I have muscle pain that feels like I have the flu - deep achy pain in my muscles. I also have bruise-like sensations and, according to my doctor, reflexive guarding to prevent anyone from going near the affected areas (ie my mid-back, my shoulder blades).

You do a pretty good job discribing it. I want to go to the store to get something to cook for dinner yet I'm just to exhausted from the fibro and the rainy weather today to move so my supper for tonight is vegetable thins (a cracker) and mountain dew along with a vitamin.

Sending Hugs & Prayers

You described the pain a lot like mine, only when I'm aching that badly from a flare, I'm also exhausted right away. I don't have any long stabs, but some little needles every so often. Sorry you're feeling worse. The weather suddenly changing which affects the barometric pressure can make it much worse, then you can feel way better the next day. Good luck. Please write more often, we like you!

your describing my pain exactly,its like wow!!
I tell my hubby that it feels like I just got done running a marathon,my legs will just feel like the inside of them are burning, my muscles are like tighting up,feels like someone is stretching my muscles sometimes.my butt will hurt so bad it hurts to sit down,my arms feel the same way. every Sunday I go to church and we stand and clap our hands to some really cool songs,well Sun. night and all day Mon. Iam in a flare up,just from clapping my hands its like,come on can't even clap my hands,it makes me sick,but I said theres no way I'm just going to sit there,its worth the pain,so you are not alone,I hope you have something you can take for some relief. I know a hot shower helps and then like on Mon. I just take it easy,don't have much choice.
I will be praying for you :)

I have muscle pain all over too.
It feels like the muscles are being twisted and pulled. It goes very deep but is also surface pain too.

I can't Clap my hands ether. Any kind of jarring will start me hurting really bad or I should say worse since I never stop hurting.

Do any of you ever have low pain levels?

For the past two years I can only remember one day that my pain subsided a little bit.

Lucky, my pain sounds a lot like yours.
But I suppose it sounds a lot like everyone too. We have a lot in common in the way we describe our pain.

Randy, you are singing my song! I started to take GABA and L-glutamine for that. it helped me a great deal. I won't say it is a miracle cure but it sure dulled the pain down significantly. The GABA helps you sleep too!

NT,

Are you saying that these two supplements work for muscle pain? If so would you mind posting what kind and how much?

I cannot even type physically that have to use voice recognition. I have got to get some relief from this.

I take magnesium malate but can't see that it's really helping.

If I do anything that puts pressure on my neck my pain just increases.

Thanks for listening in any advice to anyone.

You described my pain almost perfectly. I also have very sharp pains in my hips when I move. The only real difference though is that I am very weak at times. I have a hard time putting my hair in a ponytail somedays. My arms are too weak for me to lift them. And the exhaustion is overwhelming. Sometimes I think that is the CFS rearing it's ugly head.

Hi Randy, you got it right, and pain is very draining. The one thing I would add is cramps in my thigh and butt muscles.

Hope you feel better. Gentle hugs!

Hi all, GABA should be taken at night, especially when first using as it can cause some fatigue during the day. Take anywhere from 500-750mg at night. L glutamine is something that should be taken during the day particularly after exercise. It is healing to the muscle and gut. You will notice an improvement over time. It took me a week and I started noticing improvement for pain level and mood. GABA is good for anxiety because it works on the GABA receptors in the brain causing a calming effect. Hope this helps guys!

Sounds about right...unfortunately.

Yup you could be describing what happens to me exactly. I also say that I have mackitis meaning that a mack truck ran me over and I am swelled and bruised everywhere.

sounds like fibro or cfs we all get this it is so horible & really can not explain how painful it really is only we know how ea others suffer! i wish this illness not even on our enimies!

i know most men don't like too! but best thing is get in hot tubw/ epsom salt & alittle calgon for aroma therpy(guy like the melon or cucumber/sage.. & stay there! just keep adding more hot water! & you will be so soft & cuddly "MR WABBIT"

F has an inflammatory element for some of us. You could be experiencing general inflammation. Does ibuprofen (advil, motrin, etc...) work at all for your pain? (that is... if you're able to tolerate it, eh?) There is an anti-inflammatory diet you could look at.

Truly, I think exercise helps this kind of pain most, but you have to take it slow and really honor your body's screams. I try to do something every day, even if it's just simple breathing exercises or stretches.

The almost flu thing, I think, is just that. I'm not sure what's going on when I'm really getting the flu and the muscle ache happens but maybe it's the same mechanism. Maybe the flares are viral.

I've always felt like it was similar to a record player with a stuck needle. If I could just get it off that groove, I could get the full blown flu and get over it, but I never get out of that groove. It's extra frustrating because it makes no sense.

When you say if feels like a couch potato working out, have you overdone it at all? It often doesn't take much. Epsom salt baths help soothe my overworked muscles.

These days, I'm pretty much pain free. I think it's from the medical marijuana I started seriously using in August 2009. At the time, I was having severe muscle spasms in my torso. I was up to three Soma a day and starting to experience nasty side effects.

It's really hard for me to be the pot-smoking granny, but I simply can't deny how effective marijuana has been for me. I'm so glad I live in California where I don't have to go to jail for my choice of pain relief.

tlori, I was actually hit by a mac truck in 1990 & the pain was not this intense... I often refer to my pain as gettin hit by a mac truck, but it's actually worse.
It's worse also than my last bout of the flu, in '08... I hope I never get the flu again, but fibro pain is worse than that. Sometimes I wonder if it's the actual pain or the fact that it is constant, day after day & just drains every ounce of your strength.
I look forward to naps & bedtime because sleeping gives me a break from the pain... Pain meds ease the pain, but never kills it. Like I said, the only relief I get is when I sleep... but there are nights that I cannot sleep, even taking ambien... I slept from 12-2 last night. I stayed in bed until 3, because I just was not falling back to sleep. That means that the pain today is going to be magnified... I hope I can, at least, take a nap today... and then, I have a sleep study tonight...