Guest guest Posted March 22, 2012 Report Share Posted March 22, 2012 First let me introduce myself. My name is Debra. I joined a week or so ago but have not posted. I am almost 48 years old, have two children ages 10 and 15 and I work as a registered nurse of 20 years. I was diagnosed with fibromylgia about 8 years ago and suspect strongly more is going on now. I would love to ask some questions if you do not mind. I know alot of the symptoms of MS but would love to hear from that who have battled it rather than get all my information off the net. I have the following symptoms of which the latest is urinary incontinence which use to be only when I coughed but has progressed to spontaneous urine incontinence in a moderate degree. I guess we could say moderate because it is not all the time but tonight I woke up and had urinated in my clothes but not enough to wet the bed but enough to have to get up and change my clothes etc.. Other symptoms are: Body jerks that happen at night when I lay down and is becoming more frequent. Sometimes my entire body has and involuntary jerk to where my limbs will raise off the bed and at times it is one side of my body normally being the right side when it is one side. Dizzy spells and the feeling of being off balance. Electrical shock sensations in my hands at times when I reach to pick something up. Difficutly with memory and thought processes. STiffness all over so severe that in the mornings when I first get out of bed I cannot bend to pick up something off the floor. The stiffness is there all the time but worse in the morning. PAIN all over which as been attributed to fibro??? EXHAUSTION to the point it is almost disabling. Numbness and tingling in the fingers that comes and goes; and at times turns to burning pain. Increasing difficulty with handwriting. Also alot of typing problems with transversing letters or typing the wrong word when I have been typing for years. (will have to type this slow and go back often to change my letters around). Very brief bouts of blurred vision lasting only about a second or two. At times, involuntary eye movements (not so often and not enough to be a problem but nevertheless, it is present). The exhaustion is second only to pain for my worst symptoms. No mater how much I sleep I wake up exhausted. NO THROID problems or anemia present. Thanks so much for whom ever answers me. I plan to get tested soon for an official answer to whether or not this is ALL fibromyalgia. Debra What you can see is not always how I feel. learnFMnow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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