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Originally Posted by mrsD
You should be reading the posts here... to get a idea of how you can participate in your own journey with your symptoms.
You have to become a detective of sorts, to find your answers.
And accept the fact that a "diagnosis" may elude you in the end.
There are over 100 causes of PN. Trauma, infectious agents, toxins, drugs, autoimmune and vaccine assaults, metabolic changes, genetic inherited PN, nutritional deficiencies, etc.
In the end when no specific cause can be identified, you end up in the idiopathic wastebasket.
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I have spent the better part of the last 12 months becoming an expert in Esophageal Motility, drugs interactions and uses (TCA,GABA,SSRI,SNRI and pain meds), Diet, Stomach, heart, gallbladder and esophagus LES and UES behaviors .
Since the back MRI’s and Neuropathy direction is something new to explore, I am trying to focus leaning more about the cervical/thoracic spine and neuropathy. It's difficult to keep reading and researching as it stresses me out so much, just the same way going from Doctor to Doctor in hopes to find one that may see something that the others haven’t. It's so mentally draining and it’s been an emotional rollercoaster ride for my wife and me.
I am thankful there are helpful people on forums such as this that are willing to extend a helping hand. I hope one day I can get to a point where I can mentally and physically with my pain to be able to help others find the right doctors and give them encouragement. Unfortunately, I am not at the stage yet as I get depressed and scared during different parts of the day as not truly being diagnosed with what is causing my pain is downright horrendous.
Two things I was thinking today when walking to church was this. If my burning in my back is caused by a pinched nerve in my back or neck would the supplements still help?
Secondly if there is nerve damage, why does pain better at some parts of the day and worse at others? There is no rhyme or reason to it. If a nerve was damaged wouldn’t the intensity pain be constant?