I have a call in to my neuro but, he does consults all day so I won't hear back from him till this evening. Not an emergency here.

Anyway, for about a week or so I've had pain my my joints. They are not swollen or red just painful. I'm talking abuot all of them in my body.

Also, at times very deep aching. Almost like my bones hurt. Any ideas on what this could be due to? Any remedies? I've tried every otc med nothing seems to help much.

Thanks.

Hi Kellijo,

Just a thought because its top of mind since I read it this morning.

But one of the other MS members posted about a Vit D deficiency in the Vitamin forum.

Vit D deficiency can have symptoms of weak muscles and aching bones.

I am sure others may come along with some suggestions, I just read your post and remembered the other one.

I take calcium with vit d everyday. Maybe not enough I don't know.

It's an idea though. I'm running out of ideas here.

What keeps running though my head(and what scares me with the joint thing) is my neuro has had me go to a rheumy a couple of times now over the years.

Everytime I have my blood checked my ANA comes back high. So, he has always thought I had lupus too.

I've had couple of the more minor sx's before but, not enough for the rheumy to declare it lupus.

I know it's a stretch and way too early to jump to any conclusions. But, could someone inform the little voice in my head of that?

I'm not sure if I replied here on that - on the other forum I mentioned it.

I have vitamin D and calcium deficiency. I had a lot of bone pain - I could tell though that it was my bones and not muscles that hurt. Caltrate is enough for now to deal with this.

My condition was dx'd at age 2 as Rickett's. My dad had it too, my case is genetic. It's not uncommon in Irish people.

The main diff between Rickett's and just being deficient is that with Rickett's the liver can't make vitamin D or store it properly and that causes the bones to lose calcium.

Kellijo, do you have spasticity?

This is from the NMSS ----

Pain of spasticity has its own subcategories. Muscle spasms or cramps, called flexor spasms, may occur. Treatments include medication with baclofen (Lioresal®) or tizanidine (Zanaflex®), ibuprofen, or other prescription strength anti-inflammatory agents. Treatment also includes regular stretching exercises and balancing water intake with adequate sodium and potassium, as shortages in either of these can cause muscle cramps. Tightness and aching in joints is another manifestation of spasticity, and generally responds well to the treatments described above.
http://www.nationalmssociety.org/abo...ity/index.aspx

Oh Snoopy you are so smart. It really sounds like that is what it is.

I was hoping to get some ideas to through at my neuro. Figuratively speaking of course.

Not really, I have had what your describing

And, dangit it can hurt.

Yeah, it does. This is the first new thing since I was dx'd 4 years ago.

I just kept getting the same old stuff flaring all the time.

Snoopy beat me to it. It sure sounds like spasticity to me. See if your neuro can call you in an rx for some Baclofen to try out. I love my Baclofen!!

Yeah but Snoopy, MS doesn't hurt. LOL. I was told that once when I was explaining this similar pain with my foot turned in and stuck that way.

The joints can hurt with spasticity and it doesn't feel too pleasant. Although I have my baclofen prescription, when I 1st start feeling this way I take my nice warm (NOT HOT) Epsom salt bath. Some times that is enough to calm the muscles for a bit. However, if my foot gets stuck turned in or I can't bend/straighten one of the joints then I resort to something a little stronger.

I hope you have heard from your doctor by now. Let us know how you do.