Posted by BarbaraCat on October 2, 2003, at 12:04:19
In reply to something positive from here (long-ish), posted by Sabina on September 21, 2003, at 1:20:28
Hi Sabina,
Took your cue to move over here so we can chat freely. I have some fibro comparison quesitons for you. I so rarely talk to anyone who has so many similar conditions as I do. I'm presently going through a semi-awful flare, mainly in my muscles. Thank God for lithium and lamictal. I haven't had a black hole depression since taking them, which used to get even worse during a flare. No fun feeling like a truck ran over the body and the emotions.My question to you regards muscle cramps. Do you ever get cramping tooth-ache like pains where it feels like there are little muscle pops migrating around? I can actually see the muscle fibres popping and contracting under my skin primarily in my calves, outer legs and shins. In my darker more psychotic times I got to feeling like something out of the X-Files has invaded me. I take loads of magnesium and calcium and so don't think this is the problem, and I know I'm absorbing them because my bowels tell me so. My doctor and naturopath don't have a clue except to suggest restless leg syndrome, but I don't think that's it. I wonder about potassium but don't want to mess with it because of the delicate sodium/potassium balance that's easy to disrupt.
As for the water exercise, I don't live near a pool, however, we just bought a good sized hot tub which isn't installed yet, but I can't wait. I plan to do stretching exercises in it which I otherwise hate to do with bunched up ligaments. The other exercise I find helpful and convenient is a rebounder trampoline. I have a very good one, NOT the el cheapo models from sports stores. It's right in the living room so I can't ignore it. Bouncing gently and then more vigorously stimulates the lymphatic system and moves wastes out of cells throughout all organs, tones skin, plus it's fun. So, hope you're doing well these days and the 'Victorian Vapors' have taken a hike. - BarbaraCat
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