All I can say is, I too had a stroke in 2018 and have been tormented with pain ever since, through my whole body. It's like the stroke broke some regulating pain meter; now all pain is intense, all the time.

It has lessened over the years, but it still makes me question the value of life.

Lately, though, knowing that it's an actual syndrome is helping me cope. I'm trying some self-hypnosis types of actions to modulate the pain. Seems to be helping, at least so far.