Yep, sorry to say that everything you have given us here would make me think you do have fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS), AKA myalgic encephalopathy or ME. The disease does not arise your body, but rather, your brain and central nervous system, which of course, reaches out into every area IN your body. It's a small difference, perhaps, but an important one, when you begin to treat it. The usual anti-inflammatory medications like ibuprophen won't touch the the pain if it's FMS/ME. In fact, along with the pressure test the doctor gives a patient, I think that the ineffectiveness of the anti-inflammatory meds could be used as a diagnostic tool.

I know that the doctor kept telling me to take ever more ibuprophen, reaching some pretty high dosages, but they never worked. I never improved.

In my case, it was strange, I think. I was finally diagnosed by a dentist who was treating my TMD temporal mandibular joint dysfunction, which causes horrible pain in your jaw, face, head, neck and shoulders. If you have a lot of pain in those places, I would strongly recommend that you seek the advice of a dentist.

Does your jaw pop when you chew or, as it is with me, just when opening and closing your mouth? Do you have a lot of pain there? If so, you might have this condition and, if left untreated, it can ruin your teeth. Mine are not in great shape and I have had a night guard, bite plate for many years. I guard my teeth jealously now.

Life is always a marathon, but doubly so if you have a chronic illness like FMS/ME. I hope you can get a good doctor who understands as much about this illness as possible. There is a lot of information online that can help you. Good luck and we are here when you need us. Lots of great advice here, be sure to use the archive, too.

I have awful neck pain if my trigger point injections wear off too soon.

I think it's criminal to tell a patient in pain for ANY reason to "deal with it."

Chronic pain has been deemed a disease. Since when did doctors tell patients to "deal with" a disease rather than treat it?

They should be ashamed.

You may have fibro AND an age related disk problem in you neck both deserve treatment.

Before I had a formal fibro diagnosis, on about my 4th trip to the same dismissive doctor he actually said to me: "You sound just like my wife, she's always complaining about this sort of stuff." And I said to him: "And are you as insensitive to your wife as you are to your patients?" That took him aback enough that he finally referred me to a specialist for further testing. (It was Kaiser, and I was stuck until I could get referred on up).

Some docs are just jerks. It is our job to call them on it and be a strong advocate for our medical needs.

Yes, you have to be your own best advocate in reaching for the treatment to cope successfully with the pain.

Keep a detailed journal to find the patterns, and keep positive action with the doctor to get the results you need.

Best wishes.

I have quite a bit of neck pain. Bad Weather and PMS will cause the all over body pain. Going through this right now........rain coming and menstrual cycle! I need a hot tub!!!!!!!!!!
Ughhhhhhhhh!

Oh and I forgot to add, I get the vision problem too. It's hard to describe. Feels like your eyes are wrapped in Saran-wrap.