I am only 19 years old, I have been suffering from chronic pain for over ten years.. I have been seeing a doctor since age 10 and that is when my file begins. At first I had bad posture. I saw my chiropractor once a week, was in a back brace and forced to perfect my posture.. no fix as my posture was fine. Then I was diagnosed with scoliosis.. at age ten, suffering from chronic migraines and sever constant neck, shoulder, and upper back pain. I was perscribed with Vi-ox, Vicodine and Valuim at age TEN! I cried all day in school, not even able to carry my own back pack.. coming home just to beg and beg and beg my father to rub my back more and more. As he dug his fists into the knots in my neck that refused to loosen a massage that would cripple an average person I found temporary relief. Then Vi-ox was recalled and I was continuously sent to a chiropractor, physical therapy, and a pain clinic that quickly became a financial burden. But it was all they could offer.. as I grew in age the pain worsened.. now to my lower back oh only a new curve? then my hips in which I've torn muscles doing basic exercise or just simply walking because my muscles were so tight and I gained tolerance to the vicodine and valium.. taking it on a regular basis for relief.. as I grew older I got impatient no longer being able to afford my chiropractor or physical therapy and suffering. I saw a specialist, and then a orthopedic surgeon who broke me the news that I indeed was not suffering from scoliosis.. my spine was normal and in perfect health. I began to stretch and run until the muscles in my hips would no longer allow me to do so. I would spend the majority of the day stretching and wake up stiff as a board. I grew helpless, I saw a therapist and was treated for depression because at this point I was suicidal and still with no relief.. in February of 2010 I was diagnosed by the rheumatoid specialist at the University of Michigan with fibromyalgia.. after two other professional opinions with the same answer I was given more vicodine more valium, Lyrica, cymbalta, trazadone, klonzaphan, xanax, etc. AT ONLY 18! I spent time and money with yoga classes more physical therapy and three other chiropractors and now after all my research I feel like I have hit a brick wall. who knows anything about this disease? NO ONE! do you give this diagnosis just to diagnose? I'm scared, I'm confused, and every minute of every day I am aching and aching and aching with the most sever pain you could ever imagine which has now crept into my knees. I cant sleep, I can't eat, I cant work, Focus on my school work, I'm not able to even enjoy the company of family and friends. these drugs do nothing for me.. the muscle relaxers and pain medications numb the pain and continue to kill my liver and my body. The depression has gotten so much worse and I feel there is no help for any of us out there. I am only 19.. how will i feel or cope in 30 years? if i even make it that long.. I need help, I'm desperate for help.. I don't know if I can take this a minute longer.. please, anyone.. save me.

It's a TV fictional show - NOT reality... you are giving it WAY too much credibility. BTW - I know MANY people who have learned to live with the pain. That is not unusual. It is a shame that you will not try anti-inflammatories for you pain....

Check to see if you are really standing up straight! Family/friends didn't tell me, doctors didn't mention that I've been leaning forward for years. I've had progressively worse back pain until recently I can barely walk. Pain meds (aspirin, Motrin, Aleve, Meloxicam) don't help anymore. Physical therapist stood me up straight and it felt like I was bending backward! DD had just come into town and came to the PT evaluation with me and said I hadn't been standing up straight for years. I thought I had good posture--sit/stand up straight, shoulders back. But it turns out I was straight but bent forward at the waist. Only 2 PT visits so far but exercises are helping.

I had terrible hip bursitis for nearly two years. The biggest thing that helps is ice. Buy a big cold pack like the kind that physical therapists use (get it at a medical supply store for about $40) and put it directly on the skin 3-4 times a day. NSAIDs taken regularly help, as does stretching (not when it's at its worst, though). Oh, and don't sleep on the affected side, and watch how you stand, so you're not putting extra pressure on it. I was in awful pain for months, but didn't want to get the injections.