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Posted 2/28/2015 2:16 AM (GMT 0)
I have always been a klutz. Trip over my own feet, dropping things. Since my teens I have been known by my family as "the coffee carafe breaker". Recently this has become soooo much worse. Yesterday I dropped the pair of kitchen shears 4 times before I could hang on to it. Anything just slips out of my hands. For over a month now I have also had very painful fingers. Just the tips. Typing this now I keep switching fingers. By bedtime they are so bad it hurts for beddng to touch them. Started on cymbalta just after this started but no relief. Also on 600 my of gabapentin and 75 my amitriptilyne. Is anyone clumsy and or have the painful fingertips?
Posted 2/28/2015 2:39 AM (GMT 0)
your post sounds like a description of me. Most of the family jokes for me revolve around me falling, dropping something, etc.

In the last year or two I have gotten much worse. Some days I am afraid to hold anything. This winter has bee particularly bad due to the cold and my arthritis has been over the top. But that isn't it. I have this issue even in summer. I have been unable to hold onto things and often don't even notice.

I'm sorry you are going through this. I have been wondering if this was Fibro, CRPS or what. I only took Tramadol (as far as pain/nerve meds) until November when I started on Lyrica. Some days are horrible and some aren't too bad. I take Ambien at night and Modafinil in the AM (sleep and wake drugs) but those are more recent as well. I have horrible sleep, but don't think that is the issue as it has been my whole life.

I'd be curious what anyone else thinks.
Posted 3/2/2015 4:26 AM (GMT 0)
This is so me!!! Some days my hands feel like they are very contorted even. I look down, and I know I am asking my fingers to move a certain way, and they aren't doing it. Yet I can feel the muscle strain like they are. I have had all kinds of arthritis ruled out and need to call a neurologist tomorrow to make an appointment for a nerve conduction test for my hands. My rheumatologist ruled out carpel tunnel and wants to figure out if I have nerve damage.
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