#Muscle Pain

[stars-and-branches]

Maybe THIS dose of ibuprofen will be the one that fixes me

[blitzsicedcoffee]

Reminder to myself: it takes a lot of fucking energy to be in pain

[neuroticboyfriend]

there's a lot of talk about joint pain in chronic illness communities which like fair, it hurts like a bitch. but shoutout to my fellow spoonies who are painfully incapacitated by things like muscle spasticity and nerve compression. just because people can't see red, swollen, dislocated, or malformed joints doesn't make your pain not real. and extra shoutout to spoonies who deal with all these types of pain, because i know how hard it makes things.

[troublegoblin]

babygirl i have health problems that would make a grown man cry- yeah of course I'm still going to work what are you talking about

[50stressballs]

Really wish all the “low impact” exercise routines I find weren’t hyper focused on like squats and lunges and shit. Like bro, my knees DO NOT WORK. They simply do not function properly. If I do 15 squats today I’m not going to be able to walk properly for literal days.

…….but like I’m so tired and I NEED to work out to help with my fatigue, and I don’t have the attention span for yoga right now. So I do the five bajillion squats anyway.

And I’m stupid so I forget that that’s a bad idea, so when I’m in an incredible amount of pain just walking up and down the stairs for the rest of the week, I’ll be like

[hydeingpurples]

So much pain and aching. Tourette's can fuck off. Standing up for 6/7/8 hours straight without a break can fuck off. Neck/head tics can fuck off - my neck is hurting so much. Fuck off.

[skys-archive]

Choose your fighter:

Widespread joint and muscle pain because you're disabled and injure easily

Slightly less bad widespread muscle and joint pain but also very uncomfortable digestive/organ pain because you take pain killers too much

[shouts-into-the-void]

I am surviving on Tiger Balm, Epsom Salt, an extra large bottle of Ibrupofen, and so so so so much caffeine

[try-and-try-and-try-again]

Does melatonin (or any other sleep medication) not work on me or are any positive effects being overridden by chronic pain?

Every single night I am waking up in the early hours with my spine feeling like it’s on fire and my limbs feeling like they are also on fire/being stabbed/squeezed in a vice.

I don’t know how to carry on like this.

[supermen-with-black-hair]

If there’s a sexier ad for muscle pain relief, I sure as hell haven’t seen it!!!

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[stars-and-branches]

Massages aren't enough I need to be crumpled like a tin can

[blitzsicedcoffee]

It's fun when my muscles randomly feel like they're being squeezed and pulled in one of those medieval torture devices.

These things:

[schizokaneko]

the worst part is that i cant even read community posts talking about ny constsnt pain and sensitivity to it because im always in pain and bringing attention to that pain makes me feel it more because now i am consciously aware ofvit again . they need to invent a feeling of community for the disabled that doesnt make u experience ur symptoms

Is this a sign that I need to take another ibuprofen guys idk

[troublegoblin]

*rips off clothes to reveal orthopedic shoes, thigh high compression socks, two stick on heating pads, and three separate braces*: do you find me... irresistible

[50stressballs]

It’s so weird having my physical health tank when my mental health is the best it’s ever been.

Like whenever someone asks me how I am I’m just like “well my bones hurt, and my muscles hurt, and I can work maybe 3 hours a day before I collapse from chronic fatigue. But like the world keeps on turning, so I’m vibing dude B) ”

[baja-blastoise]

So I went to the rheumatologist the other day and they prescribed me gabapentin. However, the doctor never went over any of the side effects, so being the overly cautious person I am I decide to look them up and HOOOO BOY idk if I want to even try gabapentin anymore. They say it can ultimately cause dementia as well as:

• cause memory loss

•weight gain (which I already have problems losing weight anyway)

• clumsiness

Among many other things. Don’t get me wrong, I’m in a lot of pain, but I’m too scared to try it at this point. Has anyone tried gabapentin for chronic pain/fibromyalgia? If so, how was your experience and did you have any side effects?