Undiagnosed medical condition?
I have some sort of severely chronic muscular pain condition afflicting over 80% of my body and it doesn’t go away ever. It feels like my muscles are being shredded apart and it has been going on for over a year now. Vicodin, Percocet, NSAIDs, Tylenol, Codeine and multiple other drugs don’t work well enough to have me complete my daily tasks. It’s coming to the point where all I think about is pain, pain and more pain. It’s not fibro mialgia and my doctors have given up on what it could be. I’ve seen 6 specialists, all of whom say there is no cause to the pain. Even a neurologist sees nothing wrong with my brain. Marijuana relieves the pain almost completely, but I can’t use it if I will be working as a pharmacy tech. It’s so bad that I can barely exercise and I have a pretty okay diet. It has been proven not to be cancer, diabetes in any form, or neuropathic pain. Name any test and I guarantee it’s been performed on me. All negative, and my doctor has now discontinued my pain control medications because he can’t prescribe them to me without a diagnosis… Stupid DEA laws. All my organs are completely healthy except little fatty deposites in my liver, and my appendix has been removed. I take Vitamin C and Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) to help with my immune system and muscle growth and repair but no help there. If anyone who has medical knowledge of this then I beg for your help. It’s getting to the point where I don’t want to live anymore because of this pain. And no I don’t have depression or anxiety, been screened for that. The pain scale is usually around 7 or 8 out of 10 on the bad days, and 4 out of 10 on the good days. Any help would be great.
Chris
Oh and I have done 6 months of physical therapy and reflexology is a joke of a medical profession in my personal opinion… no offense to people whom disagree.
Yes they have tested for done problems and my bones are stronger than the average 22 year old. And I don’t get hooked on drugs, cigarettes, alcohol, narcotics. You name it, I can’t get addicted to it… I know, it’s very odd…
I am a student in medical school. I would recommend seeing a physical therapist or reflexologist.
I know that they believe this is muscle pain, but have they
checked the bones…since the skeleton muscles are
connected to the bone…if you have bone problems it
can lead to muscle injury. Just a thought.
I have read about Paget’s disease…but I don’t think
that this is what you have.
A tough one. Have you had a bone scan? I agree with your doctors. To have you addicted to narcotics would be worse than your condition. Marijuana relieves your pain almost completely? For how long? Smoke a little marijuana, it is better than killing yourself. It sounds like a bone disorder.
Have you considered fibromyalgia? The “experts” still don’t know the exact cause, but it could be fibromyalgia based on the description of the pain you’re having.
Possibly, your fatty liver is a symptom of something more, too. Some people swear by drinking lemon water and plenty of fluids to keep fatty liver pain and symptoms more tolerable. Also, I’ve heard lecithin helps break up fat in the liver.
My daughter had a bunch of symptoms, including the fatty liver. She started drinking lemon water and it helped.
However, we found the problem was candida. She got on a diet to cleanse candida and started getting relief from all kinds of weird symptoms, even some that she didn’t think was related.
Hope this helps.
What are your eating habits like? You mentioned Fatty Liver…have you tried a complete overhaul on your diet/treating Fatty liver Disease? You take drugs for the pain and vitamins, but only mention an “ok” diet. If you are at your wits end, I would try a full-on diet exercise lifestyle change.
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http://www.squidoo.com/where-to-find-a-diet-plan-for-fatty-liver-disease
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Your fatty liver is a symptom that you have been taking too many pain meds; Tylenol, Percocet, and Vicodin, to be exact. the most common symptom of an addict is, “I can’t get addicted to it.” Your pain is a symptom of withdrawal from these drugs. Marijuana is often used to treat withdrawal symptoms of drug addicts because it is not addictive in the sense that you won’t build tolerance to it and you won’t have withdrawal symptoms without it. Your telling me marijuana makes your pain go away again leads me to suspect that you are hooked on pain meds. Plus, your doctors not wanting to prescribe any more pain meds for you is a definite bell ringer. If you’re in California, go see a doctor that is willing to prescribe you medical marijuana. A prescription will excuse you and allow you to work while testing positive for marijuana. Use the medically prescribed amount of marijuana so that you won’t be working stoned. If you’re not in California, then get a prescription for marinol. It is “marijuana” in a pill.
I invite you to get yourself into a drug treatment program. Even if you disagree with me, humor me, and just suddenly do it. I guarantee you the pain will go away at the end of the drug treatment program.