What Chronic Pain Condition Do You Have?
I have Daily Chronic Headache, mine started out when I was 8 years old as an acute condition. As time went on, by the time I was 15 the headaches have always been consistent. Hardly any day of the year I do not have them. Mine feel like a Tension Headache, Mild to Moderate pain, mostly Mild. Sometimes, I get Migraines. I love sharing my conditions with all of you :) So you can post here what your chronic pain condition is & what it is like <3 Or just your pain condition in general, chronic or acute. Also, I have had shingles before but for me it only lasted like a month or so & it did not cause me much pain.
I have rheumatoid arthritis RA. It hurts everywhere. The worst damage is in my back/spine. I recently had an MRI. My spine has a lot of damage. I'm scheduled to have a series of minor surgeries this month... first to test for the correct spots in my spine and then to burn the nerve endings causing the pain. There's no way to fix the damage already done.
It's highly suspected that I have MS. I'm just waiting on a few tests. Either way, I'm in chronic pain :(
Hello! xx
I‘m so happy to find a thread like this! I‘m so exhausted and I’m not sure how I should keep going… It’s kinda relieving to find people who understand my struggle.
I‘ve been suffering from constant chronic headaches since 2018. I‘ve already been through an odyssey of doctor’s visits and failed treatments. The other day I started to take some pain killers… they are the first ones which make a slight difference. But I’m still feeling so much pain. It makes me just sad to see that I‘m not capable of living a normal life even when I’m on pain killers. I‘ve lost so many teenage years already and I’m so so so scared of the future.
I‘m a very optimistic person and I’m glad that I can say that not giving up is one of my strengths. But I can’t escape from this downward spiral even though I’m trying so hard.
I live with a constant feeling of guilt and fear.
Some people try to hype me up by saying: „Keep going! Others have to suffer even more! Be happy you’re not them!“ but things like this make me feel even worse!!! Living with this mindset even got me into my burn-out in the first place! I tend to overexposing and ignore my pain.
I can’t stand it to be a burden for my loved ones anymore!
I‘m stuck between
- ignoring my pain again and doing all the stuff I have to do but making my burn-out and my health even worse
&
- listening to my body and taking the break it’s longing for but giving up the stuff I want to achieve so bad
this year is my last school year and I just want to graduate and live my life but with this pain it’s not living… it’s just surviving, I‘m just vegetating.
i had to rant about it, sorry :(
— cat
hey,
I have chronic pain in my legs and feet (as a result of being flat footed and intense physical labor starting at the age of 10) as well as pain im ny hips and legs.
I have a baseline pain that I can usually ignore, but recently it stated getting worse (I hate the cold and it hates me)
I think I'm going to need a cane soon, but the pain meds my doc put me on have helped a whole lot.
(I accidently overdid it yesterday and I couldn't get out of bed until I took my first dose today lol)
@arsonyeehaw
My thoughts are with you. Just know that you are not alone on this journey. There are many others who have travelled this path, and they have found ways to cope and thrive. It's hard to find the right words when you’re not sure what is causing your pain or how we can help. I want to better understand the underlying causes of your pain and how I may be able to help you manage it. I may suggest a physical therapy program, for example.
@VanessaGraceStory
I have chronic pain. I feel for the rest of you with some very bad dx that you end up dealing with lots of chronic pain.
I have severe migraines that I get multiple times a day. I am needing to save up money for a pretty good treatment for my migraines, at most medicine is about the same as taking a placebo.... I have to save up for the initial phanse of this, them It will be more spread out and I can manage to pay that part of it.
I also have some bad back pain. I put of my long back surgery for about 20 years and then with the techniques improved and I was able to find a good referral to a neurosurgeon, who is so suprub. He did my long and difficult back surgery and the fusions and cleaned and cleaned out so much that it totally exhausted him. I seem him fairly regularly, when I cna afford to do that.
I have the complications from an injured back, and what symptoms you get from that from that.
This is my life. Wow. I’m so sorry but not being alone is everything. Thank you.
I've had chronic back pain since I was young, like 7/8 years old. It's recently gotten worse but I finally had a diagnosis of Degenerative disc disease, facet hypertrophy, and bone spurs at the age of 32. It sucks knowing I might have to get surgery and that I will have to deal w this for life but I feel relieved to finally have an answer.
I've also had major hip pain for the past 5 years w no real answer. And severe neck pain for the past several months that I'm trying to get figured out. Along w those, I have been having hand/wrist/forearm/elbow pain and am high risk for arthritis.
It's debilitating. I can't take care of myself. If I try to do anything (ex wash dishes) it ends up hurting so bad that I go into Spiral where I can't focus on anything but the pain. It's like in movies where things and voices feel far away and undistinguishable.
