51 yr female, overweight but active, muscle spasms, achy joints (not symetrical), uncontrolled shaking.Whatsup

Lost 40 lbs at beginning of yr with exercise/diet. Enjoying going to gym but stopped couple of months ago because have been feeling very tired, achy. Wake up each am with somethingelse hurting. sometimes last through day, sometimes 2-3 days. Pain has started during day as well and travels (ie: starts in shoulder, moves down to hand by next day). Have tried Aleve, hyrocodone, ultram, ibuprofen. Nothing works. Taking glucosimin for joint health. Stress seems to make it worse. Work as psych nurse - not a physically demanding job. Have thought of fibromyalgia, rheum. arthritis. Anyone have any ideas of what this might be or what I could ask dr. for - ie pain meds.

I have fibromyalgia, and many of your symptoms sound familiar . The uncontrolled shaking, though, sounds like something more is going on.

I do experience uncontrolled shivering sometimes, especially after extreme stress - like going into shock. That's definitely not a daily thing, though. My hands shake just about all the time, but I wouldn't call that "uncontrolled shaking."

How long have you experienced these symptoms? Have you been to your general practitioner? Please, make an appointment to see a doctor as soon as possible if you haven't already done so.

Fibromyalgia is a diagnosis of exclusion, of course, so it wouldn't be made 'til everything else was ruled out. Rheumatoid arthritis will show up on tests.

Good luck!

Hi, I have fibromyalgia, and when I read your question, I could have read something I have wrote. It does point to it, but there are many conditions that shows the same signs, you need to go see your doctor and get referred to a rheumatologist. Now ibuprofen wont do any good if it is fibromyalgia as there is nothing inflamed, you need a proper pain killers not anti inflammatory which is what doctors like to hand out for this condition. They may prescribe you anti depressants for fibromyalgia but no you are not depressed, this is normally given to be taken at night to help the body relax and get the much needed rest it doesn't allow itself to get.
You need to get diagnosed so you know what you are up against, Try taking cod liver oil capsules I have found these help with the joint pain, and even if you don't have fibromyalgia they will help wont they.
Good luck, but go to you doctor, fibromyalgia does have a small chance of being turned around if it is caught early enough.

im 24 and get the same sort of thing. im almost sure it is just due to stress. ive had test done and nothing has shown up. i have just been diagnosed with having mild mrsa but i think it is unrelated. the muscle spasms are the weird thing about it though. have you tried taking something for stress?

Sounds like early signs of Parkinson's disease. You're a nurse; you know you should get a proper evaluation. Go to your primary physician and describe what's going on; you'll probably be referred to a neurologist or neurosurgeon. And for heaven's sake, knock of the frickin' glocosamine; it's pseudomedicine at its worst.
OTC meds aren't going to be nearly as effective as you need them to be. Those meds that will help are available only through a physician's prescription, and no ethical physician will prescribe them absent, as you well know, a proper and thorough clinical evaluation.
Let's hope you don't have Parkinson's or any of the other neuromuscular wasting diseases - but you need to find out fer sure so that you can effectively deal with it if you do have one. As you know, this class of disease is presently incurable - but it is now possible to remain independent and productive, sometimes for decades longer than was once possible. You know what you need to do, colleague - so get going!