Today, after establishing that we have no idea what's wrong with me, only that it's chronic pain, my doctor informed me that even though I've been dealing with increasingly worse symptoms for years, I'm not a "good applicant" for pain medication. FML
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I went to a pain specialist to get help with my chronic pain. He did not diagnose anything or discuss causes. He then said, "Good luck with that" as I left. Of course, I still got billed. FML
Today, after three years of being in physical pain, which affects my health and daily life, I was told it's an undiagnosable condition that I'll have to deal with for a long time, as there are no answers and no fixable solution. FML
Today, I went to the hospital for crippling back pain that made it impossible to walk. The doctor was more interested in telling me off for not taking a pill that he admitted doesn't help acute pain. He then gave me an injection that wore off in an hour, and sent me home, telling me to take over the counter meds. FML
Today, after 8 years of being guinea-pigged for medical testing that "might work" on my ribcage for chronic pain, I finally caved and tried going to a pain clinic. The doctors' responses mostly consisted of, "That's weird" and, "That doesn't make any sense." FML
Today, I'm in agony. I can't eat or drink anything without being in pain, including water. Doctors don't know what's wrong with me, and can only prescribe me painkillers I can only take 3 times a day. FML
Today, I visited my new doctor, hoping that he would be able to figure out the cause of the pains I've been having for years. He told me there's nothing he can do, that half the drugs out there cause cancer anyway and that I should look into homeopathy. Great. FML
Today, it sucks so bad because I have fibromyalgia, which is a chronic pain there is no cure for. Right now I hurt so bad that I want to go to the hospital to stop the pain, but they won’t do anything. FML
Today, after months and months of trying to get my blood pressure back up to normal, and try to get back to optimal health, my doctor told me I'll never get better for the rest of my life. FML
Today, I was diagnosed with a chronic pain condition. My parents seemed very sympathetic and my mother even cried. When we got home, though, they started laughing and asked if I really believed all the shit the doctor was talking about. FML
Today, I went to the doctor with some serious physical symptoms that amount to being effectively disabled. She didn’t even ask any questions or examine me before telling me it was all purely psychological. I barely managed to convince her to at least order some blood tests, as a formality. FML
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Mathalamus 25
With chronic pain, it's real easy to get addicted to them. That's probably why.
RichardPencil 32
There's weed, there's alcohol. Or get a second opinion.
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Mathalamus 25
With chronic pain, it's real easy to get addicted to them. That's probably why.
RichardPencil 32
There's weed, there's alcohol. Or get a second opinion.
litttle_miss101 11
Get a new doctor and go to a pain clinic. A lot of doctors won’t give them out anymore but pain clinics do.. good luck
blueknight1st 26
Your doctor must feel that you have an addictive personality. It sounds terrible to but they did you a favor.
mccuish 25
Medical marijuana
BirdieKitKat 3
Please, please, PLEASE seek out a new doctor if you are able. I have been trying to find the source my chronic, progeessively debilitating pain for 16 years. I was finally diagnosed with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome hypermobility type this week. It explains so many things and I'm grateful to know why. I'm also waiting on potential diagnoses of Tethered Cord Syndrome and POTS. It is so exhausting to keep going to doctor after doctor begging for help. But if you turn out to have a rare disease, you have to run into a doctor competent enough to recognize what specialist they need to refer you to. And a doctor who actually knows which specialists are worth going to. Please keeping looking. Find a primary doctor who you trust and who is committed to working with you to get to the bottom of this. They do exist! In response to everyone talking about how denying this woman adequate pain management is a favor to her, if you don't experience daily chronic pain, butt out. There are so many medications available to manage chronic pain that are not opiods. Depending on your pain, maybe celebrex might help. It's basically prescription ibuprofen with a somewhat different action AND is easier on the GI tract. It's not habit forming. It's been a miracle for me. Gabapentin has also been very helpful for me. It can be habit forming, but has a small risk of abuse especially when compared to drugs like hydrocodne. People don't realize that severe, debilitating, chronic pain makes it impossible to participate in and share life with those you love and do what you love to do. If opiods are the only way to manage your condition, there are pain contracts that can help safeguard against improper use/abuse and overdose. PLEASE KNOW THAT YOU MATTER. Your pain and life experience matter. You deserve to have your pain competently managed. You deserve respect, support, competency, and help from your doctors and your community. You deserve hope that tomorrow will be better. Thinking of you.
Charity Taylor 17
Thank you this means so much to me I'll keep trying
KasperG 11
With all your symptoms please also get checked for Chiari Malformation it goes hand in hand with POTS, EDS, fibromyalgia etc. Just know you are not alone and lots of people are experiencing the same thing as you!
Charity Taylor 17
I appreciate that I'll ask them thank you
Justin Carpenter 11
trying to save his own ass lol