Fibromyalgia, etc.
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MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROME (MPS) is a neuromuscular condition.
It is now called Chronic Myofascial Pain (CMP).  It happens because
of mechanical failure. Repetitive motion injury, trauma, and illness
cause trigger points and these points are all over the body.  It affects
as many men as women. The pain is in specific spots rather than
generalized as with Fibromyalgia.

There are significant similarities between Fibromyalgia and Myofascial
Pain Syndrome including TMJ = Temporomandibular Joint Pain

 FMS/MPS & TMJ

Diagnosis: Fibromyalgia seems to trigger MPS.  Others say that MPS (specific,
local) triggers FMS (general, overall).  Some say that people suffering from
Fibromyalgia have18 trigger points.  They are actually called tender points
because they hurt when pressure is applied.  However, MPS has trigger points.
It hurts someplace else when pressure is applied to a trigger point.  This is
called referred pain.  It's also called this:

Life in a flaming cauldron

Controversial as it may be, I was also diagnosed with CFIDS
(Chronic Fatigue Immune Deficiency Syndrome) having met
the CDC criteria for it.  I usually shorten it to CFS.

RESTLESS LEG SYNDROME/Periodic Limb Movement can show up just to
ensure that you never get any sleep.  Check it out:   Restless Leg Syndrome

Adding to the fun is being hearing impaired which if properly applied
can be a tremendous advantage.   :D    I have bilateral otosclerosis.
See:  Otosclerosis   In 1976 I had the standard surgery - a stapedectomy -
on my left ear which failed leaving me deaf in my left ear and the diseased
stapes in my right ear worsened leaving me profoundly deaf but the good
news is thus far a hearing aid has helped.
Two joys in my life are Sue and Don Fogarty who make *SURE* I get the best
hearing aids available and provide the *BEST* customer service.

I feel as though this HORROR

- this face of FMS attacked me & took over what was my life replacing it with constant burning, searing pain,
little energy, diminished cognitive ability and a lack of independence that frightens me.  I'm against the death penalty,but if I could kill this THING,
I would proudly.

If not FMS/MPS/CFS then I have the joy
of occasionally developing sciatica ACK my back!!

 Sciatica Information - 1
 Sciatica Information - 2

If not for a healthy and twisted (some would say) sense of HUMOR
*most* of the time and the company of my 5 indoor and 2 outdoor
felines, I truly do not know what I would do.

They think I'm playing and jump on my back and ride when it's
necessary for me to literally crawl from room to room and
up the stairs.

When I've worked in my flower garden, my neighbors are even
used to watching me crawl into my house and no longer
think I'm drunk!  Urp <g>

So many syndromes and BTW that "tingling" feeling can manifest in
different ways.  Some people experience it as formication, the sensation
that ants/bugs are crawling all over them.
  So far I've been spared this experience.
It is also common in multiple sclerosis and during menopause.

   Formication and MS
 Formication and Menopause

Headaches  ... 
Uh huh - got it nailed <groan, sorry - LOL>
 

National Headache Foundation
 American Headache Society
 Michigan Head Pain Neurological Institute

People with Fibromyalgia Syndrome (PWFMS) feel like they've been
hit by a truck.  No Joke!

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