[tallulahxoxo]

Anyone else have undiagnosed chronic pain?
The doctors don't know what's wrong.

It's so bad for me that I don't work, don't go to school.. I get depressed over it.

And I know I shouldn't care, but I feel a lot of people just view me as lazy. ):

Anyone relate or have a similar story?

Thank you!! Best wishes to all.

[Skeezyks]

Hello tallulahxoxo: I'm sorry you are struggling. I have a ruptured disc in my low back & sciatica. (I also have tinnitus.) So I know something about chronic pain. But mine isn't undiagnosed. It's simply not treatable... at least not in any way I'd be willing to submit to.

Are you familiar with PsychCentral's sister website: "NeuroTalk"? There are a lot of members there who are very well informed with regard to all sorts of physical / medical problems. If you're not familiar with NeuroTalk. It might be something to check out.

[LucyG]

Can you explain what you mean by chronic pain? Is is located in one part of your body like your back, shoulder, stomach or head, or does it migrate from place to place for no discernible reason?

I have what's called chronic myofasical pain that is actually quite common but doctors for some reason don't bother telling people that's what they have. It's where the fascia gets knots in it that refers pain elsewhere in the body. The fascia is the thin layer of membrane between the skin and muscle-think of skinning a chicken and that membrane--that's fascia. Anyway, you have to break up the knot [called a trigger point] for the pain to subside. You can do it with trigger point massage.

The thing about myofascial pain is that is comes and goes, and varies in intensity depending on where its located.

This is a good site showing the trigger points and referred pain patterns. If you find you have a trigger point, massage it as much as you can stand.

The Trigger Point & Referred Pain Guide