For anyone who doesn’t know what Fibromyalgia is. Here is a list of 200+ effects/symptoms Fibromyalgia has on our bodies. Yes, it’s a long list and yes some of us have more/different symptoms than others. Fibromyalgia affects everyone differently. Not all of us are the same. Why would our symptoms be?
I have put a ✔️ next to all the ones that affect me. How many ticks did you have?
I think that I have 179 out of 251.
GENERAL
- Activity level decreased ✔️
- Cold hands and feet ✔️
- Cough
- Craving carbohydrates ✔️
- Delayed reaction to physical activity ✔️
- Dryness of eyes and/or mouth ✔️
- Edema
- Family member(s) with Fibromyalgia ✔️
- Fatigue ✔️
- Feeling cold often ✔️
- Feeling hot often ✔️
- Frequent sighing ✔️
- Heart palpitations
- Hoarseness
- Hypoglycemia (blood sugar falls or low)
- Increased thirst ✔️
- Low blood pressure ✔️
- Low body temperature ✔️
- Low-grade fevers
- Night sweats ✔️
- Noisy joints – with or without pain ✔️
- Poor circulation in hands/feet ✔️
- Profuse sweating ✔️
- Recurrent flu-like illness ✔️
- Shortness of breath ✔️
- Severe nasal allergies ✔️
- Sore throat
- Subjective swelling of extremities – (feels swollen But can’t find anything) ✔️
- Sweats ✔️
- Symptoms worsened by air travel ✔️
- Symptoms worsened by stress ✔️
- Symptoms worsened by temperature changes ✔️
- Tender or swollen lymph nodes, especially in neck and underarms ✔️
- Tremor or trembling ✔️
- Unexplained weight gain or loss ✔️
PAIN
- Abdominal wall pain
- Bad hip pain ✔️
- Burning Nerve Pain ✔️
- Chest pain ✔️
- Collarbone pain ✔️
- Diffuse swelling
- Elbow pain
- Exacerbated Plantar arch or heel pain ✔️
- “Growing” pains that don’t go away once you are done growing ✔️
- Headache – tension or migraine ✔️
- Inflamed Rib Cartilage ✔️
- Joint pain ✔️
- Lumpy, tender breasts
- Morning stiffness ✔️
- Muscle pain ✔️
- Muscle spasms ✔️
- Muscle twitching ✔️
- Muscle weakness ✔️
- Pain that ranges from moderate to severe ✔️
- Pain that moves around the body ✔️
- Paralysis or severe weakness of an arm or leg ✔️
- Restless Leg Syndrome ✔️
- Rib Pain ✔️
- Scalp Pain (like hair being pulled out) ✔️
- Sciatica-like pain ✔️
- Tender points or trigger points ✔️
- TMJ syndrome ✔️
- “Voodoo Doll” Poking Sensation in random places ✔️
NEUROLOGICAL
- Blackouts ✔️
- Brain fog ✔️
- Carpal Tunnel ✔️
- Feeling spaced out ✔️
- Hallucinating smells ✔️
- Inability to think clearly ✔️
- Lightheadedness ✔️
- Noise intolerance
- Numbness or tingling sensations ✔️
- Photophobia (sensitivity to light) ✔️
- Seizures
- Seizure-like episodes
- Sensation that you might faint ✔️
- Syncope (fainting)
- Tinnitus (ringing in one or both ears) ✔️
- Vertigo or dizziness ✔️
EQUILIBRIUM/PERCEPTION
- Bumping into things ✔️
- Clumsy Walking ✔️
- Difficulty balancing ✔️
- Difficulty judging distances ✔️
- Directional disorientation ✔️
- Dropping things frequently ✔️
- Feeling spatially disoriented ✔️
- Frequent tripping or stumbling ✔️
- Not seeing what you’re looking at ✔️
- Poor balance and coordination ✔️
- Staggering gait ✔️
SLEEP
- Alertness/energy best late at night ✔️
- Altered sleep/wake schedule ✔️
- Awakening frequently ✔️
- Difficulty falling asleep ✔️
- Difficulty staying asleep ✔️
- Excessive sleeping ✔️
- Extreme alertness or energy levels late at night ✔️
- Falling asleep at random and sometimes dangerous moments
- Fatigue ✔️
- Light or broken sleep pattern ✔️
- Muscle spasms/twitches at night ✔️
- Narcolepsy
- Sleep disturbances ✔️
- Sleep starts or falling sensations ✔️
- Teeth grinding ✔️
- Tossing and turning ✔️
- Un-refreshing or non-restorative sleep ✔️
- Vivid or disturbing dreams/nightmares ✔️
EYES/VISION
- Blind spots in vision ✔️
- Eye pain ✔️
- Difficulty switching focus from one thing to another ✔️
- Frequent changes in ability to see well ✔️
- Night driving difficulty
- Occasional Blurry vision ✔️
- Poor night vision ✔️
- Rapidly worsening vision ✔️
- Vision changes ✔️
COGNITIVE
- Becoming lost in familiar locations when driving
- Confusion ✔️
- Difficulty expressing ideas in words ✔️
- Difficulty following conversation ✔️
- Difficulty following directions while driving
- Difficulty following oral instructions ✔️
- Difficulty following written instructions ✔️
- Difficulty making decisions ✔️
- Difficulty moving your mouth to speak ✔️
- Difficulty paying attention ✔️
- Difficulty putting ideas together to form a complete picture ✔️
- Difficulty putting tasks or things in proper sequence ✔️
- Difficulty recognizing faces
- Difficulty speaking known words ✔️
- Difficulty remembering names of objects ✔️
- Difficulty remembering names of people ✔️
- Difficulty understanding what you read ✔️
- Difficulty with long-term memory ✔️
- Difficulty with simple calculations ✔️
- Difficulty with short-term memory ✔️
- Easily distracted during a task ✔️
- Dyslexia-type symptoms occasionally ✔️
- Feeling too disoriented to drive
- Forgetting how to do routine things ✔️
- Impaired ability to concentrate ✔️
- Inability to recognize familiar surroundings
- Losing track in the middle of a task ✔️
- Losing your train of thought in the middle of a sentence ✔️
- Loss of ability to distinguish some colours ✔️
- Poor judgment ✔️
- Short-term memory impairment ✔️
- Slowed speech ✔️
- Staring into space trying to think ✔️
- Stuttering; stammering ✔️
- Switching left and right ✔️
- Transposition (reversal) of numbers, words and/or letters when you speak ✔️
- Transposition (reversal) of numbers, words and/or letters when you write ✔️
- Trouble concentrating ✔️
- Using the wrong word ✔️
- Word-finding difficulty ✔️
EMOTIONAL
- Abrupt and/or unpredictable mood swings
- Anger outbursts
- Anxiety or fear when there is no obvious cause ✔️
- Attacks of uncontrollable rage
- Decreased appetite ✔️
- Depressed mood ✔️
- Feeling helpless and/or hopeless ✔️
- Fear of someone knocking on the door ✔️
- Fear of telephone ringing ✔️
- Feeling worthless ✔️
- Frequent crying
- Heightened awareness – of symptoms ✔️
- Inability to enjoy previously enjoyed activities ✔️
- Irrational fears ✔️
- Irritability ✔️
- Overreaction ✔️
- Panic attacks
- Personality changes –usually a worsening of pervious condition
- Phobias ✔️
- Suicide attempts
- Suicidal thoughts ✔️
- Tendency to cry easily ✔️
GASTROINTESTINAL
- Abdominal cramps ✔️
- Bloating ✔️
- Decreased appetite ✔️
- Food cravings ✔️
- Frequent constipation ✔️
- Frequent diarrhoea
- Gerd-like Symptoms
- Heartburn
- Increased appetite
- Intestinal gas
- Irritable bladder ✔️
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Nausea ✔️
- Regurgitation
- Stomachache
- Vomiting
- Weight gain
- Weight loss
UROGENITAL
- Decreased libido (sex drive)
- Endometriosis
- Frequent urination ✔️
- Impotence
- Menstrual problems ✔️
- Painful urination or bladder pain ✔️
- Pelvic pain ✔️
- Prostate pain
- Worsening of (or severe) premenstrual syndrome (PMS) ✔️
SENSITIVITIES
- Alcohol intolerance
- Allodynia (hypersensitive to touch) ✔️
- Alteration of taste, smell, and/or hearing ✔️
- Sensitivity to chemicals in cleaning products, perfumes, etc. ✔️
- Sensitivities to foods ✔️
- Sensitivity to light ✔️
- Sensitivity to mould
- Sensitivity to noise ✔️
- Sensitivity to odours ✔️
- Sensitivity to yeast (getting yeast infections frequently on skin, etc.)
- Sensory overload ✔️
- Sensitivity to pressure & humidity changes ✔️
- Sensitivity to extreme temperature changes ✔️
- Vulvodynia
SKIN
- Able to “write” on skin with finger ✔️
- Bruising easily ✔️
- Bumps and lumps
- Eczema or psoriasis
- Hot/dry skin
- Ingrown hairs
- Itchy/Irritable skin ✔️
- Mottled skin
- Rashes or sores
- Scarring easily
- Sensitivity to the sun
- Skin suddenly turns bright red
Cardiovascular (Heart) - “Click-murmur” sounds through stethoscope
- Fluttery heartbeat
- Heart palpitations
- Irregular heartbeat
- Loud pulse in ear ✔️
- Pain that mimics heart attack
- Rapid heartbeat
HAIR/NAILS
- Dull, listless hair ✔️
- Heavy and splitting cuticles ✔️
- Irritated nail beds
- Nails that curve under
- Pronounced nail ridges
- Temporary hair loss ✔️
OTHER
- Canker sores
- Dental problems ✔️
- Disk Degeneration
- Haemorrhoids
- Nose bleeds
- Periodontal (gum) disease
Orkney Fibromyalgia Sufferer 