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Question by Grace: Extreme muscle tension not responding to anything (+ other symptoms)?
I’ve been having these odd symptoms over the past few months: severe pressure at the base of my skull, lack of focus, it feels like my mind is physically unable to relax, cognitive problems, mild to moderate pain all over my body, irritable bowels, stiffness, and exhaustion. I realize most of these problems seem like they could be attributed to stress, and I thought that was the problem for a while. But this anxiety and depression seems unnatural, like my actual thoughts and attitudes aren’t consistent with what I’m experiencing. I don’t respond to any sort of stress-relieving techniques and exercise makes me feel much worse. My feet go to sleep really easily and go from purple to white to red, and sometimes (this winter it was bad, but my doctor says it doesn’t seem like frostbite?) when I take a shower they seriously feel like they’re on fire..and I have a semi-controllable twitch in my right cheek (massage therapist thought something seemed off in my jaw area) but it’s extremely tiring to have to tell myself not to do it. It feels numb, too.

But the weirdest symptom so far and that’s stuck out the most to my doctor and massage therapist (and me too obviously) is this severe muscle tension in my shoulders, neck and scalp. The first three times I got a massage the therapist said she could feel them releasing somewhat and was optimistic. But since that third time it had been getting worse, so I went to my doctor again who prescribed me muscle relaxants and referred me to a neurologist (mostly because of the head pressure). The muscle relaxants haven’t helped, and the tension and pressure keep getting worse. A couple days ago I went back to the therapist and she was shocked–couldn’t move my muscles more than a few millimeters, and even then they snapped right back. She told me I should see a neurologist too–that she thinks she was wrong about the tension being structurally-caused, but I can’t get in until the end of April.

Like I said, at first I thought it was just anxiety or something, and tried to ignore it, but…I don’t even have the mental energy to worry about anything, and it’s not like I ever worry about my health anyway. I feel awful constantly, and I’m at a point where I can say with hardly any doubt that these symptoms are real.

So, first question: what do you think this could be? Meningeal compression seems to fit my symptoms the best (like, most of them sound *exactly* like what I’m experiencing. except my pain hasn’t been that bad), but the feet thing and jaw thing don’t fit. My doctor thought Raynaud’s syndrome could be causing the symptoms in my feet, but it just seems unlikely that I’d have two neurological issues at the same time. I guess Lyme disease is possible too since I was near/in the woods this summer for a service project, and probably had a lot of uncovered skin.
Secondly, should I just wait another month or does it sound serious enough to be more proactive? I’m actually starting to get bad headaches now, not just pressure, and it’s extremely hard to concentrate/enjoy life at all.
and is it possible for a muscle relaxant to make muscle tension worse?

also – I’m a 16-year-old girl. Apparently meningeal compression is linked to fibromyalgia (have almost all symptoms of this too), which my grandma got at 17, but fibro is supposed to respond to massage..and the treatment doesn’t seem so great so I’m really hoping that’s not it. Meningeal compression can also be caused by “a spine change,” but I don’t fully understand what that means. The shape of my spine has definitely changed in the past few years but I thought it was just a postural issue or inherited body shape.

thanks to anyone who answers, sorry this is so long.

Best answer:

Answer by JMITW
all the symptoms of fms are also symptoms of other things

Meningeal compression and fms ARE NOT related..

Meningeal compression may mimic fms

FMS IS NOT A SYMPTOM

http://www.nrc.md/articles/maningeal-compression-and-fibromyalgia-pain.html

We believe this compression creates myriad symptoms, one of which is fibromyalgia

the above statement is wrong

fms is a specific medical condition, not a symptom

but fms is a problem with the brain chemicals

look up chiari malformation
lyme literate MD

and it is possible to have 2 different conditions become noticeable around the same time—and at this point–the stress of feeling ill is contributing to the symptoms

fms is actually rare–it is highly over diagnosed–most people actually have something else..

and no FMS is not supposed to respond to massage–many people don’t–and its hard to tell if those that do actually had fms

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