I am 41. When I was 22, I injured my neck at work, but after that my whole body hurt constantly. I had MRI's done, nothing. Doctors were befuddled. I was given a "fibromyalgia" diagnosis, which is just a way for saying you are in pain but they don't know why.
For nearly 20 years, I just dealt with this every day. I felt like my muscles were being injected with hot air or water. My whole body. Nothing would help. I couldn't explain it to anyone. No doctors or therapists could figure it out.
I got put on Nerontin (Gabapentin) recently after having been on Norco for over a year. It has been tremendously helpful. But I've never heard of anyone else that has this.
During that time though, I started uncovering a lot of my trauma and realized that I was an abused child. I always knew I was bullied, but had normalized much of my familial abuse and probably repressed some sexual abuse. Through mindbody work, I actually recalled an in-utero memory my mother had repressed in which she was punched in the stomach by her abusive boyfriend, which is totally crazy. I would guess that has a lot to do with it.
For nearly 20 years, I just dealt with this every day. I felt like my muscles were being injected with hot air or water. My whole body. Nothing would help. I couldn't explain it to anyone. No doctors or therapists could figure it out.
I got put on Nerontin (Gabapentin) recently after having been on Norco for over a year. It has been tremendously helpful. But I've never heard of anyone else that has this.
During that time though, I started uncovering a lot of my trauma and realized that I was an abused child. I always knew I was bullied, but had normalized much of my familial abuse and probably repressed some sexual abuse. Through mindbody work, I actually recalled an in-utero memory my mother had repressed in which she was punched in the stomach by her abusive boyfriend, which is totally crazy. I would guess that has a lot to do with it.