skin on FIRE

I am going to post this on anxiety forum also because I just have no clue (and neither do the Drs.) know what causes this.

It happens mostly when I am 1st waking up, My arms, back and hands all fall like I have a severe sunburn. It lasts for at least 1/2 hr or more. ususally goes away once I get up and start MOVING. could this be Fibro related?

Lainey, this is exactly what happens to me. Usually when I first wake up and off and on during the day. Once I take gabapentin, it goes away for a while, so it must be related to the nerves in the body. I have often told my brother that it feels like my veins are on fire.

Do you get any light redness at all with it? At one time I would get erythema...the capilaries would become inflammed and I would feel like I had severe sunburn in different areas of my body. Sometimes my entire back would be involved or maybe just the size of a baseball on my thighor stomach. It would last up to an hour or so and would dissapear. I haven't been bothered with it for a few years now.

Sometimes during bad flares I feel like there is hot oil and shards of glass coursing through my veins.

Make sure to mention it to your doc. Good luck to both of you :)

Hugs, Robin

I have this sometimes when waking up only on hands and sometimes it doesn`t burn but itches.

i had this at beginning of my illness. Ive not had it though since being on amitriptyline, which tells me mine could be nerve related, as this is meant to help with neuropathic pains...i do know this can be a symptom of anxiety also, which I also get

wow so glad (not for you) that someone can relate. Mine happens mostly in the morning, but I do get it at other times occasionally.

I am so fed up with feeling so CRAPPY all day long....just wish there was an answer

I to get this, my dr. Believes its related to my nerves. Its not nice for sure