I think I am starting to get sensitve to touch as well. Mostly, it was just the muscle and joint aches I was dealing with but now it seems that touch hurts as well...Blast it all!!! I wonder how we are not completely loony by now?

well.this must be something OTHER then FM huh,,,since the post name has caught ANYONES attention that FEELS exactly like this...so I will bring this up to my Dr. next...I just ASSumed it was a part of FM...

yes...boni...have this...have had it for years...and it comes and goes....my rheumy says this is DEFINITELY part of the fibro. He's good too. Knows his stuff and believes in fibro. I often find it's the beginning or ending of a flare for me. But it can be more random than that.

Sometimes, I feel that I can't wear anything but really soft sweats or skirts that don't feel so tight.....because I feel "bruised" for lack of a better description...you are not alone...and YES, from where I stand it IS fibro.

gentle hugs...
Morus

Sensitive to even a whisper of a touch at times. For months, I lived in very loose PJ's so my clothes didn't hurt me. Hugging family members and loved ones was truly a labor of love for me the pain was so great. I still have episodes of that occasionally.

yupperoos i have a few places that are no touchie zones
OOOWWWW!!!!!

Hi Bonnie...I somedays have pain all over the place and don't know if it is muscle, soft tissue in my head or what it is..I just know that it HURTS and makes me feel "sick" mind, body & spirit...Today-my pain has progressed from a sore neck to arm and leg pain and a tight throat...I am all horse...Fibro SUCKS!!!

Yes. I have been touch sensitive in certain areas for quite a long time. In fact, the more I talk to you guys, the more I believe I have had fibro for much londer than I thought. I think the back surgery is what kicked it into high gear.

My mom, for as long as I can remember, has been very touch sensitive too. Later in life mom developed polymyalgia rheumatica, a connective tissue disease. I think mom's sister is also sensitive to touch. Neither of them have been diagnosed with fibro, but I do recognize symptoms here and there in several people in my family.

yes...after watching the Movie "liveing with Fibromyalgia" I KNOW I have been sick alot longer...the flu like symptoms started back in my 20's...was a big joke in my family...because i would alot of times FEEL that way..yet nothing every developed...I am going to get tested for lymes...I am scared the test will come back negative now that I have watched the Videos...but everything they are saying on them is HOW I FEEL...right down to the strange rash...I just do not know how much fight I have left in me at this point...but i will keep fighting even if I have to fight on my KNEES...i am going to stay IN THEIR FACES !!

Yes bonnie I have been troubled by that on and off for years. I believe its just another part of fibro. I started on plaquinal and apo-diclo a few months back and I don't know which helped as I went on the both at same time. I now can touch my legs and even cross them occassionally and the but soreness is almost gone now. I wish you luck at the Drs. but I do know one of those too helped and they are non narcotic. hugs marilyn

Get this on the inside of my lower legs near the ankles, feels like a deep bruise, but no marks? I can get it elsewhere, but not all the time, weird!!! Find relief soon all. Hugs, Owlxx

tho I am not happy to hear that alot of you have the same pain...I am happy I am not alone with it...I feel so sorry for my husband...he forgets alot and will at times stand behind me...put his hands on my shoulders...and then feels so very bad when I am driven just about to my knees with pain...from that simple loveing act...there has to be a reason...there just has to be a cure for this.

Ah yes msboni, know this all too well. There are days when others are not permitted to touch this girl....

Hey Ms.Boni,

I have this awful feeling before a flare, which I am in today! I have learned from my own body that the soreness and bruised feeling, especially at the tenderpoints always indicates a flare is coming on.

It's always my "OH NO" moment when I realize my whole body is feeling battered and bruised for no reason.

this is constant...not off and on...been this way now for several years in some areas...it does feel like it is spreading...was just down the sides of my thighs...but now is that way on the backs of my arms...the rib cage [very new]...and a few other areas...it NEVER goes away

Oh yeah, and it is not just someone touching me either. It is also bright lights, loud noises, offensive odors. Where I work, folks seem to like to grab your arm or punch your arm. What the heck? We learned in kindergarten to keep our hands to ourselves.