I was recently diagnosed with osteoarthritis in my back. It is very painful, but we deploy in a few months, and I’m wondering if when I go in for my first physical therapy session, will the doctor attempt to force a medical discharge. I have had several friends who have been discharged for their backs, and they weren’t as bad.

I enjoy walking with my dog, but I have arthritis in both hands and walking them becomes severly painful. They just jerk around on the leash and won’t listen to my commands. I tried the gentle leader, and that helps a little bit… but I don’t know.. I rather they not pull on a leash or w.e.

I’m up for all suggesstions so please help!
Thank you guys.
I’ll take your advice Portila and Richard. I think stopping when he pulls is a great idea. And the stick idea sounds wonderful.

GOJI juice. I am considering purchasing it for health reasons, including improved digestion, joint health, and cardiovascular health. How have symptoms of whatever ailes you improved? Have you lost weight using it? Did it help your diabetes? Arthritis? Do you feel healthier? Younger? Less painful? I appreciate any and all honest answers. No sarcasm or snide remarks necessary. Thanks!

My dog has a very painful back leg in the joint which the vet prescribed metacam for, which hasnt worked in the slightest. We have also tried Cortaflex which didnt work. All the sites Ive found on metacam say its for arthritis which my dog hasnt got.

I am in severe pain from a nerve disorder and arthritis and I also have to start radiation treatments, but my daughter refuses to stop nursing. She eats normal food and also drinks some, but she nurses to comfort herself and also to fall asleep. I have tried the binky and also giving her more milk from her sippy cup (she hates bottles) but she still wont stop nursing and will scream bloody murder and nothing but the nippy can go in her mouth? What suggestions other than her screaming for hours would anyone who has been in this position suggest? I never had to force my other two off, but I’m ill now so it needs to be done so I wont be crying in pain everyday. Help please and thank you!
She is one this week, I nursed the other 2 until a year and a half
I have to wean her by next week, my treatments start then and Id like to start my medications and my Dr already told me I had to wean her due to the medication he prescribed and I know I am bigger lol, but its a bond that I dislike breaking but I know it has to be done, just trying to find the gentlest way and my other two weaned themselves, I didn’t have to do anything they just stopped wanting to nurse.
thanks for the link, but it didnt have the info related to my needs

First, Please do not take this as a “emo cry out for help, attention seeking yada yada” question. I’ve been debating for a while whether or not to post this question because I didn’t want people to tell me to stop seeking attention.

I’m 19 years old, and a freshman in college. I also dance and I am involved in other extra circular activities. I stay very busy. About 4 weeks ago I started feeling mildly sad. I figured it was because summer was ending and school would be starting soon. Although school isn’t my favorite thing, I usually feel some excitement about starting a new year. I have felt no excitement at all, I actually felt a feeling of dread.

I’ve become very antisocial and would rather stay at home in my room then hang out with a friend or go out anywhere. Sometimes I even make excuses to avoid going anywhere.

I’ve been dancing for about 9 years and have been singing since I could talk. It’s not that I’m loosing interest in these, but they just don’t bring the same joy that they usually do.

I also have arthritis and fibromyalgia. I have been feeling the symptoms of these since I was about 11. For the past two years I have tried every treatment I could find, but nothing has helped. Until about 3 months ago I was also on medication. I know that sometimes chronic pain can cause depression.

I just have this hopeless feeling most of the time. I’m miserable and I feel so unhappy with my life. I often feel like crying and I’m upset easier then normally.

I just don’t know what to do anymore. I’ve already concidered taking the next semester off. But I don’t know if they would do more harm or good. Today I even considered dropping out of ballet, which is something I know I love… I don’t feel comfortable talking with my mom, because I’m pretty sure she’ll just say I’m adjusting to college, or it will pass.

If you have any ideas or suggestions, please let me know.
If you need more information I will add on.

Thank you.

Was on Citalopram earlier in year – came off gradually as didn’t like the feeling of not caring about anything. My symptoms are as follwos – all of which I have told various docs over the years but none has ever been linked:

•Pain in my feet – sharp, stabbing pain that can happen when I’m just sitting – takes me by surprise and makes me jump with pain – like a knitting needle being stuck in my joints
•It’s like my nerves are on fire at the ends
•Have had x-rays, blood test etc – I know what I haven’t got (e.g. not arthritis etc) but still no wiser as to why I’m in pain
•Feet and lower leg heat up, swell and ache deeply and painful to touch
•Feet hurt nearly all the time, no matter what I wear on them – whether standing or sitting, though standing obviously worse
•Constantly tired – so much so that I feel I could just collapse and whole body feels heavy, all the time
•Head muzzy and sleep irratic
•Eyes constantly tired / spots in front of eyes
•Very tearful, intolerant, emotional – can’t function at times
•Extremely depressed at times – so much so that can’t go out and feel as though I’m going mad – standing in middle of room crying and cannot switch my brain off – feel I want to hit it to make everything go away
•Becoming increasingly anxious and shy when faced with meeting new people
•Anxiety in general
•Extremely sweaty – and get irrationally hot and unable to cool down or stop sweating – it sometimes runs down my body under my clothes
•It then cools and I feel cold / dirty etc – often on way in to work
•Feeling like everything’s just too hard and too much effort
•This effects where I can go and when – not to mention the effect it has on relationships – have not had one for years and don’t feel as though I deserve one as feeling overweight, ugly, tired, sweaty etc.
•Trying to get fit but constant uphill struggle – try to ignore it when running but even with orthotics feet ache and hurt
•Pins and needles sometimes
•Feeling increasingly dehydrated and constantly thirsty – drinking lots of water to compensate
•Ache all down left leg (sciatica)
•Terrible hip pain now – around left pelvic area at top of hip joint, made worse with exercise – I think this something that needs to be looked at separately from the other pain as new
•Hands swell up sometimes particularly when exercising
•Headache – seems to be constantly there in the background – see muzziness above
•I cannot get away from this pain and fatigue – it’s like I’m constantly under a cloud of fug that I can’t shake loose, it’s all such an effort (even speaking to friends is an effort) and feel this has all gone on long enough – am tired of it all and want to live a normal life

I looked up ‘pain’ and ‘depression’ and saw many articles about Cymbalta that seems to link the two – could this be helpful? I need to do something and am getting nowhere so any advice that would give me back up as to what to say to GP would be very, very welcome…thank you for reading this.

I also have a real problem with self esteem – as you may have gathered. I feel that I look, sound and act stupid – all the time. If I go out I find it hard to keep my head up – let alone look someone in the eye. I feel I upset and irritate everyone, which I probably do by being like this so it’s a viscious circle!
Thanks for the feedback so far – am in my early 40’s – no longer on Citalopram which was prescribed by same GP

Recently, my fingers have been kind of hurting. Like, just a tiny bit, but enough to make me start worrying. At first I considered like arthritis, and I’m only 17. I looked into it, and I learned that even younger people can get arthritis. I don’t really want to think it’s only that. Plus, I don’t really have all of the symptoms for arthritis. So, I brought it up to my older sister and she said it was probably from cracking my knuckles, or it could just all be in my head. She took psychology in college, and there’s this kind of mental thing where if you think about something too much then it feels like it’s real. As in, I was thinking about my hands and them hurting too much so it felt like they really were. Which makes sense because whenever I’m thinking of something completely different like when my attention is on something then my hands don’t hurt at all.
But, my point is, I want to think of all possibilities. I was talking to my mom about it also and she said it could be from putting too much stress on my hands by doing things I don’t normally do. Like since I’ve been painting, or I might be on the computer more than I usually am. Which made me start thinking it might be because I haven’t been playing the piano anywhere near as much as I used to since my teacher retired almost a year ago. I’ve been playing for ten years now, and practiced at the least every other day while taking lessons. Now I probably only play about once a week, and that isn’t even really practicing. So, I was wondering if anyone thinks that could also be a reason for the discomfort in my fingers since I don’t use my fingers as much as I used to and they aren’t used to being worked with anymore. Kind of like people who don’t work out are in pain when they do work out?
Also, my fingers have gotten thinner, which might not have anything to do with it but it might help with getting an answer.

this problem of weak bones in her old age?