Oh yeah! I have days when I drop everything I pick up. My hands just suddenly stop gripping whatever I'm holding. I've dropped cans on my toes, knives, cups of tea. I use a lot of plastic and melamine since I've broken so much stuff. Also have to cut packets open with scissors cause I can't grip them to tear. It's pretty common with fibro. Just another one of the many fun little quirks that seem to go along with it. I've learned to be very careful!

I have been dropping things for years, yes it seems to me that it is a real annoyance, I used to drink my tea out of a cup & saucer and always use my best china even when at home alone right up until the day I broke an antique cup & saucer from occupied China. Do you also have trigger points on your feet? I have them there as well.

I have bone spurs on several fingers, which may not be fibro related, but I have had a number of episodes of pain in the center of my palms that only seemed to respond to massage - almost like a muscle spasm.

I am now fearing I have developed carpal tunnel syndrome, as my hands and lower arms get numb and tingly on a regular basis. Hard to tell if this is fibro-related or if it's just because I've spent half my life with my hands on a keyboard, but I am interested in what seems to be a high incidence of carpal tunnel in fibro folks.

Yes! It comes and goes. I loose coordination to the point my writing is illegible. Typing is better for me. Sometimes they ache so bad and other times they go cold, often numb.

Many of these issues can be dealt with by changing position or doing some stretch exercises my chiropractor gave me along with a few simple yoga poses. Much of it stems from poor circulation and nerve conduction. I have a few nerves that regularly get pinched in my spine.

I still have trouble when it comes to mixing the meatballs up for Grace (my Great Dane on her special diet) and I've had to ask for help the last two times I made up a batch.

I have trouble with opening jars and bottled water. Some times I get this real wierd powerful zinger type pain in the palm of my right hand, feels like I have been struck by lightning, real sharp pain then it travels down my arm towards my elbow.

I get that zapped feeling too.
My hubby joked that he may have to paint the kitchen floor white cuz I keep dropping the milk out of the fridge.
I cant grip or do small tasks it's not all the time but enough to irrate me.

I've had similar problems. I mentioned this pain to my pain spec. He did a nerve test which showed nerve damage. With physical therapy and makeing sure I no longer rest my elbows on hard surfaces most of the pain is gone.

I was always resting my elbows on the table and putting more pressure on them by resting my head in my hands.

There is a nerve that runs from the elbow into the hand that can get damaged or pinched causing some of this pain. I was lucky PT and being aware of not putting pressure on the elbow made a big difference. The same can be seen in the wrist where people rest them on the edge of desks and tables. Some doctors might suggest surgery but I would go with PT and make changes in how I rest my arms and hands.

Hope things get better for you

SEVER NEED RECONSTRTIVE SURGERY ASAP!
BOTH HANDS trigger fingers but no carpel tunnel, but sever sprain & strain!
just got custom hand splints w/ thumb guards that really restrict use of thumbs completly!
has helpt alot but cannot do anything w/ hands! it really helps to have kitchen scissors to open everything more control then using a knife=in my hands are very dangerious!
also use a hot wax machine & dip my hands to elbows!
I also get pain in elbows like someone is drilling into bone!
Really afraid of this surgery but the more i put it off he more i realize i need it!
hope you get some help w.out surgery!
healing prayers & angels to watch & guide you!
oxo
paula

ME ME ME!!!!

ps no grip pushing pulling =drop everything can not even slightly try to push a single hair back off face w/out sever pain as if i have a broken bone!
even just trying to wiggle sometimes is so horrible!
sorry you have this
oxox

I get spasms so bad in both hands that I can't peel a potatoe or hold a pencil or pen or do anything like that .I have just about quit driving because I never know when I will have a spasm and my hands will go limp.I don't hold small babies for fear of dropping them[there are 4 newborns in our family right now and I have never held them and it breaks my heart].

Yes, I do, but this comes and goes with me.

Great to get replies and see we all have varying degrees of severity. I have carpal tunnel in both hands diagnosed with emg but not told any other info or advice about it. Drs just add it to my long list of symptoms,i also get the electic shock feeling in hand when i bend wrist a certain way - oh fun, LOL

There are times when both hands hurt so badly I can hardly move my fingers. Other times I don't even think about it. The pain comes and goes. At my last rheumy visit they x-rayed both hands, told me I have arthritis in both hands and gave me cortisone shots in both hands which helped for about 2 days. I find if I soak my hands in warm water with Epsom Salts it helps. I have also had carpal tunnel in both hands surgically taken care of. Good luck with the pain in you hands.

I have the same problem I stopped using plates and glasses and started using paper plates and cups i was breaking all my glasses and plates and the pain is terrible driving is a problem for me also i hate this