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So, last year, I started having unexplained muscle and joint pain throughout my whole body. It gets worse with use and I can't walk for more than like 10 minutes before I hurt a lot. The pain does not go away until I sleep for the night, which doesn't always happen. I have been diagnosed with polyathralgia and polyarthritis, which is really just the symptoms. I've seen two doctors, a rheumatologist, and a physcial therapist and they all say that there is nothing medically wrong and that it's related to depression. They then tell me there is nothing more to do beyond the therapy and medication I'm already doing. I can accept that it's from depression, but I cannot accept that I can't do anything about it.
I was wondering if anyone had any advice on this type of pain caused by depression. Are there things I can try that might help relieve the pain? Pain relievers make me sick and I do go on walks when I can. Changing my diet is not currently finacially possible, and I haven't notice a food correlation anyways.
Thank you.
I have dealt with similar dick heads.
Have you tried accupuncture? How's your diet? Do you lean towards processed, fast foods or sugar? Did they not even offer you a pain management class w physical therapy? Or just a damn anti-depressant-their answer to everything they can't figure out due to lack of nutritional education and thinking outside their cereal box heads.
My question to the doctors would be, "what is the physical disease?"
I think you need second opinions. It is possible your current treatment is 'all that can be done' but I would not buy that if it were me.
Seek more medical opinions.