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    Concerned Fibromyalgia Symptoms Could Be Something Else

    I would think you are way too young for peripheral artery disease. My Mother was about 70 when it required some veins zapped and sores treated. Also, I and others have a positive ANA but it can be there and not mean autoimmune. I was checked out and two rheumatologists found nothing. I agree...
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    Fibromyalgia symptoms are getting worse and I'm feeling terrible

    Two top symptoms are insomnia and pain. Not clear on why you are being sent to a neurologist but assume there is a reason. I had some numbness in my hands and arm for a weekend that went away, and then migraines increasing, so I was sent for a work-up. I think I am probably reflecting a lot of...
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    symptoms all over my body

    Hi Lisa, You probably know that fibro is a syndrome, so there are lots of other conditions associated with fibro (up to 60 known ones but I would guess more.) These include insomnia and pain and branch off to often include anxiety, depression, irritable bowel, cystitis (bladder), migraines...
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    I am new to this site and I would like to know if the pain is like extreme cramps

    Hi! I don't want to misinterpret what you said but you say your pain "is like" getting extreme cramps. Is it cramps or not? I began suddenly getting attacks of cramping all over the body and they would move, and these were very painful. I was put on Gabapentin for these, which stopped them. For...
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    Fibro pain and knee replacement

    I was about to say the patella is removed during knee replacement surgery often and the back cleaned up, but if this is the opposite knee, it is not due to the replacement. It could simply have to do with arthritis. That causes stiffness alone. If it's bothering you a lot, start with the...
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    Muscle tightening/shortening

    Plantar fasciitis is of unknown origin but there are factors that are linked. I had it five times. It’s an inflammation of the fascia on the bottom of the foot, obviously, and they do have you stretch your calves as one of several exercises. (Stand on a stair backwards and let your heels sink of...
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    Hi from Norway

    All about the sweets, thank you!
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    New member…

    Um, not really sure what to respond except as I said the label says “cat’s claw.” I did a Google to figure out what it was. Arnica came up. Cat’s claw seems ambiguous to me as a medical terminology. That’s all I can tell you. It’s used in sub zero gel and I find it helpful for achey joints. End...
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    Hi from Norway

    I had a helpful video removed, too, and didn’t understand why the rule. Mine was about movement with pain. I have to say getting pulled bothered me, too. I also noticed my posts aren’t posted immediately anymore but seem to go into a review queue and so I stopped posting because I couldn’t even...
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    New member…

    I recently had to look up Cat’s Claw and they just meant Arnica. I discovered Sub Zero gel sold which has that and menthol as ingredients and it helps for some of pain.
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    Fibromyalgia with excruciating leg pain can someone help

    Sorry for the late response. No one really know what has caused my spasms, it's all speculation. I'm off them now and some of my muscle pain is gone. I found out belatedly my brother had this complication, too. Who knew? They have assigned me another non-statin to start. I am chicken to take...
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    Fibromyalgia with excruciating leg pain can someone help

    Actually, spasms are indeed a side effect of statins. Not common, so not listed everywhere, but you can find it pretty easily online. Whether it is the kind I had, we don’t know. The Gabapentin saved me by holding them in check, literally. As they increased, my doctor and then ER increased the...
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    Having a moan

    Yeah, the video and deleted post were clearer. It showed a PT link. I cannot get up one knee at a time, even with hands on the knee. Only if I pull myself up or lean heavily on furniture. This was the case earlier but especially now with my left meniscus healing, I have to go from sitting to...
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    Fibromyalgia with excruciating leg pain can someone help

    I just saw this post, because I was searching to see if anyone else had statin use issues. I've been on them for years, having had very high cholesterol thirty years since even college age. But now with all the muscle pain, I also started getting muscle spasms, rather violent, and numbness in my...
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    Having a moan

    I appreciate what you folks say about stiffness. I have what I feel is abormal stiffness, too. I notice especially when moving after being "set" in one place - desk, bed, or a lower seat and I try to move. Even turning in bed. Sometimes this is a huge effort and I move very awkwardly, like an...
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