Fibromyalgia?
If you have fibromyalgia where do you feel pain? Can anxiety/depression cause fibromyalgia, or is it more likely that fibromyalgia may cause anxiety/depression?
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1. You feel pain in your muscles and in soft tissues. there is no one known cause, although it doesn't cause any permanent damage, it is very painful, to the point where you may not be able to work. as far as it causing anxiety/depression, i guess that depends on the person and the severity of the syndrome. hope this helps.2. usually muscle pain or tenderness is around the joints ,back of neck,sacroiliac joint, around the spine ,front of elbow and hip....etc. to diagnose it you should have 11 of the 18 trigger zones i.e. feeling of pain in them.
depression and anxiety play a major role in the causation of the disease .
and sure if have pain all over your body after a while you will be depressed or anxious
so it goes both ways it caused by depression and anxiety and cause them.
3. I felt it mostly first in the long muscles of the body, the lower legs, the thighs, the upper arms. then in the chest and back. now it's every where. I've been on permanent disability since Oct. 2002.
Fibromyalgia depletes the brain of serotonin. And that causes depression. Add in the constant pain and the exhaustion from fibro would cause depression than depression causing fibro.
fibro also causes the body to produce more of Substance P. and substance P causes you to feel pain more acutely. since you never know when a flare will happen, it's normal to be more anxious about life.
4. Everyone has great answers to your question. Just to add to their answer, there are alot of things that are still not known about fms. When I was doing research about what was wrong with myself, I found alot of great information on webmd. My doctor was not that helpful. Webmd also has a chart that shows you where the 18 points of pain are. The easiest way to explain how I and people with fms feel, is you have the flu everyday. You are sore and tried all time, there are things you can do to help yourself. Its just about what works for you. good luck
