Pfrog.... I think it’s very possible that the incident with that antibiotic did kick your immune system into overdrive which causes increase inflammation in your whole body. For instance Fibromyalgia can often be triggered by a trauma. Car accident is a big one, also mental illness can trigger it and sometimes no one can figure it out... it just happens.

That said.... do I think you will find someone that can at least listen to you? Yes..... maybe they don’t believe in such things but they don’t need to be dismissive or act like an axxx over it.

I’m very lucky that my rheumatologist is a really good Doctor. Our first appt probably lasted 35-45 mins.. he asked an enormous amount of questions. He always allowed me time to answer. He was not in a rush to fly out the door.

Because I had a high level of inflammation in my whole body determined by blood work and Xrays that showed the damage psoriatic arthritis ( PsA ) was causing he started to talk about meds... there are some oral meds 3, actually. I had tried them all with no help from a rheumatologist while in Florida. Hell one was a legit “ do not go out in the sun! “ yes I was told house to car to store to car to home. It was impossible to live with.. stay out of the sun in Florida ? Yeah hilarious

He began explaining to me about the biologics. He preferred to start with Enbrel he said over all most people can take it with few if any side effects. at all.

Well that worked for just over 1.5 years and just up and quit ! I was furious. Once it stopped working I realized that it did in fact really help with my pain. So now I’m on Humira I haven’t really noticed any help yet, but it’s still early , it takes usually 1-3 months to see how things go.. meanwhile my blood work will keep track of my inflammation levels.

Biologics can help with pain but more important is that it can help stop further damage to joints.

I hate that you have to wait so freaking long to see a rheumatologist. That’s just nuts

I think most everyone struggling can look back and see an event that seemed to start a domino effect of just declining health.

I hope that you get some answers and started on a treatment plan to help improve your daily life. Chronic pain is just so overwhelming