Originally Posted by JoanB

I’d like to take a poll of sorts to help me figure out what I want to do right now. ...............

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.

Probably less than 5% or maybe 3% is a realistic figure... for finding a cause, once considered to be idiopathic

1. Of the people here who have gone to a pain management clinic/specialist, how would you rate your satisfaction with controlling your pain?.