Holy God, but this is a pain day. I haven't had a day half this bad since starting on the anti-depressants last year. Clearly this is the part that backs up my argument that it's not all in my head. Monster storm kicks my ass. Or, rather, the hands, then a knee, then the feet, then the shoulders... When I started driving down this morning, it was just the hands, but when the knee started, I wasn't sure I was making it all the way to PA. My endurance used to be better than this. Then again, it used to be chronic.
I burned through a standard dose of Advil in about two hours. Trying a double dose now, and if that doesn't last, I'm just giving up and living with it.
One more for the list to discuss with the doctor at the physical.
ETA: Still metabolizing too fast. Steady levels better. Hoping sleeping it off will be sufficient. As I have said way too often, I'm too young to feel this old. I continue to hope that tomorrow shall be a better day.
ETA2:
ourika points out that not all of what I'm referring to has been public, and what has been was years ago. I will try to write something up in the next day or so explaining the history.
I burned through a standard dose of Advil in about two hours. Trying a double dose now, and if that doesn't last, I'm just giving up and living with it.
One more for the list to discuss with the doctor at the physical.
ETA: Still metabolizing too fast. Steady levels better. Hoping sleeping it off will be sufficient. As I have said way too often, I'm too young to feel this old. I continue to hope that tomorrow shall be a better day.
ETA2:
ourika points out that not all of what I'm referring to has been public, and what has been was years ago. I will try to write something up in the next day or so explaining the history.- Current Location:A&C's
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As the storm started to pull out today, the pain eased off some, so the weather was very definitely the trigger. I'll probably still be stiff and sore for a couple days, though.
My doctor said he tested me for every kind of arthritis last year, and I was negative for everything. He felt it was just the kind of pain that goes along with depression and anxiety. The meds did and do help with the pain, but it didn't ever change the swelling and stiffness of the joints on the bad days. So clearly there's something else going on. It was already on the list to discuss this year, but it's a lot easier to deal with/ignore when it doesn't hurt. This weekend has raised the priority level some.
And, not time for a new doctor, this *is* a new doctor, and we tried the most likely answer first, and it did help a great deal even if it wasn't a complete solution. Next visit (end of April) we will try for something else.