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Excessive and Chronic Joint Pain- 1.Hands & Fingers: Can not open things I was able to open just a few years ago (example: any type of screw on cap,lids ect.) My hands constantly ache and I have to clench my hands and crack my finger joints to get any sort of relief.I am unable to do regular day to day activities with out expirencing pain-sometimes a dull "ache" and sometimes a sharp pain in my finger & wrist joints. 2. Hips &/Or General Pelvic area: This is the area that gives me the most trouble on a daily basis,and has lasted the longest.I have had hip pain since I was very young, my first memory of it being when I was 7 years old. The pain is mostly centralized in the hip joint.I feel extreme pain ( I deal with a pain level of a 7 or 8 on a daily basis on a "good" day) in no other way to describe it but "inside" the hip joint. There have been incidents where I can walk the night before and wake up the next morning, go to put weight on one leg or another and my hip cannot support my weight and I collapse. Also, there have been multiple incidents where my hip(s) give me no warning what-so-ever and will suddendly "go out" from underneathe me. My hip joints constantly make an audible "pop" noise which others have heard on multiple occasions,and the popping is always acompained by a sharp pain. 3. Knees: My knee joints constantly lock in place and it is very painful to "unlock" the joint.The only way I have found to make the pain stop ( as with my hips when they "lock"as well) is to force the leg back into a straight legged position.It causes a brief,level 10,sharp pain. I cannot sit cross-legged or with one leg bent under me for any amount of time with out my knees "locking"
I also have recently been having very chronic migraines.I have had a headache on a pain scale of a 5 or 6 for almost 6 months now,and it escalates to a migraine occasionally that is joined but a sharp stabbing pain that feels like I am being shocked in my brain.I have also had problems concentrating as well as keeping words in the correct order.I have had many tests,but no doctor seems to know what is wrong with me .I would be greatly appreciative of any help,since this has had a very negative impact on my life.Thank you in advance!View Thread
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