Surely she should see a doctor about her pain though? If she finally conquered her dentist fear (which she managed to with a #gifted treatment), why wouldn't she a doctor about pain. Surely, drinking alcohol and being overweight don't help these issues?
But once you have a diagnosis, there is little else the doctor can do. You have to learn to manage your pain. Below is something I wrote on another thread (the Callie Thorpe one, where DV was being discussed). I’ve not seen a doctor in a good while about fibro as there is nothing new that can be done.
“Just have to jump in here. There are no specific meds for fibromyalgia. It’s trial and error to find things that
might work for your specific symptoms. And the meds you get tried on often have horrendous side effects. My pain with fibro is debilitating at times, and the only med I’ve found that eases the pain gives me terrifying hallucinations. Therefore I had to opt to put up with the pain. It is now managed by finding my baselines and working as much as I can when I can. It’s an often misunderstood disorder.
Ironically though, often the best way to deal with it is movement. It’s a catch-22. And I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy.
Edited to add: I used to really like Danielle, but had to unfollow about a year ago as I found she became unbearable. She’s a complete brat. And although I understand fibromyalgia better than some, I hate to say that I do think some people use the diagnosis as a crutch. Which does belittle the rest of us as we’re all then tarred with the same brush”
She irritates me a lot. However I just have to point out as someone with an invisible illness and chronic pain condition that if you looked at my Instagram you’d have no idea. I put on my make up, take photos and go places where I’m told ‘you look so well’ etc and I’m in agony then spend days in bed/ crying in pain etc. So I actually do believe her about her illness.
Same here. Sending spoons to you