@marye2 and @migizii Hi folks. After reading posts regarding "chasing symptoms", I cant help but let you know how much I relate and understand, having had my own path of symptom chasing.

On one hand we know our bodies best and should listen to them. We should advocate for ourselves and feel confident that we have had all tests, been seen by the best doctors, try the top meds, and not leave any stone unturned. On the other hand, we also can find ourselves in a hamster wheel, doctor hopping, experimenting with medications, surgeries, and procedures, antagonizing our emotions from the stress and anxiety which in turn antagonizes our physical state creating more symptoms, pain, and trauma.

Each person's health experience and journey is unique to them. Only they know when they are willing to step back, examine the facts, conclude whether they have acute pain or chronic pain, and then address... "what now"?

I have been on both sides and do understand how disheartening and confusing the journey of knowing when to accept and manage chronic conditions versus continuing to search for a fix, a cure, or a bigger picture, can be.

I live with CSS and have posted quite a bit about it around these woods, as well as Mayo's Pain Rehab Center. If you have any questions about CSS , I am here for you.

@migizii You say your doctor brushed off your symptoms as central sensitization. Do you not believe or trust your doctor to make this diagnoses?