sore arms

I have had Fibro for 1.5 yrs that I know of.  I think my symptoms started sometime in 2007 or maybe even sooner than that, but I didn't really notice a change until my arms starting hurting.  My concern is people always say to excercise and you will feel better.  But I have a job where I lift boxes that weigh one to 30 lbs and I am so sore the next day with bad Fibro pain.  Has anyone been able to use your arms a lot without pain? If so, what is your secret?  How are you supposed to excercise when it hurts the next day and causes major pain where I have to use the max of my break though meds.  I feel my meds work great, but when I lift or carry heavy items, like my cat, she's so cute and fat. I love her.  Anyway, any thoughts are appreciated and thank you in advance.
Kristy

Sounds like it's time to re-evaluate your pain meds. Myself I take a time released morphine twice a day and cymnbalta once a day. It takes care of most of the pain for me. The difficult part is finding meds that lessen the pain without knocking ya out. Exercise really is helpful with fibro but it is gonna hurt. We need to keep what strength we have in our muscles even if it hurts. Do try to do lots of stretching, that helps too. Every time a part of me hurts I stretch it, some of the pain is from tight muscles. Meds wise it tends to be trial and error to find what works for you and also it needs to be switched up now and then so our body doesn't get too used to it. Good luck!

Yoga and Potassium have helped me tremendously...and they're both relatively inexpensive. Potassium puts more water in your muscles to decrease soreness, while yoga is slow no impact excercise to build muscles without adding injury or side effects.

I take Savella, Percocet 5 mg 3x day, and Ultram ER 200 mg once a day. These help but the natural remedies have helped further.

I've had Fibro for 15 years. I wish you the best!

Thank you for your answers, I will take those into consideration.  I find the pain occurs after lifting heavy items, so would I have the pain, say if I were in a gym lifting weights to excercise?  I like the meds I am on, no problem only the next day after lifting boxes.  Maybe the boxes are too heavy and I am actually straining my muscles.  Could this be it as well?  I don't stretch at all.  Thank you for the reminder.
Kristy

I've had Fibro for 21 years.  It started in my arms.  They felt like they belonged to somebody else.  That's the only way I can describe it.  It has been mainly in my arms ever since.  Exercise does not help me during a flare up - it just makes it worse.  My arms hurt most of the time, even when I feel good everywhere else.  Just to have someone poke me on the upper arm to get my attention feels like an icepick through the arm.  I have one of those heavy hot/cold sock-like things filled with buckwheat kernels (I think)?  that I can put in the microwave or freezer.  I heat mine up and the combo of heat and weight lying on my arms is the only thing that I have found to give me any relief.  Have found no helpful meds.  I hope you find some relief.
Joanna

Thank you Joanna
I think I will invest in one of those.  I believe I can pick one up at my local shopping malls.  That sounds like something I could use and I just know that the weight of it will feel good.  I love my electric blanket along with my bedspread for weight and heat on my hips.  I mostly have muscle pain in my arms and hips.  But without meds or any help/relief I would be in bed all the time feeling like I have the flu.  I think my husband is just know realizing what I am going through, as a friend of ours said his daughter has Fibro and she said you can't touch her arm it hurts so bad.  I reminded my husband of the day he touched my arm and it really hurt.  So he is coming around, now I just have to send him to the store.  Thanks again. Kristy