I’d like to take a poll of sorts to help me figure out what I want to do right now. So far, I’ve had copious lab work done including vitamin deficiencies, glucose, tolerance, heavy metals, etc. plus an EMG and a QSART. Everything to date has been negative. I’ve downloaded but haven’t yet filled out the LisaJane spreadsheet/workbook to see what’s left to do because one voluminous set of blood work hasn’t gotten into my hands yet (cripes what you have to go through sometimes to get a hold of things that are yours!)

I’m going to see my third neurologist on Dec. 8, and I’m pretty sure that he’s gonna say “idiopathic, thanks for playing, now off to the pain management clinic with you like a good little girl.” I have two questions for you all:

1. Of the people here who didn’t find the cause to be an obvious culprit like diabetes, hypothyroid, alcohol et al, how many of you have actually ever found what is/was causing it? I just want to get an idea of how realistic it is for me to hope for that.
   
   
2. Of the people here who have gone to a pain management clinic/specialist, how would you rate your satisfaction with controlling your pain?

I’m not emotionally ready to give up, but I’ve been out of work since June, and I need to decide what’s worth it for me economically. I do have medical coverage, but the year end is coming and the deductable and out-of-pocket clocks will reset to zero soon. So I’d really appreciate it if you would share your experiences. Thanks in advance.