Magenta
August 11th, 2015, 10:39 AM
I need an opinion here or at least some sort of explanation of how it makes you feel. I can read on Google all day but it doesn't really make anything feel more specific. I don't want to make a doctor's appointment just yet because I have a long history of going to the doctor over the same problem and being dismissed.
I'm just in pain so often. Usually it's this ache that won't go away or a shooting pain in my joints or my back. I have constant headaches and I'm already a chronic migraine sufferer. Today I woke up with a migraine, back pain, stiff hands, and I've taken over the counter painkillers and it hasn't helped. A heating pad is only slightly helping my back but my hands and wrists are so sore. And I have an icepack for the headache. I can barely stand to go out and be on my feet longer than an hour and come home exhausted. Everything is exhausting. I'm supposed to start my first year of university in the fall and just now is everything flaring up. On a scale of 1-10 it's been about a consistent 4/5 with maybe a 6 or a 7 with the shooting pain. It can't be arthritis because my range of movement still seems fine and the stiffness goes away after awhile in the mornings. I know I have the symptoms for Restless Leg Syndrome and carpal tunnel but I know that doesn't usually spread to your back, shoulders, neck, and even down to my ankles. Those are just some of the symptoms, not mentioning the cognitive problems.
But I get the impression from people I've met from fibro that the pain is usually tear-inducing. I mostly want to cry less because I'm in pain and more because it's just enough pain to make me frustrated because it's stopping me from even bothering to get out of bed. Not great when I'm interviewing for jobs too.
Help? I just feel like my doctor is gonna call me a hypochondriac, test me for everything else like the other one did and say I'm fine. That was five years ago and if anything, I feel worse. One doctor keeps saying it's just stress/anxiety/depression/other mental health problems but I've upped my anxiety meds and I'm stressed but less stressed than I've been in years and suddenly it's still really bad.
I'm just in pain so often. Usually it's this ache that won't go away or a shooting pain in my joints or my back. I have constant headaches and I'm already a chronic migraine sufferer. Today I woke up with a migraine, back pain, stiff hands, and I've taken over the counter painkillers and it hasn't helped. A heating pad is only slightly helping my back but my hands and wrists are so sore. And I have an icepack for the headache. I can barely stand to go out and be on my feet longer than an hour and come home exhausted. Everything is exhausting. I'm supposed to start my first year of university in the fall and just now is everything flaring up. On a scale of 1-10 it's been about a consistent 4/5 with maybe a 6 or a 7 with the shooting pain. It can't be arthritis because my range of movement still seems fine and the stiffness goes away after awhile in the mornings. I know I have the symptoms for Restless Leg Syndrome and carpal tunnel but I know that doesn't usually spread to your back, shoulders, neck, and even down to my ankles. Those are just some of the symptoms, not mentioning the cognitive problems.
But I get the impression from people I've met from fibro that the pain is usually tear-inducing. I mostly want to cry less because I'm in pain and more because it's just enough pain to make me frustrated because it's stopping me from even bothering to get out of bed. Not great when I'm interviewing for jobs too.
Help? I just feel like my doctor is gonna call me a hypochondriac, test me for everything else like the other one did and say I'm fine. That was five years ago and if anything, I feel worse. One doctor keeps saying it's just stress/anxiety/depression/other mental health problems but I've upped my anxiety meds and I'm stressed but less stressed than I've been in years and suddenly it's still really bad.