(my husband's kids) he is 16 yrs older than me. So, I was diagnosed with tarlov cysts in 2006 after I had my son and I've got 12 up & down my spinal cord. Also in 2012 osteo arthritus & degenerative disc disease & spina bifada. Which all showed on mri reports dating back to 1999. I questioned my dr as to why I feel so drained & depressed & my mind turning to mush & zero desire to live. Once I demanded answers and refused to go back to the neuro who drove my suicide attempt, I was sent to a university hospitol to a neurologist to discuss MS 12/2014 Which no evidence appeared in me? But she said fibro was diagnosis w/o question. Wow. She spilled over 20 yrs of tests & mri's and dr notes. Said it was so obvious & I easily should've been diagnosed 10+ yrs ago. So I asked her why that weird tingle/sting/pain & ringing in my ear & blurred vision. She said maybe its untreated muscle spasms. I've researched spasms & not seen these symptoms?? I started baclofen routinely & cymbalta jan 2015. My bla feeling improved and miserability improved. But again this feeling came over me when we moved jan 22 2015. 4 days I was up and packing and boom... day 5 I was down. It feels like a rope is around my back & ribs being pulled from behind me?? It burns/aches? I can't hardly walk. I pray to gain knowledge here from all of you :)

Sounds like you inflamed your back something terrible. Try to rest it for awhile. We have to pace ourselves and take it easy.

My husband and I have been talking about moving to a one floor house. Some days stairs seem like an obstacle - particularly now when the temp without windchill is below zero at night. Yesterday, they announced it was colder in Bufflo than the North Pole.

I am so sorry to hear you have been through this. Everyone here has there own version of this and I think we understand the frustration of not being able to continue the way you were before. Some doctors are inexcusable in my opinion. I see a therapist/counselor for pain management and she has me practice saying my pain is real, because somewhere deep inside I think that being a hypochondriac is feeling pain when others dont and I am frustrated because I never know when I will hurt. I dont think society as a whole supports us setting reasonable schedules and taking care of ourselves. We are rearded for ignoring how we feel and moving on and that is counter intuitive to continued produc tivity.

The thing I dread about the idea of the move is packing. I am currently working on cleaning out clutter. I pace myself and try to keep it to 1 hour at a time for a couple times a week. It has made a difference in our lives and opened up our house to new and more practical uses. I overdue though and then have issues. I had a bad week at the end of January and could not physically get out of bed the next day when the cable guy came to fix our cable. We finally just told him to ignore me and that I had the flu. I kept the covers up and was asleep again before he left two minutes later. I had severely overdone it and not watched my sleep. I couldnt seem to figure out how to get out of bed and was too out of it to feel embarassed.

Readyforchangez - the reason I mention this is that it is all about pacing. I understand the hopeless feelings you are having. Almost 5 years ago, I broke my ankle and had to have every bone repaired (you never want to go to the orthopedic surgeon and have him say "i'm impressed, iI have never seen anyone do this before",lol.) I spent the better part of a year scooting around in a wheelchair and crutches having my family help me places. I just regained much use of my ankle in this past year. The accident led to my getting CRPS and I believe setting off the Fibro I had already been somewhat in process of.

I am extremely stubborn. I cannot do everything I used to and sometimes I push things too far. I am learning the hard way not to push too hard and to plan things in advance - particulatly in the winter. I am a slow learner on this score. I cant look at my daughter and refuse to do the fun things she wants to so I pay for it later.

If no one has mentioned it to you, there is a great thread at the beginning of this forum labelled Fibro 101. I tried to read it all at once and my head was spinning. I recommende reading it chunks at a time. The Fibro fog can make it difficult to take info in.

Above all, if youcan - try to find ways to pace youself and take care of your needs. Set small goals and make sure to keep moving gently. We get stiff and sore a lot. Movement helps reduce that.

Let us know how it is going. There is always someone here who is dealing with something similar and who can relate.

I love my heating pads and heated blankets. This time of year, I don't know what I'd do without them. Sometimes it's the cold that seeps through my body and just WON'T go away and sometimes its the pain that only the heat seems to help.

I also adore my massage therapist. she is wonderful and very knowledgeable about massage for different conditions. She started doing a new thing with me called cranial-sacral therapy. We haven't gotten far with it. With winter here, we couldn't do all the pieces because I need her help breaking the rocks that are my arms, shoulders and neck. Once it warms up she is going to do more. It's great for chronic conditions and people who can't tolerate massage because it involves using pressure points to balance your body's systems. I have chronic sinusitis and she's pretty much cured that. I'm still on the same packet of Sudafed I bought half a year ago. That's never happened. just a thought if you have any issues with the new therapy.

Just to share .... and feel free to ignore any of these if you think they won't work - we all tolerate different things.... I crushed L2 & L5. Sometimes they get cranky and sometimes my bad ankle throws my gait off and makes my back, hips and butt sore. I rotate out pain relief methods as that seems to work the best. I tolerate different things on different days. I picked up a Dr. Scholls heat and vibrate pad for my chair for $20. sometimes I don't like it,, but other days it saves me. I also picked up an acupressure mat. I have trouble using it some days but the pillow piece always feels good on my neck and head. My other one is a EMS/TENS unit they sell at lots of places by Omron. It really helps on bad days by stimulating your muscles to move. I like that one because it is easy to use unlike several other ones out there. I can even use it when I'm brain dead or half asleep. my other ones are NOT that way.

If you find any new items that work for you, please share. I'm always on the lookout for anything that works and doesn't require drugs.

Also, let me know how the Yoga goes. I have been put through some sessions, but can't seem to manage it. Some of it was because my ankle never recovered from an accident completely. So I'm curious if anyone else has good luck with it.

Take care!