minkeygirl
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A few months ago I started to feel like there was a belt around my rib cage just under my breasteses. I barely noticed it. Then a few months ago my back went into spasm and it set things off.
Now the belt is all the way around my rib cage and around the back. It moves up and down. As the day goes on it gets "tighter". If my back tightens up then it's even worse. And at it's worst it feels like someone jamming their fingers into my ribcage on both sides in the front. Every thing is symmetrical.
When I wake in the middle of the night or early morning it is not there but within minutes, even if I have not moved an inch, it starts to tighten. It starts from the back and then circles around to the front.
I have tried muscle relaxants and they do nothing. I saw my doctor Thursday and she felt it had more to do with nerves but to start she has me on Celebrex just to see. She mentioned gababentin which I have taken and won't take again. I also have issues with Lyrica. I took a Tylenol 3 with codeine and I got some relief for about 2 hours.
I can tell you it IS NOT Myofacsial trigger point, FM, MS, or Shingles. I don't care what it is but I need this to stop.
I'm so uncomfortable I have to be a contortionist to find a way to lay that is the least uncomfortable.
Has anyone had this and what did you do? And please no doom and gloom stories.
Thanks
Now the belt is all the way around my rib cage and around the back. It moves up and down. As the day goes on it gets "tighter". If my back tightens up then it's even worse. And at it's worst it feels like someone jamming their fingers into my ribcage on both sides in the front. Every thing is symmetrical.
When I wake in the middle of the night or early morning it is not there but within minutes, even if I have not moved an inch, it starts to tighten. It starts from the back and then circles around to the front.
I have tried muscle relaxants and they do nothing. I saw my doctor Thursday and she felt it had more to do with nerves but to start she has me on Celebrex just to see. She mentioned gababentin which I have taken and won't take again. I also have issues with Lyrica. I took a Tylenol 3 with codeine and I got some relief for about 2 hours.
I can tell you it IS NOT Myofacsial trigger point, FM, MS, or Shingles. I don't care what it is but I need this to stop.
I'm so uncomfortable I have to be a contortionist to find a way to lay that is the least uncomfortable.
Has anyone had this and what did you do? And please no doom and gloom stories.
Thanks