My symptoms.. Can anyone relate? - Fibromyalgia Message Board

Alexandra87 · 08-18-2005, 08:53 AM

I am 17 years old & this all started about 3 months ago.. Here are my symptoms, if anyone can relate to them PLEASE REPLY, i would feel so much more at ease..

- Pain all over my body.. every spot u can imagine I have felt some sort of pain in
- Tender skin, feels very weird when pushed on or squeezed
- HORRIBLE pricking sensation throughout my whole body, seems to be worse when muscles are hurting more
- some nights i can't sleep from the pain or im woken up by pain or if i do sleep, i need 10-12 hours to feel halfway refreshed.. i get tired easily
- stiffness especially in shoulder and upper back area
- sometimes when i put my feet down on the floor after lying in bed i feel pins & needles
- occasional feeling like my muscles are jumping under my skin
- skin problems .. itching/extremely dry skin no matter how much lotion i put on
- canker sores

PLEASE PLEASE REPLY, thank u so much

bilij · 08-18-2005, 03:19 PM

Welcome to the board Alexandra87, you have chosen to come to a very
supportive place. We have several teen-agers here who are always willing
to share their feelings and advise. You will be hearing from others soon.
Are you still in school? Please tell us more about yourself. Wishing you the
best.
Bilij

pa235 · 08-18-2005, 06:49 PM

I have very dry skin, looks like elephant hide and can find nothing that helps either. I get all over body aches and pains, weird sensations including the pins and needles.I was just at thr ER for sharp shooting pains in the upper chest, ran fom one shoulder to the other, I call them zappers, they are like lightning bolts. Had them before but this time they continued for 18 hours. My upper back, neck and shoulders are always tight and my upper chest gets so sore that I cannot stand clothing sometimes.

I am sure others will come along to answer you, most of us can relate to your symtons.

Hugs, Linda

Glojer · 08-18-2005, 07:00 PM

Alex welcome to the board. Yes I can relate to all of your symptoms. I have been diagnosed with fm since 2003. The skin thing is wierd, I just say it hurts to touch my skin and it does. As bilij says we have some young people on this board and a lot of great support.

Alexandra87 · 08-19-2005, 09:16 AM

Thank u all for replying, it means a lot to me

.. Bilij asked if I would tell more about myself so here I go .. I'm 17 as you all know already and this september I go back to high school for 6 months then I graduate. I was supposed to graduate in June but this whole FMS thing started in May really badly and I had to stop going to school so everything kind of got messed up. I guess everything happens for a reason though. Hopefully when January comes around and I'm done with high school I can finally start college. I'm the kind of person who gets nervous & extremely worried over EVERYTHING.. i never had health problems before and this has really gotten me feeling down and out. I feel like i'm never going to be the same again.. which i'm really not.. and I feel like my life is over. It sounds silly but it's just that the whole concept of maybe not ever getting better is hard to grasp. This illness scares me because its not like other stuff where u take a blood test and they tell u 100% for sure what u have and begin helping u fix it ... dont get me wrong, i THANK GOD that so far nothing more serious has happened to me but whenever a new symptom comes along I just want to run to the doctor and have a million tests done because I am in constant fear that they are missing something...

sometimes i just dont know what to do ........