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Posted 3/24/2015 1:03 AM (GMT 0)
My shoulder and neck discomfort drive me insane. My anxiety makes it worse. I've been trying so hard to stop being a hypochondriac, I'm seeing my therapist on thursday and HAVE to talk to her about it. Here are the facts: My anxiety has been debilitating since January of 2014. My depression made me bed ridden for the most part. I don't exercise enough, most of the time I just don't want to, I'm overweight, I have horrible posture and my work is very body demanding (I'm a massage therapist). I have been feeling a little better but the muscle aches make me SO nervous and then I feel my anxiety creep up and totally take control, which makes my pain worse. I didn't start having muscle aches until about 3-4 months ago when I started working again. I am terrified that I have fibromyalgia. My worry is getting the best of me.
Posted 3/24/2015 1:14 AM (GMT 0)
I would suggest you make a doctors appt and start the testing to rule out other diseases like lupus and lyme disease to name a couple that mimic fibro. I have fibro and can answer some questions you have if you have anything specific, there is also a fibro forum if you hope over there on the top of the threads is a resource thread that has a list of fibro symptoms, along with alot of other good links. There is also alot of support over there, so you can ask any questions and someone will answer. Fibro takes getting used to for sure, but it isn't the end of life, you just have to modify some things.

I'm sorry you are dealing with pain issues along with anxiety, as you can see in my signature I suffer from alot of aliments, lol. So I do know how you feel.
Posted 3/24/2015 1:19 AM (GMT 0)
I do have one question..is it true everything is heightened? I have a friend with fibromyalgia and I can't even hug her because she said it hurts too much. Hugs don't hurt me…in fact nothing on my body hurts when i press it, its just a weird achy feeling I have..just wondering...
Posted 3/24/2015 1:28 AM (GMT 0)
Sometimes, I don't hurt when hugged all the time, but in the middle of a flair I do. My grandson always runs in the door and jumps into my arms when he gets here, some days it hurts and other days it doesn't. It waxes and wanes alot. I recommend going over to the fibro forum and looking at the list of symptoms and see if it rings any bells. They say that you have to have pain in all 4 quadrants of the body for 4 months and 11 out of the 18 trigger points. You can find the trigger points by a fast google, just google fibro trigger points. Alot of doctors now though don't use the trigger points, it just depends on the doctor.
Posted 3/24/2015 1:32 AM (GMT 0)
My legs and hips never hurt, its just my shoulders, neck and sometimes arms. But thank you, I will look into that.
Posted 3/24/2015 1:32 AM (GMT 0)
I decided to hop over to the fibro forum for you, here is a list of symptoms, there is more but that gives you a start.
https://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=24&m=1565084

Also there is a post about what else it could be, since alot of illness mimic fibro, most doctors rule out things that can be tested for before giving a fibro diagnosis, cause there is no test for fibro.

https://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=24&m=1607922
Posted 3/24/2015 1:34 AM (GMT 0)
I will tell you that even though you don't feel pain in your hips or legs doesn't mean you don't have it, I rarely have pain in my arms, most my pain is in my legs with the fibro and my back but that isn't all fibro.
Posted 3/24/2015 1:36 AM (GMT 0)
I wish there was a guarantee. Thanks for your help though. I also have an estrogen deficiency.
Posted 3/24/2015 1:54 AM (GMT 0)
I know you're a massage therapist and all, but do you get regular massage? My neck and thoracic back pain is a huge trigger for me and until I started getting weekly massage, it would not go away.
Posted 3/24/2015 2:10 AM (GMT 0)
you may have stenosis in your neck. I have it and I had a flare that caused those symptoms. It got really bad and anti-inflammatory drugs along with muscle relaxers didn't touch it. I ended up getting a couple of steroid shots in my neck and I got better. Have you seen your GP? Mine sent me for xrays which showed the problem
wishing you all the best
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