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Good evening @mahenoor108 and welcome to Connect. Yes, someone can help you, and more about that later.
I notice that you gave the title of this discussion "Dismissing Doctors". Would you please tell me what that means to you? Have you had issues with the care you are receiving from your doctors? How are you enjoying motherhood? Is that a balancing positive to your own body's pain?

When you say that most days you cannot function........does that mean that you are unable to care for your busy 4-year-old? Do you have a family that can help you? How about a friend or two? I am concerned about both of you.

Please tell me an example of the type of symptom that appears every other month? At your age......I too would be worried and looking for someone to help me. And frankly, I don't know how to help you with everything you have mentioned. What I do know something about is tight muscles, in part because I have had 14 orthopedic surgeries and tight muscles can come with the recovery. Sometimes your muscles are tight because the fascia that holds them together becomes restricted. There is a type of body therapy called Myofascial Release Therapy, and that can make your muscles much less painful.

On Connect, there are mentors who help members share their experiences and learn from each other. There is one mentor I would like to suggest that you meet. Her name is @rwinney or just Rachel. If I didn't know better, I would almost think that Rachel could have written your introductory post. She suffered for years from one symptom after another. She was angry, disappointed, and desperate. After trying every possible medication and treatment she was finally diagnosed with CSS......meaning that there were many different symptoms throughout her body and new ones kept on coming.

Hopefully, Rachel will have some time in the next day or so to say hello and get to know you.
Before I say goodnight, I would like to ask you to do just one thing for me........give yourself acceptance and love. Pat yourself on the back. Until I learned to advocate for myself, I was just frustrated, disappointed, and desperate because I was diagnosed with SFN, small fiber neuropathy, and headed for a life of pain and increasing helplessness.

Where would you like to start..........what is your most bothersome symptom?

May you be free, safe, and protected from inner and outer harm.
Chris

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Hello, @artscaping thank you so much for the reply! I have been to over 16 doctors in the past 2 years
Some say I have fibromyalgia some say we don’t know what you have some think it’s an autoimmune. I have been on different medications of fibro but they don’t help. I have tried swimming, yoga everything I have been recommended, changed my diet but I’m still in pain. Yes sometimes the pain becomes less but most of the time the pain is at a 7. I give time to my son as I don’t want to neglect him and let my illness win. My only complain with the doctors is that why don’t they test me for everything possible which could be causing these symptoms. I have started to get bald patches on my scalp with horrible dermatitis it’s been 1 year now and it’s not going away.
My main problem is pain in my thighs, upper arms, neck, shoulders and my face- cheeks.
I don’t know what it is I have and how I will ever get diagnosed properly.