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medicalfox · Nov 04, 2013, 12:00 AM

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Originally Posted by ultramar

I don't suffer from fibromyalgia, but a different chronic pain condition. It is enormously difficult for anyone who has not experienced the utter hell of your body screaming out at you in agony, to fully comprehend it. Like Christina, there are times when, if given the choice, I'd take BP instead of this pain --it really is that bad.

The clinical information on WebMD does not describe the real life experiences -for example, that with each and every movement of the body there comes excruciating pain (at least in my case, when it's at its worst).

I appreciate you trying to help, which I really think is your intention, but in some cases, you just don't know until you've experienced it; treatment and what is even possible differs with each person and this is where very general (not individualized) treatment recommendations on websites is not going to capture everyone's experience, or appropriate treatment.

I appreciate your intention to help --there are things that are, unfortunately, incomprehensible unless you've been there (or are a rheumatologist or pain specialist, etc.).

I suffer from chronic pain as well. I suffer from endometriosis (constantly) which caused a blood filled cyst on my ovary and I still went to the gym. I opted not to get my ovaries remove since being a young twenty year old going through menopause would be terrible. I don't have the money for sugery so I have to live with this condition and manage it. You can manage it to an extent with medication, but it causes me to go manic. I pick physical pain over mental illness since you can hide pain to a degree. It's too difficult to hide mania because sometimes you aren't aware of your state of mind.