I hate wearing orthitics , funny shoes using a back pillow all the time & not driving my sports car. It took me a couple of years to figure out that each time I used my miata I lost a week of my life.

Remember, basically fibro is not pain it amplifies or misinterprets a non-noxious nerve impulse as pain. If you do the things to keep from causing the sensation then the fibro will be less likley to flare as bad or as often (INMHO).

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Hope this helps someone.

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Linda says "I have tried the icing and it does help, I just forget to do it and it takes time and it's something that I don't want to do?? Do you understand any of that?? LOL"

Yes, I do understand, LOL! We all speak the same language here =) It's hard to wait, I totally feel that pain! I just know that nothing I have in my house was working so icing was well worth the wait. I see the doc in the morning, so I'm hoping she can help.

LzBeth - sometimes Ibuprofen works for me b/c I get sciatic pain as a result of my Fibro. I have a bad hip that there is "nothing" wrong, so it's a Fibro issue. When my muscles start to tense up, my nerves get inflamed and I can usually remove some of the burning feeling that I can tell is purely sciatic burn. It usually runs down the back of my legs, from my booty to my ankle. The feeling is much different than the Fibro burn. So, it depends up on the situation as to whether anti-inflammatory meds will work. Thus, yes, in a way, NSAID's will do nothing for you, but if you have joint issues that are helped through NSAID's then maybe you just need something in addition to that for your sensitive skin and muscle issues.

BShapiro - I hear you speak of those things that cause the reaction we have and get flares. I don't really know what that is in me that does it. It comes out of nowhere. I haven't been stressed in the past month, but I'm flaring the worst now. So, like medicine, I think that this condition is really person specific. I can't even remember the last time I was stressed out or whatnot...so, for me to feel this bad, the worst ever, is very, very confusing for me. I wish whatever it was I could have not done, if there was a reason at all. Nothing in my life has really changed lately.