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.

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hdqueen 08/27/2013

Hi folks!

How is everybody?

I have a question. Does anyone have any tips, or ideas, as to how to minimize the pain, and muscle spasms, that fibromyalgia causes when one wakes up?

I wake up, hurting. That's something I'm used to. The muscle spasms around the ribs, chest, and hips, is nuts! I don't know if there is anything I can do to minimize this? I am taking a boat load of vitamins, and supplements. I don't know what else to do. When they're bad, they take my breath away. I am on baclofen (for muscle spasms) three times a day. It's helped with the spasms during the day, but not in the a.m.

Thanks in advance!!
Here's hoping for less pain for us all!!
XOXO

deleted_user 08/27/2013

Hi Honey yes i wake up like that and what i do is try to walk it all out and do stretches. Its awful and frustating but hang in. If you can get in shower right away sometimes that will help but for me its just moving my body around just its been still for to long and stiff and then muscle spasms. Hope that helps. Bananas too help. LOVE Lisa

deleted_user 08/27/2013

Hi there queenie,
I start with a hot soak it loses my muscles so that I can move around usually I put a cup of Epsom salts in the water , TAKE MY MEDS AND BY THE TIME I AM DONE SOAKING I CAN MOVE BETTER good luck isabee

hdqueen 08/27/2013

Looks like the only thing I'm missing is taking the hot shower/or hot soak. When I wake up, depending on the severity of the spasm, it may take me 20 minutes to get out of bed. I stretch, as best as I can, sometimes the stretches make the spasms really bad. I take my meds, and walk the dogs. Lisa... I have never been able to eat bananas. It's my downfall! I wish... but I can't get past the smell. I have a wicked sensitive nose. I smell things people can't usually smell, so regular smells are very strong to me. I had to stop wearing perfume a couple years ago, because I would lose my breath and cough until I was almost out . Thanks for the tips!! I am going to try soaking a hand towel, and soak the area with a hot soak. I hope this works. This fibro is for the birds, man!! I think the fibro started after my car accident in 2007. That' when I couldn't get hugs in the morning due to muscle spasms, and pain.

Thanks!!
Here's hoping for less pain for us all!!
XOXO

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