thnx everybody seems true that every part is fair game for fibro, today it's my eyes too which seem heavy to move all of a sudden specially towards the side. that of course is in addition to all the...
I noticed for a while now that the muscles in my breasts tend to hurt more than before, also when i bend over the muscles over my stomach and inside ( do not knoe whether this is the stomach itself...
I am fairly new to Yoga too but it sounded a lot less hectic than other kinds of exercise, aalso the mediation part seemed like a good place to start for destressing. I was on Lyrica and an anti...
Hi everybody Just wanted to tell u something and ask a question. I have stopped all medications and i am taking up Yoga, meditation and walking (for 15-20 min/day) instead. do not know what that will...
My gma has gone into non sleep mode now for abt 7 or 8 months, it goes for days and then she gets one night sleep with or without the help of sedatives and then back again to lack of sleep. Needless...
We tried diff sedatives as per doctors advice, however these seem to work for only about 2 or 3 days and then the cycle would start all over agian? Any medications that has worked with ur gma?...
Hi everybody My grandma has alzeihemer's and she does not sleep, she can go for 2 days without sleep, sedatives work for a while and then they stop, any ideas ?...
Hi everyone My grandma is 90 and she has been diagnozed with Alzehiemers in 2002. Throughout the yrs the progress of the disease has been slowed by medication. 3 mths ago she broke her leg, eversince...
Thnx ev body, really helpful info. Problem here is she has infertiltiy issues and will be having the baby thru artificiial insemination , the doctors said that infertitlity medications can aggravate...
Hi everyone I am used to the fibromyalgia forum, and am new here , but i need some info. My sister has been diagnosed with HCV and she wanted to know whether this can be contagious to her husband (...
Thnx everyone I looked at my post today and i was shocked with all the spelling mistakes, it looked perfectly ok when i looked at it yesterday, guess i was really tired and fog kicked in....
I am considering a homoepathic appraoch to traeting fibro , will see the practirioner in a fwpew days. Has anyone else tried this. Also, i ve bee having pains in both my middle and ring fingers and...
I had the worst migraine ever today, felt like dying, also noticed that my index finger was slightly shaky and tingly all day, now my legs from the knees down feel all tingly and kind of seizing up,...
Hi ev body I have been meaning to ask, I have noticed that over the last few years, when the symptoms first started, that my face tend to swell frequently, people started commenting on it lately. it...
Absolutely true I find myself frequently very thirsty and discover that I have not had a single glass of water throughout the day. As a Moslem I fast during the month of Ramadan in which we are...
Plan mini breaks along the way. Take any painkillers that u r used to with you. Familiarize urself with the place and see what u can buy from there instead of carrying it while walking. Get the kid...
Thnx ev body, :)) I already started with the 5 min walk (i park far from my office so that i have to walk to and from the car) but got deflated when after 2 wks i lost no pounds even with the...
Hi everybody My doctor told me that i need to lose abot 7 ibs and to start exercising mildly to build up some muscle tone. Losing weight seems good and i do need it, but the idea of exercising looms...
Thank you for the prompt answers dear. I do not have the problem with eye movements all the time just sometimes, in addition to the dryness it could be very disturbing , i had a complete eye check up...
What about the eye movent sherrine, i have those when i am not having a migraine i read something about eye muscles in ur fibro 101 could what i have described above be it?...
Hi ev body I was wondering is eye pain part of FM as well , it seems to b migraine related which is expected but i find myself sometimes unable to look sideways while my head is facing front, like ,...
Happy birthday Monica, i am very happy for you, enjoy it dear. I am thankful for books and reading that help me thru :smile:...
Hi destructo One thing that helped me to put things in prespective was when my best friend got brain cancer grade 4. When i sit with her and see how she can't even move her leg when it falls asleep...
I have no problem with sleeping and here is what i do: 1- i keep a busy schedule so by the end of the day i am really tired 2- i take my muscle relaxant half an hour before i go to bed, that way when...
Unfortunately, i started them all at the same time, lyrica, ixel ( antidepressant) and multirelax. But next wk ill take them all out and try the Ixel only ( 2 times a day). The weird thing is that i...
Did anyone notice the recurrence of flares once u start medication? I don't know but it seems to be happening to me i got 2 bad flares in about 10 days which never happened before. Is this normal?...
I read that there is a new trend of using antidep. to treat fibro, im using ixel, this is my 7th day it was fine but i flared yesterday and today i feel drained and tired and i can feel fatigue...
My whole hand hurts including the fingers but not the nails, when i tighten my fist or try to turn a key it really hurts and the muscles feel very weak. However, the doctor had me press his fingers...
That's good to hear and yes i am a female, i also took birth control pills for 6 mths, so i guess they could have added to the hormone thing. Pt taken snow, won't press it again :)))))...
Yea I live in Egypt it is celebrex, he said after 2wks we will see if i get any better and then decide what to continue and what not to. I get ur pt snow, i too was concerned about the number of...
Hi Bri My pain is usually only in the arms, hands and neck. During a flare tho everything will hurt. I got used to my hands and arms and i only went to see the doc when my legs started aching, so my...
I have been having a pain under my armpits when I press there, there is no lumps that i can see. I had an abscess in this place 15 yrs ago. After it was opened and cleaned the place have always had...
Right now i take Lycra, Ixel( antidepressant), calibrex, multi relax and vit B. I ve gone for about 10 yrs without any medication (i was in denial) so i think he wants to lessen the symptoms some...
Today i had the worst flare ever, the whole works, pain everywhere, arms and legs heavy, tired and sleepy and what's worst i had to go shopping with my daughter so u can imagine how that was. I have...
In my case i still work full time and the insurance at work pays most of the pills, so i guess that is why my hubby is sympathetic with my symptoms. I also do most if the housework , cooking, getting...
Mrsbugzy, therapy in my case aggravated matters hope it works for u. I also find it difficult to sleep on my right side, it usually triggers a migraine, but lying on my back with sth tucked under my...
I do think part of it is hereditary, i remember my mum tying her head and sleeping it off in a dark room. At the time (80s) she used to take obtalidon. I take a suppositry called vegaskine compund...
Yes, actually the lighting in the office and in my family room r both flourescent, i dont like them that much but my husband prefers them, gess it's time for change now, and i have the perfect...
My neurologist examined me and said he couldn't see any pinched nerves, however the xray showed that the vertabaes are not aligned and i had a disc before so it might not be pinched but just...
Hi Getting a bit worried here, no answers means no one with the same symptoms or what?...
Hi Today i woke up with a bout of vertigo, or more like feeling unbalanced and light headed, when i walked from the parking lot to my office ( about 7 min) my legs got all tingly and heavy and my...
I also found that placing a small ball or any clothing item in a knot under the neck and lying down in a dark room helps when the headache is due to neck and shoulders cramps and pain. Ill try the...
Thanks kitty and luv u made me feel welcome :) I have been suffering with these migraines for yrs and it's a relief now to know why they happen. 2 wks ago i woke up with a migraine every single day,...
Yea they can b awful, mine is the throbbing kind, i live in Egypt and the only thing that seems to work with it is a suppository called vegaskine compound, i was once told that it was banned in other...
I have the ache without the ringing, and i found out that it is aggravated with exessive use of the cell phone, so beware of that...
Anyone else suffering from migraines that makes u dizzy and nauseas with pain allover nose and face ??...
Sherrine, u r so sweet and helpful, thank u dear. I went to my doctor with the xray and he said that the muscles in my back r all cramped which have straightened my spine and also the vertebraes r...
Thank u sherrine and mrs bugzy, ill read fibro 101, i did go to a neurologist last wk he confirmed the fibro dx and told me that his MA thesis was on MS and that the typical presentation of that...
Hi everybody I would like anyone here to tell me if these symptoms sound familiar with fibro or not. Going crazy with fear that it might be MS.10 yrs ago I went to a neurologist coz i had severe arm...