i have severe muscle pain, stiffness, fatigue, joints popping constantly, im 28 whats wrong?

Melissa, I am so sorry that you are in such pain and, seemingly, for no reason.

You've got to go back to your doctor (or to another one) and demand that they help you figure out what's going on.

Your symptoms could be attributed to several conditions.

Ask your doctor about rheumatoid arthritis. Symptoms include morning stiffness, joint pain (on both sides of the body), flu-like symptoms and fatigue. Though it typically strikes women older than you, it can affect people in their teens and twenties -- it can even affect small children. You could see a rheumatologist for help diagnosing this (or ruling it out). Visit our Rheumatoid Arthritis site for more information and ask questions of the community there. They can help get you started.

Also, ask your doctor about Lyme Disease. Though it affects a lot of body systems, some symptoms do inclue muscle pain or weakness and extreme fatigue.

You may also want to check out this page on Guides to Chronic Pain conditions. It lists several things that can cause all sorts of pain.

I hope you get the help that you need. Visit again if you have any more questions!

I feel for you and your pain. However, please do NOT be so quick to discredit your doctors. The symptoms you describe herein, MIRROR TO A Tee the symptoms I experience (and have since my mid teens). For YEARS (unil I was 39 years old and I am currently 42), NO ONE could diagnois me. No doctor could put a name to the absolute ALL OVER body pain, depression, loss of not only flexibility but balance and coordination, chronic fatigue that I suffered everyday. The pain has also been the worst in my muscles (any muscle).  Something as simple and innocent as someone taking their index finger and poking me (say to get my attention or point at something the were trying to get my attention focused on?) on my upper arm would (and still to this day WILL) send me to MY KNEES in so much pain my world completely would SPIN and I would cry uncontrollably for hours on end as shockwave after shockwave of this pain rippped/rips through my muscles.  The simplest things like GETTING OUT OF BED, on some days almost take an act of God Himself for me to accomplish.  At the age I mentioned above, I had had ENOUGH of the medical professionals not being able to help me ease the pain. Had enough with them not even knowing what was causing this pain. And BEYOND had enough of them basically thinking everything I was "complaining of" was ALL IN MY  HEAD.  I went online and researched until my eyes could not focus anymore. But the minute I came across Fibromyalgia, I KNEW WITHOUT A SHADOW OF A DOUBT... WITHOUT A SINGLE QUESTION IN MY MIND, that was what I HAD, and what I had been suffering from since the age of almost 16. I printed out everything I could find, and I took it to my PRIMARY DOCTOR (who is a wonderful, caring lady, who had always sent me to specialists and tried to help figure out what this was I suffered from and never once doubted this pain was ... not only more than REAL, that is was  completely DEBILITATING me from living my life). She had heard of Fibro, but never read on it indepth .  She made me an appt in a few weeks, as she wanted to research and that she did. By that 2 weeks end, she had performed the most simple of tests that  just involves poking X amount of key PRESSURE POINTS on a body. She wrote down and listened for HOURS every symptom, pain, ache, etc I told her I experience.  And she then diagnoised me with what I had no doubt ... I HAD. Fibro. Please do not think they are full of it.  It is NOT a "made up disease". It is NOT because those of us suffering are LAZY or NUTS. It is because each day we must live with an all over BODY PAIN (from your mind, which suffers liasions from this disease, affecting not only your moods: but your balance), to things you never had any CLUE COULD ACTUALLY  HURT (such as FINGERNAILS), but DO. Some days the pains are so overwhelming as you mentioned, getting out of bed is as big of a challenge as asking you to run the NY marathon never having trained. Showering is a major cause of complete anxiety. Anticipating the pain you know you will experience when you continually drop soap and razors and shampoo etc, because the nerve endings in your hands are just about completely SHOT. I break out in a sweat hon, everytime I have to manage to bend from my waist to get those things simply so I can be CLEAN. And the total energy you expend trying to just go about a daily life, leaves a person with fibro so fatigued and tired, it is not soon before life altering depression takes over. The lack of sleep adds on to the pain, and the saddness felt at having to deal with feeling 150 when you are only 42 (or even 28), zaps more out of someone than I can tell.  If any of this sounds familar to you, I beg of you, listen to the doctors. Get a second or even third opinion!  In so many cases, Firbo and MS "MIRROR" each other almost to a T. Read up on both hon. Seriously be open to reading the stories of others like myself, and allow yourself to honestly evaluate .. is the things being described by Fibro suffers something that strikes a cord with you and makes you shake your head... YES. Yes that is how it is?? Because if so, please believe me.... nothing will change the fact you have Fibro if you do. But there are things to help.. the biggest is reaching out and reading, and knowing. You are not a hypocondriac, you are not a NUTJOB.  You are someone (like tens of thousands of men. . YES MEN, women, and CHILDREN .. yes even children!), who suffers from a life altering thing called Fibro.  The best "antidote" in the world for me, was finding comfort and support from those who understood the pain I live with everyday, that no one in my everyday circles, to this day, can seem to grasp. My hopes and prayers are with you that whatever it is Michelle, you are able to find out and get help.  I just implore you, be open to researching this disease with an open mind and open heart.  Everything you have described, hit home like a ton of bricks with me.  Peace and Love, Carrie

I had your same problem. I strained my lower back playing tennis. I was in bed for a week. As my pain subsided, I started to get severe stiffness in my legs especially in the morning. It was as if my muscles were shrinking around my bones. when the pain spread to my hands and I had to take Celebrex, I really got scared. The muscles in my legs started to become weaker. I felt muscle fatigue just walking to the second floor in my house. It was as if my leg muscles were deteriorating. I tried physical therapy, but it did not help. In physcial therapy I was doing a lot of stretching.

Doctor and doctor could not figure out what was wrong. Finally I went to one doctor and he told me I need to exercise. And in fact that is what cured me. What I found is that fully training the body with weights works!

I started out following Gilad's programs on TV (Bodies in Motion and Body Sculpting). He does a lot of good warm-ups, especially for the back. At first it was hard. My thighs were get tired pretty quick. then it got better. Soon I started going back to the gym. I am now in a weight training class (free weights) with a trainer. I lift heavy weights (like Body for Life system). I find that many exercises - especially upper body engages my back muscles. So I slowly strengthen my back and all muscles around it. By making the rest of my muscles strong, I put less pressure on my back to perform daily movements. I RARELY DO BACK AND AB EXERCISES. This only irritates my back.

Other things I did that really work...

I soak in warm water with epsom salt at least every other day.

When you can... 

get back massages and vichy shower (7 head shower) which works GREAT to encourage bloodflow to you back muscle which helps repair muscle.

I now do not suffer the severe stiffness. It is only slightly stiff.

Hope this helps anyone out there who suffers the way I did.

Did they check for Vitamin D deficiency?  They diagnosed me with Fibro and I still think that it is crap too but they did find a Vitamin D problem.  I am on high doses now hoping this will make the extreme pain go away but am not totally hopeful since only a year ago I was completely active and this hit me.  I think that they just say Fibro when they don't see anything to indicate what is wrong on your blood and just resort to that.  I do not have all the symptoms and it took him 5 minutes to diagnos.  I see this is a while ago but hope you have found some relief and let me know if you have found out anything else because I would love to have some other ideas about what is wrong with me.

Melisa, I feel for you. I have been living with muscle pain now since the fall of 07. The pain seems to travel to different parts of my body, but mostly hurts in my legs and now my wrist. I have been diagnosed with Fibro, but have went to specialist to make sure including Neurologist, Rheumotogist, and a Endocrinlogist. I did  not want to accept the diagnosis of Fibro because I feel it is a catch all diagnosis. The only relief I have discovered is a hot shower, or tub whirlpool. I have so much difficullty staying awake though that I often fall asleep in the recliner.

I also have to say that I have diabetes, low thyroid, high blood pressure and high tryglycerides. I also had a complete hysterectomy. Some how I think it is all connected, but even the experts cant figure it out.

God Bless You and good luck.

If you were/are "double-jointed" you might have Hypermobility joint syndrome. The joints "popping" are really your tendon snapping like a rubberband over your joint causing your joints to subluxate--partially dislocate. It is so bad for me that I cannot lift a full coffee cup with one hand.

If this is what you have, the "popping" is a warning from your body that you have/are overusing that joint. Sometimes overuse is just doing a normal actvity.

If your knees are subluxated, your ankles, hips, and back wil try to compensate to keep you upright, which eventually will cause injury or subluxation to those joints as well.

If your elbow is subluxated, then your wrist will compensate and eventually subluxate too. Of course, this can occur in the opposite order. Thus, your joint pain seems to migrate all the time.

Often this occurs with women around 40 esp. after pregnancy. The relaxin + hormones that relax the ligaments and tendons during pregnancy, compound the already hyperflexable joints/tendons/liganments.  The loose tendons and ligaments don't keep the joints in place.

melissa-had similar issues when i turned 30, i was taking ibuprofen to get up and to go to bed, i bought a inverted hanging device made by weider at sams club, because my sister had mentioned that she uses one at her ciropractor and it really helped. i thought my pain was muscle generated but it must have been back alignment, the doctors i had seen treated me for arthritus and other various possibilities. it works for me for head aches-stiff backs-lack of mobility. i stand on a platform and hang up side down for 3 of 4 seconds three times once a day once or twice a week.

bobby

I have exactly the same symtoms.  Now admitedly I am not young nor femail. But I have begun to suspect these symtoms are caused by a terrible nights sleep each night.  I believe I may have sleep apnia.  It seems to make sense if the body can not sleep properly at night then the body can not feel refreshed in the morning.

I have noticed also if I do breathing exercises during the day and night,  the muscle and joint pain drops more than 50%

So I am going to do the following:

Have my bedroom cleaned professionally

have a plastic cover put on my bed mattress

Get rid of junk in my bedroom to make cleaning easy

Do regular breathing exercises

And most important get a sleep study if my insurance will pay for it