If you have had shingles in the past can this be a trigger for fibro.
I have not been diagnosed at the moment but I'm showing all the symptoms. X

I was diagnosed with this after EMG nerve conduction test.
Has anyone been diagnosed with this or have heard of it?
My primary care dr has never heard of it?

I had arthritis pain seen I was 29 yrs old and was just told that I have fibro this year. My joints and muscles get stiff and ache. I have arthritis 97% of my body. I also have nerve pain from all my surgeries I had. I'm trying to figure out if I do have fibro or not.

Hi! Wondering if anyone experiences electrical shocks throughout their body? I get them so badly my body actually moves on it's own. If I get one in bed, my whole body raises off the bed. Once, while drinking a glass of water I got a shock and hit the glass into my teeth. No broken teeth...that time and I hate drinking out of plastic! :)

I went to a MAPS clinic, just once...and when I told the PA about the above, using the bed as an example, I was told it was probably static electricity in… read more

I no this is a bit personal n please don't feel like u have to answer but has anyone else found having the whole fibro thing has affected there sex life at all?

Every morning for the past week or two I've been waking up with thumb pain so intense that it makes me yell/scream when I move it. It's only on my right hand and it gets a bit better during the day, so I must be doing something to it in my sleep, idk what. I wear wrist braces at night for my carpal tunnel syndrome, but they aren't made specifically for thumb support (my thumb brace doesn't provide adequate wrist support, I've tried both together but it doesn't seem to help). Does anyone know… read more

Does anyone else have sore hands, even to touch the backs of my hands feel bruised, sore in my joints to touch or try to press things, to try and type for a period of times makes them sore, also goes to my wrist, elbow and shoulder? Also when hoovering the other day my arms and hands got so sore that after they kept shaking and they felt so weak like I couldn’t even grip a pen, anyone else experienced any of these symptoms?

This pass year I have been experiencing pain In my hands more than usual.
The other day my hand went into cramp which I have never had this before my right thumb was turning in and my index finger was raised up stuck and my other fingers were stiff it was so uncomfortable 😭

What coping mechanisms do people use? As I'm majorly struggling at the mo, I'm at breaking point

I was diagnosed with Raynaud's syndrome this spring. Does it make your hands clumsy? I'm having a great deal of difficulty using eating utensils. I've had to sometimes double the time I allow to make meals.

Also my hands are weak and I can't lift much weight. I'm also dropping things constantly.