i dont know how much more i can take

Hi Weezie

I am so sorry to hear about how much pain you are in. I can type much longer tonight I am too sick but I wanted to tell you please dont give up, do you go to a Pain Clinic? If not you should try and find one. You have a complicated history and they would be the ones to be able to help you the most I think. I will keep you in my prayers and hopefully we will talk again,

God Bless and Good Luck with everything.

Jody

Hi Wheezie,

I am 46 years old. I too have Fibromyalgia, and Bipolar syndrome, PTSD as well as sacroilitis, herniated disc, spondoloarthrapathy, chronic severe heaeches and the hyperextension in the joints that you mentioned. I have not been tested to see if I have anything heriditary, my mother was in chronic debilitating pain her entire life, so I would not be surprised. I too suffer from severe insomnia due to pain...and am told the same thing...lack of sleep makes the pain worse..a vicious cycle. I cry all the time too. I can relate to your comment about your toes hurting...no one seems to understand how painful I am...from head to toe. In fact some of my worst pain is in my feet. I too rarely leave the house. My son is 25 years old and lives out of state, so I am not caring for children as you are....I don't know how you are doing it. I see a pain management doctor, but pretty much have to beg and grovel for 8 percocet a day. Not nearly enough of course, which is why I never have enough relief rom pain to go out and shop or do anything...I don't even eat some days if it is too painful to stand long enough to prepare anything. 10 minutes is my standing/walking limit before nerve pain in back, thighs and legs is too severe to bear. I have seen so many doctors and they have all been completely insensitive to my pain or the fact that I have no quality of life. I too feel at the end of my rope and wonder why I continue to fight and struggle with this. The same doctors who diagnosed me fibromyalgia, don't even take it into consideration when measuring the pain I'm in. No one has found an adequate explanation for the nerve pain in lower back, left leg and feet...now I have much numbness in left thigh all the time. I don't know what to say except that I understand...especially the bipolar part making it all worse. God Bless and Take care.

I know what a difficult time you are going through.  I suffer from severe lower  back pain I have had three surgeries and each surgery just leaves me in worse pain.  I take alot of pain medicine without the pain medicine I would not be able to function.  I hardly ever go out as I will come back in severe pain and have to deal with it until the next day when it starts all over again.  My sleeping medicine is the only thing that keeps me from feeling pain as it puts me to sleep for four hours and then the cycle starts all over again.  I hope you were able to get your soc. sec.  I know how hard that is to get.  I don't know what to say to make you feel better maybe knowing that others suffer too and its hard to read your post and know how you are feeling.