Is anyone else here because of Chronic Pain?

[Jumper]

The pain in my back, nerve pain, compressed discs, muscle spasms, today was so bad I locked myself in my office and curled up on the floor to cry. Last night I couldn't sleep, it hurts to stand, to sit, to lean, to breathe. I won't be able to keep working full time much longer, and with that goes my insurance, my livelihood. I rocked back and worth on the floor, trying to stay quiet so no one in the nearby offices would hear, and prayed to just die.
I feel pathetic. I feel so weak. And the steroids and muscle relaxers and pain killers just make me nauseated, and sleepy, they don't really take the pain away.

You are not pathetic or weak. How can you focus on anything when you're in that much pain? How can you perform even minimally at work? I myself have a chronic pain condition and don't feel that I can keep up my current job (which requires all day standing/walking). It's devastating. Better to be dead. I feel you.

 

[WearyWanderer]

My first post but I definitely can relate to this thread. I have pudendal nerve entrapment that has left me pretty much bed ridden for nearly eight years. Multiple surgeries have made my condition and pain worse. Painkillers don't really work that well for nerve pain so I don't really take anything. The only thing that helped was benzos but my new Dr is currently tapering me off (benzo withdrawal is pure hell). Occasionally I can drive a short distance but I pay severely afterwards. It's really not much of a life. My heart goes out to anyone here going through chronic pain, I hope we all can find peace.

Hi, fellow PN person here. Just want to say that you are extremely brave for making it this far. I'm so sorry for what you've gone through. I've only had mine for a year so far and the med withdrawals along with the amount of time it takes to (possibly) get better freaks me out to no end. My heart goes out to you too.

 

[Bruceleelives1969]

What med withdrawals?

 

[schopenh]

Yep, a strange self-limiting form a a 'non-diabetic lumbosacral radiculoplexus neuropathic pain syndrome'. The pain is absolutely incredible every day and I haven't experience joy since it kicked off. It has been going on for about 19 months and there is no cure. Having to order my own painkillers and sleeping pills off of deepweb because pain management clinics are rackets.

 

[DepressionsAHo]

Chronic pain after a sustained knee injury.
Cant walk for very long distances without being in pain
Currently In pain management

 

[rvsw]

Here due to pudendal nerve entrapment.tried everything

 

[Folie]

I've been dealing with chronic pain for about 16 years now. I have Interstitial Cystitis (IC), Fibromyalgia, Pelvic Floor Dysfunction, and PCOS. It's a lot of pain on top of pain on top of pain all in the same general area. My legs ache so severely almost all the time too. I stay in bed when I'm at home which is just about all the time. I hardly ever get out. Almost everything I do causes pain later whether it's later that evening/night, the next day, or for the next X amount of days/weeks. The pain is always different, and I never know The past year has been really bad... I"m starting to give up. I'm not getting the meds I need. Doctors are too afraid to prescribe a strong pain medication to someone who actually needs it. It makes no sense. I'm a guinea pig, and I'm over it. I've been over it for a loooooong time actually. I just don't know how much longer I can hold on. I really don't.There's no known cause for IC, and there's no known cure, so I'm basically fucked.