Chronic back pain & doctors find nothing wrong?

[AnorexicHeart]

Anyone else have chronic back pain and have had XRays & MRI's oly to hear the Dr. say there's nothing wrong other than normal wear-and-tear? @#$?!

So, they give me meds that don't help and I'm stuck suffering with it. Been this way since age 17 and I am now 35. My grandmother had Degenerative back disease at an early age.

[twowonteat]

What about lyme disease?  I had it for a year and a half before they figured out what it was.  By then, although I did receive months of treatment, the lyme had done damage that could not be reversed.  I have fibromyalgia as a result and some days can barely walk in the morning.  Not every day is bad though.  Just a thought.  Good luck to you.  It is horrible to be in pain and to not have any answers.

[nixh]

Hi

I had the same problem. Suffered from backache for 6 years (from 17) and thought nothing of it. Then all of my other joints starting hurting and within 3 months I couldn't bend my fingers/hands in the morning. I went to a rheumatologist and got diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis right away. Try to get to a rheumatologist or ask your doctor about fibromyalga and arthritis. Do you have pain or stiffness in any other joints? especially in the mornings.

[soosmoo]

Has anyone mentioned Fibromyalgia or Rheumatoid Arthritis to you?  

I'm going through a similar thing at the moment and my Dr reckons it could be either of these.  Get checked for arthritis anyway, it's not possible to diagnose fibromyalgia by a blood test but the rheumatoid arthritis will show as far as I know.  I'm getting bloods taken this week just to start an elimination process if nothing else. Sick to death of the pain and for no reason apparantely!

Good luck....