been physically ill for years and was diagnosed with osteoarthritis, hypermobility syndrome with secondary fibromyalgia yesterday and now i feel like throwing myself into the sea because i was discharged from the consultant who diagnosed me and told to cope on paracetamol, despite her knowing i cant take the anti depressant needed to control the pain as it would make me high, and the anti convulsant cant be prescribed without talking to the shrink, and what worries me is im riddled with arthritis in my ankles knees and back but other places hurt where they havent xrayed but they assume this is a matter of being hypersensitive to pain. If i could handle the pain on paracetamol, surely i wouldnt have gone to the doctor in the first place and i wouldnt have stopped my lithium just to take pain relief that worked- ibuprofen- but this apparently doesnt work in fibromyalgia but works on me so why do they give me the wrong diagnosis when the pain ihave is due to my joints being fu**ed? I broke my leg 7 weeks ago from falling over, i do it a lot due to loose joints and i dont sprain myself because im so flexible so the bones break, then they disagreed it was broke but still kept the plaster on. Sick of being on the perifery of my treatment, now i have none other than a bit of physio once in a while.
im not oversensitive to pain ffs, i can sit for 3 hours at a time for tattoos, i dislocated my shoulder 5 weeks ago and popped it in myself but done something to the shoulder and in agony, however, i dont flinch at pain so when the doctor examined it she said because she could move it there was nothing wrong- hurt like fu** but she didnt get it.
how am i supposed to get help in finding treatment if im not being seen by her and if i dont see my shrink for 6 months and its like russian roulette getting a good gp to see?
if this is all my life will be, pain, immobility and chronic fatigue then i have had enough. feel utterly shite and feel like giving up
im not oversensitive to pain ffs, i can sit for 3 hours at a time for tattoos, i dislocated my shoulder 5 weeks ago and popped it in myself but done something to the shoulder and in agony, however, i dont flinch at pain so when the doctor examined it she said because she could move it there was nothing wrong- hurt like fu** but she didnt get it.
how am i supposed to get help in finding treatment if im not being seen by her and if i dont see my shrink for 6 months and its like russian roulette getting a good gp to see?
if this is all my life will be, pain, immobility and chronic fatigue then i have had enough. feel utterly shite and feel like giving up
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