I am typing this as fast as I can so please excuse the typos but my hand is kiiling me.
I feel pressure in my right arm, like I can feel my blood and its tingling, there is pressure in between my wrist and my fingers . . .i normally apply pressure to my arm to relieve the pain bt after i js did it it started to hurt really bad. . reallybad. i screamed out loutd...it hurts so bad. I dont know whay to do, it js hurts like crazy even to tupe this. .
any advice or suggestions as to how to treat the pain until I can get to an er
Sounds very frightening and painful! I hope you’re at the ER right now. Please keep us posted as I will keep checking back for updates. Worried about you…
not at the Er at home, applying accupressure. . . it's easing up but its still quite painful. .its so weird. .this pressure I feel like i am very aware of my blood flow and i can feel it. .. weord
MoMerrell, I honestly don't know. I think it would be helpful if you went to your GP and told him/her about this to be sure it's fibro and not something else going on.
I do occasionally get a really quick, extreme pain in my arm or wrist when I have an Ace bandage on. It seems like the spot just can't stand the Ace bandage anymore and reacts with a quick, very intense jolt of pain. But it's only a short jolt and stops shortly after I take the Ace bandage off.
I too get pains like that. Sometimes I have shooting pains that come on all of a sudden. I have had chest pains that feel like I am having a heart attack but my heart tests out just fine. It is all very scary but I have gotten to the point where I attribute any pain I have to FM. I get tired of complaining and getting no answers.
I have looked to see if there are any docs that are FM experts in my area and the closest is in Tupelo, MS which is 5 or 6 hours away!
I have found that it is best to kind of just go with the flow and keep on going.
I just had the WORST pain in my lungs yesterday - I am also asthmatic - so I have always assumed that this was part of the asthma...never considered fibro.... IT was so bad I almost went to the ER - but I took additional anxiety meds& muscle relaxers and it did recede some - so I thought I just had a really bad anxiety attack.... I do get ekg's at the primary care & pulmonaligist office - and a long time ago angina was explained to me.... but it still gets you worrying what it is.....
I get those chest pains too and it seems when I press on the tenderpoint near my breastbone and rib that I can duplicate the pain so it seems to be fibro.
Thanxs for the support guys, sorry took a few days to respond.
I never made it to the ER, I had to go the work the next day so I splinted my arm. It felt good to not have to move my wrist much. The pain was still there by morning but subsided during the day. I haven't used my wrists much nor made it to the ER. I hate going because they tell me the same thing all the time; "we found nothing on the xray or MRI to indicate pain"
I won't take medicine and none that I have ever taken has helped the pain in my arm or ankles so no need anyway.
Glad to have you guys here with me. . .
I experience this pain quite often and every time it is very painful and scary. It's unreal.
Mo, can I ask you to describe the pain to me, is it nerve pain, muscle pain, bone pain, tendon pain. Well I know sometimes we NEVER know, but can you describe it to me, please.
Is it made worse by heat or cold, certain movements?
Mo,
I’m so glad you’re online. And I know what you mean about tests coming back ‘normal’ and the frustration that it causes.
Nice to hear from you-
Sunflower
And I know what you mean about tests coming back ‘normal’ and the frustration that it causes.