Fibromyalgia Support Group

You're not alone in your pain. Fibromyalgia is a condition that can be difficult to diagnose and manage. If you're trying to cope with pain throughout your body, sleep problems, general fatigue, or other common fibromyalgia symptoms, you're in the right place. The community is here for you to talk about therapies and share your challenges.

4,403 Members
50,126 Posts
0 Online
Muscles & Bones
/ Fibromyalgia Support Group

Don't know what happened to me ???

jillst
jillst
I have been diagnosed with fibro for 12 years. The past two days I had something happen that I have never experienced and I just want to see if anyone of you have ever had this experience.
Two days ago I had a very, very sore area on my outer top leg and I could hardly touch it. It started effecting the muscle at the same area. It got so bad I could hardly walk and getting up and down from a chair almost impossible. Sitting on the edge of my bed, I couldn't lift my legs to get into the bed. (nothing hurting in my back.....just my upper leg) Like a very bad "charley horse" that wouldn't go away. I would actually scream when I had to get up or down.
Today it is much better, I can feel it a little , but not too much. Thanks for any responses I receive. I just need confirmation that this is fibro and that I'm not the only one experiencing it. If I hadn't gotten any relief I was going to have to go to the ER. Thanks for listening !
twinmomab
twinmomab
With my fibro my muscles don't work anymore. I will get this pain similar to what you describe in my muscles and it will hurt very bad and be very had to move them. My upper legs are affected the most. I can't raise them and they are so weak that my neurologist even thought I had a muscle disease the last time I saw him. I think he plans on doing more testing just to rule everything out, but unfortunately for me this has been a part of my fibro crappiness since the beginning. I would suggest seeing the doctor if it continues just in case. Good luck!
Shakota6
Shakota6
Usually it's the next day after I use my leg muscles too repetitively (like more than 3-4 reps of an exercise). Shin or thigh muscles on one side only.

I'll get a severe cramp that nothing touches. Heat, cold, bengay, massage, ok---marijuana can relieve it, but nothing else. It takes a couple or 3-4 days for it to dissipate.

I try to be conscious of whether I am overusing a muscle group.

Hope it goes away soon.