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I am confuzzeled as to the amount of pain I have

by btrpaso, May 04, 2008 11:34AM
Four years ago I was in so much pain I went to the Dr. and believe me it takes a lot for me to go to the Dr! I was diagnosed by an ARNP with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue with a CBC LOL! She put me on Effexor 75mg. and Ultram. Welllll the pain got so bad I could barely move and I was exhausted to even walk. Then I went to an Orthopod who specializes in Fibro and she humiliated me so badly for having a panic attack(which I also have) and basically walked out on me saying"go back to where you get your drugs there is nothing wrong with you"! I was soo stunned(I am 53) to be treated so badly that I reported her to her supervisor-something I have never done. I couldn't walk on my tip toes,couldn't walk a straight line, couldn't walk on my heels and my reflexes were off the charts. Does that sound like there was nothing wrong LOL? The C-spine was clear but I told her it was not in my back-it was much deeper. Long story short-I ended up at a wonderful psychiatrist who knew right away it was the Effexor causing the majority of symptoms so he weaned me off and lo and behold I am the 1% who cannot be weaned, I had to cold turkey with high fevers, sweating and literaly curled up in the fetal position for days! The pain disappeared, all of my labs are perfect, I take supplements-Red yeast Rice,Coq10,evening primrose,C and E and Menopause Support. Unfortunately the pain has returned down each side of my leg and now into my feet. The feet burn and the aching keeps me up all night and I have to sleep 3 hrs a day plus TRY to sleep at night. I take 1.5 mg Klonopin which I have been on for 15 yrs for the panic, and 2 Benadryl to help me get some sleep. I have lost all faith with the doctors here as I have been misdiagnosed sooooo many times --hence it would take a lottt of pursuasion to get me to go LOL! I am tired of the "try this and that" theory and "could be". I am not one to run to the doctor as I am very healthy otherwise but this has me stumped and no doctor has actually given me a REAL conclusive-here are the results-DX.
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