Hi Everyone! I'm an 18 year old female who has been suffering from extreme pain these last few months. I'm also a new member, so forgive me if I'm not quite sure how everything works yet!

In early April I had some art pain, condensed to my forearm. It started as random sharp pains, but by the end of the night turned to numbness, weakness, and constant sharp pains. It had covered my arm from my elbow to the tips of my fingers. The next morning, the problem persisted, and included swelling and blue/purple discoloration. We went to a doc-in-the-box urgent care and it was decided I had some type of pinched nerve caused by a misaligned spine. I tried going to a chiropracter and taking medicine prescribed, but to no avail.

By May, BOTH of my arms, from shoulder to finger tips, had me in excruciating pain. Everything had worsened, I was failing my last classes as a senior and no one had any idea what it was. In 5 months (april to now)I've been to 3 doctors, 3 specialists, had a brain MRI, neck MRI, (both with contrast) CT Scan, EMG, X rays, average blood tests, and been on so many different medications I don't think I could list them all. Everything is structurally sound and seems like I shouldn't be having any problems.

I've gotten worse still, with the pain moving to both of my legs, though thankfully staying in one area around my mid thigh to below my knees. I'm unable to have a job, go to college, or live a real life because of the pain.

I feel numbness, weakness, and stabbing pains. It's worse the more I move. I have no grip or arm strength, though I am able to walk when my leg(s) hurt, but not very well. When it's bad I cannot write, type, open doors, or text (not to mention everything else). Sometimes it's just one arm or one leg, other times it's everywhere. No one has been able to find a diagnosis or provide any help.

Does anyone else out there have the same or similar problems? Did you get a diagnosis? Does anything work for you? Above all, I hope you're doing okay. Please, let me know. I'd love to meet other people in my same situation. I'm stuck at home all day and I need to remeber how real this all is.