Yes, absolutely. I also experience intense anger. I find everything annoying. But when Im flaring, I also feel sad, like a burden.youre not alone. I'm fairly new to all of this.

Absolutely! It seems like a flare isn't only physical but emotional as well. It's ok to cry if you need to we've all even there. Feel better!

4everyoung1,

Definitely!
It is very emotionally overwhelming and exhausting emotionally and physically when living with pain. Cry and let it all out.
Scream if you have to and punch a pillow too! Do what you need to do to release your emotions. You are not alone.
This is a very challenging and difficult journey. I so understand how you feel. I hope you have someone that you can talk to and they will be there for you. Crying is healthy. It releases the toxins. Listen to your body. If you need to rest then rest. If you feel like crying then cry. Be gentle with yourself. (((HUGS)))

I feel like crying too, but when I do I get migraines:( The fibro pain is so bad I can't stand it.

Melinda,

I agree with everything you just wrote. You said that so well.

When I cry I end up with a horrible Migraine too.

Doesn't this just all suck? I am so miserable.

I guess that now that it is almost 2 AM I should at least try to close my eyes. I don't call it sleep anymore because I do not sleep. I doze for a few minutes and then I am awake. That is a whole issue in itself. I have no clue what sleep even is anymore.

When people talk about sleeping I don't even know what that is like. As tired as I am and I am so fatigued and my pain is so high I still cannot sleep. How insane is that?

Hugs to you!! I sent you a message earlier. Hope you got it. Hugs!

Pain equals stress, stress equals fatigue, fatique equals neurological scrambling in the brain where we consciously process things, and short version is---yeah, it's pretty common with any pain condition, chronic or otherwise. Should see my hubby when he sprained an ankle a few years ago. OMG. Like PMS times ten, only it was *him*. Yikes!

Cry it out, rehydrate, and cry more if that's what's needed. Cry yourself to sleep if that's what happens, it's just the way leanring to cope and having pain works for most of us. Speaking as someone with two chronic pain conditions (FM and injury scarring), at least, that's my take.

Blessings and peace.

Oh my, yes! I'm always on the verge of tears. It doesn't take much of anything to bring them to the surface. I kept looking for the like button on all these comments.....lol!

This whole thing is just so sad, this chronic pain. Then if you have anything else causing stress in your life, you're very likely to lose it. I've got so many issues going on right now, I can't keep track. So, yes, I cry a LOT!!

The antidepressant I take every day keeps me pretty tightly wound emotionally. So when I DO cry it's really a melt down. Then my migraine gets worse. Anger and frustration over my fibro and other medical issues can set me off. This broken foot I'm dealing with has reduced me to tears of frustration, which morph into tears of sadness, several times in the past couple of weeks.

Positively, and with almost every flare. Over the years It has become more manageable. I also sometimes cry when there seems to be no reason at all. Mostly letting myself cry is good because it releases so much tension and some toxins too. I also usually learn something about myself during and or after a good cry. You might want to do a little research about the effects of crying. Knowledge helps me cope with all of the symptoms we get.

Here is a big soft warm hug for you.

You are not alone in what you are going through. When my pain and other symptoms get unbearable, I just want to start crying, I don't care where I am, I can just feel the tears starting to well up in my eyes. Hugs GB

I can't thank you all enough for your responses. It is amazing how knowing you are not alone and having other people understand is comforting. I am sorry you all know how I feel but am blessed that you reached out to me.

Blessings and a soft, gentle hug to you all !! PJ

YUp. I get sappy (as I call it) which is unlike me and can be moved to tears over the stupidest thing, which annoys me to no end because I absolutely hate crying.
I have burst of inappropriate anger.
I find I am worst when I allow fibro to run my life or when I am having a bad flare.
When I am able to keep a balance with living with fibro and having a life (which is no easy task) my emotions stay in check more. My sadness is less and my anxiety doesn't take over.
I get anxiety about flare ups, about my wacky emotions about life 10 years from now.
I have heard the slogan "one day at a time" and I find it helps with fibro. I just signed up for a healthy living seminar again to give me a refresher on how to be proactive with my health and my life. The last time I went to the 6 week seminar it did worlds of good so I am hoping this time it will help me cope again and regain some of what fibro steals from us.
It helps to remind ourselves of our accomplishments that may be small to a well person but are mamoth to us.

I'm finding that with fibro everything seems to be more difficult for me to handle emotionally. I really require total calm and quiet to focus my energies on what I need to do that day. If I don't get that I'm an emotional basket case the rest of the day. I'm not a cryer though. I just want to curl up in a ball and hide from the world.

When I can't read or watch TV and I feel nauseous because the pain is so bad, I get crazy and panicky in my head. Thankfully, I can take Codeine which helps to settle the pain and my emotions down. Pain is really , really tough to handle. We all deserve medals. Isabelle1954

I get agitated easily. I also seem to cry super easy. I used to be a person that held things in pretty good. I hate to cry in front of others but now I can't hold my tears back at all.