I feel you. One of two things wake me up in the morning.... the dogs having to go outside or hurting too much to sleep. Either way, waking up just hurts. All the long bones, all my joints, and lately a headache to boot. It is all I can do in the morning to walk the dogs then collapse into my chair and try to remember how to take pain killers.

I call it my zombie time. Yes, I am awake and in the living room, but I am not fuctional, not willing to try to talk, can't even think until the pain goes down enough - And movement helps, it just takes a while before I can get that far.

Right now I don't think there is an inch of my body that does not hurt, but in a couple hours I will be out grooming my horse and most of this pain will melt away... at least for a bit...

yadlim

Have you talked to your doctor about this and have you seen a specialist ?I know that it may hurt for awhile, but I would ask your doctor, or actually a specialist who deals in bone pain, what stretches and exercises you can do to help with this pain. The morning is always the worse, and I find that I'm more limber after I walk my dog first thing in the morning. It's a matter of getting the muscles warmed up. I hope you can get some answers and you start feeling better soon. Hugs GB

Please don't be sorry for venting.

I'm sorry that you're having such a difficult time.

It's HARD to live in pain..
I hope you feel free to bring ALL of the feelings involved in it
To this forum..
Which is what it's for, after all.

Hugs
jc

actually i just saw the new primary care physician they assigned me... he brought in his boss, who told me he wanted me to see their team of psychologists/psychiatrists/etc so they could teach me to "think the pain away"

*coughs*

wish they hadnt made it so i couldnt see my old dr anymore *sigh*

i saw a pain specialist a couple months ago... he prescribed a 'stellate ganglion block', i think it was called... and said the hospital would call me to set it up... after a week, when i hadnt heard from the hospital, i went back to the dr, whos office told me it was out of their hands now and that i just needed to wait for the hospital to call me... obviously, that isnt going to happen

oh well, tough crap for me...

oh, the primary care dr also said it wasnt arthritis... not sure how he came to that conclusion without doing any x-rays on the areas that hurt the most, but i guess hes just that smart and im just that stupid

one thing i find particularly depressing... a few weeks before i saw him, my hand was a little sore and a little swollen... poking at it with my finger told me that i had broken my hand (the long bone behind the pinky finger) but it just didnt hurt enough to be broken, and i didnt have a clue what i might have done to it, so i shrugged it off... but when the dr's boss shook my hand, it hurt, so i remembered to ask about it, and he said that yes, it had definitely been broken, he could feel how it was growing back crooked... he said there wasnt much he could/should do about it if the pain was getting less, which it is... but it bothers me a lot that im so used to such a high daily pain level that i didnt even notice when i broke yet another bone

bleh

vallonzek, google RSD.

It's pretty bad when the medical system is more painful to use then dealing with the pain itself... Hope you get some help soon!

I can very much relate vallonzek. Waking up is my worst time. I have to wake up at least 45 minutes before I need to start getting ready just so I can do so without extreme pain...my "loosening up time." But then my sleep is so bad (I get about 4 hours of broken sleep each night due to pain) that I sometimes sleep past my alarm and have to "rush" to get ready while trying not to cry from the pain but often crying despite my best efforts not to. My knees are my diagnosed *bad* joints but I feel pain seemingly everywhere and some are probably related to my gait/limp from the knee pain. My knees, hips, legs, lower back, neck, right shoulder (from an injury I recently sustained that is from my previous pain doctor's incompetence)...they all hurt so very badly. Especially my left hip, knees, and right shoulder. This is the pain that's always on my mind.

For me, showering every morning is a necessity. The extremely hot water and 500mg of naproxen I use somewhat helps...enough to at least get me through getting ready. I work full-time and I have kids. Every day is a struggle...I often wish I didn't wake up.

But, at any rate, enough of my selfish rambling. I am so very sorry you feel so much pain. I wish I knew what could help. Know there are so many people here who understand and support you. Vent, cry...whatever helps you...we will listen.

Gentle non-painful (((HUGS))) to you. I hope your pain begins to ease soon.

~Michelle

i looked up RSD and it keeps talking about burning in the skin and thats not what im feeling... its more a dull ache in the bones

i know how you feel michelle... i dont think im quite as bad off as you describe yet but its getting worse every day

its really bad today

*hugs*