Mom's Fibromyalgia Pain?!
Question:
Mom's Fibromyalgia Pain?
My Mom's fibromyalgia pain is constant. All she does is cry and want someone to rub her knees and legs. Dad is losing sleep. Doctors have tried all types of pain relievers, nothing is happening. Yesterday, when I was massaging my mother's legs, it felt like she didn't have any flesh to them, just skin and bone. I'm really scared my mom is gonna leave us. Any suggestions for the constant, excrutiating pain. It comes with vengeance at nighttime.
Answers:
Fibromyalgia is a term use when doctors don't know the reasons for a pain syndrome. The fact that your mom's pain is worse at night and in her legs is suggestive of peripheral neuropathy. Pain releivers do not work on nerve pain. She should try an anticonvulant like neurontin.