Thanks, Pat...I have reviewed each of the conditions you suggested, and they really don't sound like what I'm experiencing. I am looking into holistic approaches and Trigger Point therapy, but it's expensive. Everything that I've read previously points to Myofascial Pain Syndrome and Trigger Points, but not fibromyalgia. Like I said before, my rheumatologist is reluctant to give it a name...she's telling me stress is a big factor, hence the anti-depressant. I am an x-ray technologist, and a lot of my work is done with my arms, i.e: manuevering equipment, patients, etc, so there's an over-use and repetetive factor as well. Sometimes it feels like inflammation (my skin and tissues in my arms and hands feel very tight and/or dense), and sometimes it's a tendonitis-like pain. After a couple days of numbness, muscle contractions and tingling I get an almost unbearable joint pain, where it hurts to even touch anything - I can feel it all the way down to my fingertips. If I sleep the wrong way, my neck flares up and starts the whole process over again!!! (I am on a seemingly never-ending quest for the perfect pillow) Sometimes the naproxen works for the inflammation, sometimes the gabapentin works. At least I can recognize which one to take for which type of pain! I hate taking all of these pills and would rather find a nutrition and excercised base treatment path, but until then, I will stick with the conventional medicine, as much as I hate to. Thanks for listening, and thanks for your help!
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Thanks, Pat...I have reviewed each of the conditions you suggested, and they really don't sound like what I'm experiencing. I am looking into holistic approaches and Trigger Point therapy, but it's expensive. Everything that I've read previously points to Myofascial Pain Syndrome and Trigger Points, but not fibromyalgia. Like I said before, my rheumatologist is reluctant to give it a name...she's telling me stress is a big factor, hence the anti-depressant. I am an x-ray technologist, and a lot of my work is done with my arms, i.e: manuevering equipment, patients, etc, so there's an over-use and repetetive factor as well. Sometimes it feels like inflammation (my skin and tissues in my arms and hands feel very tight and/or dense), and sometimes it's a tendonitis-like pain. After a couple days of numbness, muscle contractions and tingling I get an almost unbearable joint pain, where it hurts to even touch anything - I can feel it all the way down to my fingertips. If I sleep the wrong way, my neck flares up and starts the whole process over again!!! (I am on a seemingly never-ending quest for the perfect pillow) Sometimes the naproxen works for the inflammation, sometimes the gabapentin works. At least I can recognize which one to take for which type of pain! I hate taking all of these pills and would rather find a nutrition and excercised base treatment path, but until then, I will stick with the conventional medicine, as much as I hate to. Thanks for listening, and thanks for your help!
February 19, 2010 - 7:59amThis Comment
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