I just want to vent/give a life update.
I have been dealing with chronic, debilitating body pain for years. My back hurts, my legs ache so bad to the point that I can’t touch them and have to cry myself to sleep so that I can sleep, and I have no grip strength in my hands. I get sharp pains where my neck meets my shoulder when I sit for too long. And my tailbone aches for the same reason. I can never sit still. I barrel roll all night trying to get comfortable and I’m awake every time I need to move because the pain wakes me up.
I went to one doctor. She decided that my pain was psychological and pinned it on my depression. Tried me on cymbalta, which made my leg pain and insomnia worse. And gave me wicked mood swings to the point I scared a 6’6” 350 pound man. Then she tried me on Zoloft. Made me sleep though my job. She increased the Zoloft which made the sleeping and mood swings worse. She also suggested “walk through nature and do some yoga” for my pain. And pushed therapy on me. I didn’t ask for my depression to be treated. I want my pain treated.
So I switched doctors. This one listens to me and is trying. She thought that I have scoliosis since she “felt it.” Sent me for every blood test she could for inflammation indicators and x-rays to confirm scoliosis. It all came back normal. She also sent me for ultrasounds to see if my polycystic ovarian syndrome was causing pain issues. And my thyroid is slightly enlarged and I have hypothyroidism. Got an ultrasound for that. Even started me on a pain medication, but it makes me just as tired as my anxiety meds and when I wake up from my accidental naps, I’m still hurting. But all the tests came back normal. Everything. No indicators of anything.
I’m just about ready to give up. At least I know now that it is all in my head and I need to lose weight and treat my depression. Even though I was in more pain at my lowest weight that hasn’t gone away even with my weight going up and down for years. There’s nothing it could be except I’m fat and depressed. I’m giving up.
Maybe I’ll get answers. But my insurance runs out at the end of June. If I don’t have answers by then, I’m giving up.