unfortunately, all of my joints "crack." and i don't know why.
i have always had this little twitchy thing (not obvious upon looking at me, though) that has been unexplained by any doctor, not that i have ever really persued it for more than about 2 seconds. now that i've read a bit about restless leg syndrome, i think it's probably of that ilk, but not the same exactly (it doesn't bother me at night that i know of and it's certainly not just my legs!). it's like a tightness in the joints and the muscles around the joints- a tightness with maybe a little tiny burning and pulling sensation. well, to relieve it, i need to kinda flex the joint. that seems to have led to cracking in most of my joints. so it's not like i set out to crack my knuckles, it's like this thing i just can't help doing.
i am probably going to seek out a neurologist about my fibro in the near future and i'm going to ask about it. one psychiatrist i saw back when i was having a lot of migraines had put me on meds that aggrevated it a lot and he thought it was probably some very slight version of tourette's syndrome (with no screamed curses!). it is definitely aggravated also by cafienne and sugar, which is why i cut back on those--- by having too much soda or sugar or even adrenelin i get these twitchy things worse and then that seems to make all of my muscles hurt more (from the excess movement), sometimes quite painfully.
sounds like i'm a big fat mess, but really i'm not! i swear it! you'd never ever know any of this by looking at me or spending time with me. the only people who have probably picked up on it without me mentioning it are my best friend (and i have no idea if she noticed it but she knows i crack my ... everything) and an exboyfriend who i think was slightly annoyed by the moving around before i fell asleep!
so there you have it... the true story of me! and i've never told anyone before! ('cause it never really ocurred to me to think about it much unless i was in a really painful period, much less mention it! )
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cracking knuckles, cracking everything...
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