Fibromyalgia

United States
February 28, 2008 6:35pm CST
I've suffered w/Fibromyalgia since 1998. Suffered quietly because many people didn't recognize the disease or believe in it...I just started Amitriptyline and oh my gosh! What a difference it has made. I don't know how many people are out there w/Fibromyalgia without treatment success, but, I have had great healing from this medication. Does anyone have any Fibromyalgia stories to share?
2 responses
• United States
29 Feb 08
Can you tell me what you symptoms were? When did you first know something was wrong?
• United States
29 Feb 08
Hi. I can. It's a long story so I'll try to be short. First of all, the fatigue. Oh my gosh. Overwhelming. The only way I can describe fibromyalgia pain is it feels like you're lying on a bed of marbles, or that feeling you get after you do a serious ab workout, that soreness, or someone squeezing your muscles...I get muscle spasms every night, I suffer from restless leg syndrome and IBS which are lumped together in Fibromyalgia sufferers. I typically have severe morning and evening stiffness. Pain in my elbows that feels like someone is stabbing them w/a knife, neck pain, shoulder pain, knee and ankle pain and back pain. I sound like a hypochondriac, huh? But, it's real. Oh, the numbness in my left leg sometimes...can't forget that...
@Justme2007 (1848)
• United States
29 Feb 08
Well I'm glad you are being helped,my baby sister just found out she has it and she said her body is in so much pain that she can't even get a hug. She is trying to get help now I just thank god that I can still get a hug and not be in pain.Hope you get better real soon.