Pain Threshold?

sunnyhours

Hi everyone!
As you may know I've been having a hard time with my Health Insurance and with pain as well.
I've been starting to wonder whether or not it's just me? I've endured intolerable pain since I've have broken multiple body parts in my past pinky, ankle (Malleolus) and my clavicle (most painful to date). Those are all very painful but they are on the short term, they have an "expiry date"...
The pains I experience in my neck, lower back, knees and elbows aren't short lived...they rather seem unending...but still very mild compared to other injuries or migraines I've been through...
I was wondering if anyone has noticed how much worse pain can seem to be when you don't know when it'll end/when you know it won't end? :roll:
Tylenol (no. 1) with Codeine doesn't seem to help at all with the pain and neither does any of the anti-inflamms I've taken (pretty much all of them for migraines or RA)
Thanks,
Fred.

skezier

Hi Fred,

Its not just you I promise. I find my neck drives me up the wall and across the ceiling and down the otherside. It relentless and always there as a back ground pain .

I honestly think you need a different tablet routine. When do you next see your rumo? Would going in and talking t your gp help at all? Fred I hate to think of you having all this pain and honestly think a change of tablets could help. I know you said you have tried a lot of different ones but hopefully there is a combination that would help you?

Can you see a pain clinic? I know you have a problem with your health insurance but I so hope you can see someone and actually get some help. You take care and nice to meet you. Cris x

frogmorton

I so agree!!!

Pain that I KNOW well doesn't worry me - it can be dreaful and I will eb stoic.

Pain which I dont understand/may NOT go I fear so much! Think i tense up and make it worse :?

You do not have a low pain threshold at all - dont think I do either - the mind plays a huge part

Love

Toni xx

dorcas

Hi Fred

I so agree with what you and Cris and Toni have said!
Sudden short lived pain doesn't have the same emotional impact or physical drain on the body and mind..... so knowing it has an 'end date', as you so aptly put it!, helps you to manage the pain of acute illnesses.

The dragging chronic pain of arther is quite a different matter.... when every turn of the head means pain, or movement in other joints triggers gnawing aches that don't go away.... well that is wholly different. Arther is relentless, invasive of mind and body, and seemingly never ending. :roll:

The combination of meds you're on needs reviewing as there may well be other meds that will be more effective in addressing your pain.

It must be difficult to have to rely on health insurance as the 'deciding factor' but I really do hope you can be given proper treatment to relieve your symptoms.

Iris xxx

dreamdaisy

Oh I feel for you. You have another problem too - you are male. Males have more pain receptors than females and yes, you do feel things more acutely. I know that you have been working too - and that won't help. Are you resting enough? Don't underestimate how much rest you need, sunnyhours - and don't ignore it. It's important, your body needs recovery time. Make sure it has it. It's good to hear from you again - keep in touch, we do care. DD

sunnyhours

So I'm guessing in this way my friends are kinda right although they don't mean the same thing by "it's all in your head"...it's more of an emotional/psychological reaction, it just gets depressing after a while to be in pain without knowing when it'll stop...

hileena111

Cant say much else but agree with the other posts....when you know something is acute you cope much better than when you know its chronic...but do check out your meds

Love
Hileena

sunnyhours

Well I haven't received my Health Insurance card yet since they, again, found something wrong with my application back into the province...I had to get my address verified and apparently I have to write the letter, not the lawyer...so I have to do it again...
Yeah, so money is kinda rare since I just started working again...But next friday I am going to see my doctor absolutely to get this under control as it's been nearly 3 months I'm in constant pain...

dreamdaisy

Good luck sunnyhours: make sure he understands what you are feeling - the trouble with many docs is that they are reasonably healthy! It takes a special one to listen and understand. I hope yours is one of the special ones. DD

sunnyhours

I've already went through the trouble of finding a good GP for my migraines...now I only have them once in a while...and that's amazing...
But I'm guessing I'll have to find a nice Rheumatologist, eventually...

Today I ran everywhere at work, turns out my manager forgot the person working with me today, has started school... my back is not aching yet, but I feel it's coming, I'm staying positive. I do have pretty bad knee pain because I ran...helping a customer out, receiving merchandise, then taking a phone call, then placing the merchandise (involves bending down then getting up...). All day Long. Pretty intense day lol

carol101

I was diagnosed about a year ago after 17 years of on and off pain. When i did get my diagnosis, at 35 it was a huge shock to be told there is nothing they can do. It was a relief to know there was a reason for all the back pain but to know i would have it all my life...........well that was a different story.

As people on here will know, i was in a very dark place for a while. I was in the worst pain ever and depression kicked in. Most days i would be on here in tears just not knowing what to do.

You learn to adapt to it though. I still get pain but i think i've learnt my limitations so i don't over do it and as for having it for life, well i'd already suffered 17years so really what was i so upset about?

It took my family, the wonderful people on here, my work colleagues and my doctor to get me through it but i got there. I was made redundant 6 weeks ago. I now run my own business and have hardly taken any meds for the past 8 months. Things will get better. x