Hi @A MyFibroTeam Member and welcome. I have a lot of problems with my hands, even worse if they get cold as I'm extremely hypersensitive to cold temperatures. The more I use them the worse they get sometimes, but on the other extreme if I don't move them very much I find they stiffen and become painful just to move. My wrist are very weak and holding them at an awkward angle for a few moments makes them feel like I've fallen on them and hurt them badly sometimes feels like a break. It is all fibro for me, although I used to have terrible inflammation and a deep ache that I put up with for years in my wrists and ankles that was blamed on fibro, turned out I was intolerant to cane sugar and this was just how I was reacting to it, so stopped eating/drinking anything with cane sugar and been a lot better since.

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Hi, I have had surgery in both hands. Was great for about a year, but the numbness and pins n needles is coming back. Everyone I have spoken to has pain to some degree in their hands. Have surgery only if it becomes too much to bear, I had constantly numb hands and arms when I had it done. Gentle hugs x

Nerve conductivity tests. If you dance, your wrist is fine!
To give you a greater insight they connect an electrode to each finger in turn and another is held high on ones arm, If after pressing the buzzer which sends hundreds of volts down ones arm
then your Carpal tunnel is fine if you react. It is very painful.
Well it is very painful or those who are not suffering with a wrist disorder. Mine came from my neck, although i lacked feeling at times in my fingers.

No strength and dropping things, good description.
That’s part of it, good to know that seems to be very common for FM.
The wrist pain and burning , stabbing pain inside palm, aching forearms , all adding up to I would say 40-50%loss of function are difficult to accept as ‚just‘ FB, at least until I have ruled out other possibilities. The search continues, Im still learning.

My right hand swells while I’m sleeping so when I wake up I can’t even make a fist. After the swelling goes down the pain sets in along with pins and needles in both hands. I can’t hardly grip anything and I have no strength in my r hand for a few hours. It’s not all the time that I experience this. I assume it is FM instead of CT and that it occurs when I’m having a flare.