fibromyalgia without sleeping problem? - Fibromyalgia Message Board

june789 · 06-30-2006, 03:41 PM

Hello~
I'm just wondering if you can have fibromyalgia without sleep problem?
I understand that major symptom with fibromyalgia is sleep disorder, and if you can sleep well, pain can be reduced.

I'm diagnosed with a variant of fibromyalgia, and I don't have any sleeping problem. I can sleep good 7 hours without any problem, but that doesn't help with may of body aches.
I'm curious to know if one can have fibromyalgia without sleeping problem.

june

Jenetti · 06-30-2006, 04:29 PM

hi hon, sorry to hear youre having problems with pain. trust me , we understand thoroughly how that can upset ones life.
i really dont know if you can have fibro without sleep problems. Im not sure if ive read anything about that, but it is a symptom and i know that different people with fibromyagia suffer from different but not necessarily every symptom, tho not everyone is that lucky. I know that IBS is a symptom of fibro but i dont usually have problems in that area, but oh wow, do i suffer great pain and other symptoms horribly. so i dont see why someone with fibro couldnt still have fibro just because they dont suffer from sleep problems, tho that is a major major symptom of it.
maybe someone else will have the answer to this, and again im so sorry youre suffering, ive had fibro since my late teens and im going to be 52 in july. tho it wasnt diagnosed AS fibro till about 7 yrs ago.

june789 · 07-03-2006, 10:06 AM

thank you for the reply and kind heart
I was told at the pain clinic that they may able to tell me exactly what I have in 10 years or so after they categorize the fibromyalgia.
but i haven't mat anyone with fibromyalgia without out any sort of sleeping problem, so I got curious if one can be properly dioagnosed to fibro without sleeping problem.

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Emmabean · 07-04-2006, 08:02 AM

I had all the symptoms but I didn't recognize any sleeping problems for about three years of having fibromyalgia. I slept just fine. Sleeping made me feel better! I had sooo much more energy and just had awful pain, muscle knots, etc. Looking back, though, there could have been something going on with my restorative stage of sleep, and since I didn't treat it, my condition got worse. You may just not realize what's going on in your sleep cycle!

june789 · 07-06-2006, 04:02 PM

Dear emmabean

thanks for the reply~
after reading your reply, I got few questions.
did you eventually figure out what was wrong with your sleep cycle after three years?
I assume that you were sleeping fine, but somehow your sleep cycle wasn't fine. how did you figure out what was wrong?

I don't want my pain to get worst and I am trying to find and understand what I have better.

thank you