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Anyone have overlapping nerve pain illnesses with fibromyalgia?
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@crewsr you are such a warrior! I agree. I agree. I agree, on all you said, opioids, getting diagnosed, etc. “I Leaned to shut up knowing nothing could be done for me.” It’s very sad that we feel that way. Have had so many issues/pains that couldn’t be helped by doctors that we suffer more by keeping quiet. Very recently started with headache on right side, my ear even hurt horrifically. Couldn’t sleep from the pain the Maxalt for migraines wasn’t helping and was overdosing on ibuprofen. Then pain started going down my neck. I very hesitantly contacted my doctor. Afraid to even try. Well I had an ear infection! If I didn’t have this fear of being scrutinized for having fibromyalgia I might have had relief from this very diagnosable ailment sooner. I truly admire your resilience and your faith. God bless you.
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Oh my! Ear infections are not only painful but can lead to worse stuff if
not taken care of. I'm so glad you were finally properly diagnosed!
I haven't had one since I was a kid but I remember that pain well. I did
have a sinus infection once about 15 years ago but it didn't hurt at all. I
couldn't hear very well so my supervisor told me to go to the doctor, he
was tired of repeating everything. Actually, he was really nice about it. I
had a friend that was also an ENT doctor so I went to him and he diagnosed
the sinus infection and put me on over a month's length of antibiotics and
that did the trick. (Now most antibiotics don't work at all for me anymore
except one that makes me deathly ill for a day) I used to suffer
frequent urine infections for most of my adult life which probably
contributed to the antibiotics not working anymore but then all UTIs
stopped abruptly after my stroke for some odd reason. Life is strange. Now
all I have to deal with is a husband who has dementia that is slowly
getting worse.
Do your ears ever hurt even when there's no infection? Cold makes mine
ache. My 5 children had ear infections when young and they were miserable.
One of them (Brian) had frequent ear infections but he finally outgrew them
about age 6.
Tell me more about yourself. I'm really interested in your pain history
too. It is definitely undertreated thanks to all the drug addicts that give
opioids a bad name. Most people don't have the experience I've had working
with doctors and nurses at the VA for so long. Retirement has been really
nice though.