tim73
21-08-09, 11:28
I've had this on and off for years but in the last month since my recent flare up of "whatever" (anxiety or whatnot) I'm getting frequent aches in my left arm which I'd describe more like cramp.
It occurs sometimes when I'm stressed but also when I'm perfectly relaxed. Can even be when relaxing in the bath.
The aches vary in location and can be the lower or upper arm, inside or outside, sometimes right on the inner elbow where the big vein is and sometimes I get finger aches. Sometimes it's just an ache that appears for a minute and goes, and other times it's a throbbing pain corresponding to my pulse.
Of course it's always worrying that it's the left arm. However I don't get chest pains unless I'm extremely stressed, and I don't get pains or short of breath when exercising.
If this is stress related, how come it doesn't go away when not stressed?
Just been reading here about Fibromyalgia. Is that a possibility? I don't seem to have a general all-over ache though which seems to be common with Fibromyalgia, it's just mostly in the left arm with occasional tension in the shoulders.
Any thoughts and/or suggestions on how to relieve it? Exercise doesn't get rid of it, other than during exercise but it comes back after.
I can often get extreme fatigue also and I suspect it's related to being tense so much.
The other thought that keeps coming into my head is angina, but as I say, no chest pain.
It occurs sometimes when I'm stressed but also when I'm perfectly relaxed. Can even be when relaxing in the bath.
The aches vary in location and can be the lower or upper arm, inside or outside, sometimes right on the inner elbow where the big vein is and sometimes I get finger aches. Sometimes it's just an ache that appears for a minute and goes, and other times it's a throbbing pain corresponding to my pulse.
Of course it's always worrying that it's the left arm. However I don't get chest pains unless I'm extremely stressed, and I don't get pains or short of breath when exercising.
If this is stress related, how come it doesn't go away when not stressed?
Just been reading here about Fibromyalgia. Is that a possibility? I don't seem to have a general all-over ache though which seems to be common with Fibromyalgia, it's just mostly in the left arm with occasional tension in the shoulders.
Any thoughts and/or suggestions on how to relieve it? Exercise doesn't get rid of it, other than during exercise but it comes back after.
I can often get extreme fatigue also and I suspect it's related to being tense so much.
The other thought that keeps coming into my head is angina, but as I say, no chest pain.