Rheumatologist Questions Fibromyalgia

Is constant burning pain connected to fibromyalgia

I have been diagnosed with Fibromyalgia for approximately 8years now. My legs are both in constant burning pain and extremely painful to touch. I struggle to walk any distance and use a stick and sometimes a wheelchair. Is this common in fibromyalgia? The pain just never goes away. I currently take 2/3 nortriptyline of an evening to help me Sleep, which does help but I still wake when turning over due to pain. I was taking Gabepentin 300mg x 3 a day but due to working hours I couldn't cope with the extra drowsiness they caused but I do use a matrifen pain patch daily - Thank you for any advice you an offer

Female | 60 years old
Complaint duration: Approx 8/12 years
Medications: Losec, nortriptyline, matrifen, water tablet, station, antidepressant
Conditions: High cholesterol, lower back surgery, hiatus hernia

5 Answers

I would recommend reevaluation to make sure nothing else might be causing your pain and other symptoms . Too often we blame everything on Fibro. Once this is addressed, treatment options and changes can be addressed
This sounds more like a spinal cord problem. Have you had an MRI of your brain and entire spinal cord?
Have you had evaluation for autoimmune disorders, neuropathy?
Good afternoon,

Fibromyalgia can certainly cause a variety of symptoms and pain with achiness, soreness, burning, tingling and generalized fatigue. It is however important to rule out other causes of symptoms before attributing symptoms to fibromyalgia. Conditions such as degenerative disk disease of the spine, neuropathy and muscle disease are just a few things that do need to be considered. Considering the burning and weakness mentioned it would probably be reasonable to ensure nothing else is causing such symptoms; a specialist such as a neurologist or rheumatologist may be able help delineate further. If other conditions and alternate explanations are ruled out then fibromyalgia can be considered. In this situation treatment is aimed at minimizing symptoms and improving function with medications and other measures.

I hope this helps.

Mishal Abdullah.
You need to see a rheumatologist, and if seeing one, get a second opinion.