MrJesus.... I feel your pain...

[Particle Man]

that really sucks.

I am once again reminded of how lucky I am that I don't get hangovers.

[Avatard]

Originally Posted by Porkchop

Askmrjesus, i feel your pain man.... i have a quick story to tell first.

So here I sat... on New Years Eve 2008/2009, at most likely the largest party I've been to on campus in a long time. Surrounded by 75 other people, hot girls, loud music, laser light shows, and 5 BP tables, with basically someone else's free beer.... And you know what, I barely had one sip. Its almost weird, being surrounded by 70 drunk people, and being maybe one of 5 sober individuals in the room. Just a room full of energy, all buzzing from that liquid happyness we all know quite so well these days. That same liquid that propels a male individual that night to lose all inhibitions and strip down to his thong... yes you read thong, and dance around the room!

My freshman year of college was the first time in my life that I did hard party drinking. You know the typical first time drunk, first time sick, first time hang over type deal. Hang overs suck... for everybody. Some of you get them, some of you get them bad, some of you dont. I'd wake up with the typical head hurt, stomache iffy regiment... but i was also getting something else. I would wake up on my back with my hips, shoulders, and elbows in severe discomfort. Almost like they were dislocated. For the first year or so i shrugged it off as "part of the hangover" and not knowing any better with never experiencing them before. But towards the end of my second year I had mentioned it to a friend and he looked at me like I was crazy!! Soon I had asked a few people and none of them had any idea what i was talking about. By then I knew something was up but I still shrugged it off and attributed it to my weight and putting extra pressure on my joints when drunk.

Well this year has come and i moved home. I regained old friends and gained some new friends in the process. And we had some good times partying. But things seemed to get worse. Until one day it finally hit. After a night of only maybe one or two drinks I woke up at 6:30 in the morning in agonizing pain. It scared me so bad i jumped up, only to realize that my hips were giving in and it seemed gravity was literally ripping my arms out of my shoulders... and i fell back into bed. Only then did i realize the worst of anything. My forearms were in searing pain. It felt as though a vice was put on both arms and both bones in the forearm were being forced into each other. I rolled around in agonizing pain, and at that moment I could have died, and i wouldnt have cared. And after what seemed like eternity of not being able to sit, stand, or even lay down wihtout pain... i passed out. Pain lasted almost all day at work until the unhealthy ammounts of exta strength Advil and gallons of water quelled the pain. I havnt been drunk or even buzzed since then.....

I havn't officially seen a doctor... but who needs too when you have the unyeilding information of the internet. So i'm going to try to explain this in the simplest of terms. Other than the severe dehydration that drinking causes a couple things are happening in my body that may be happening at higher levels than in your body. Alcohol increases the release of sulfides, high levels of histamines, and uric acid... but also inhibits them from breaking down. The unbroken down histamines group around joins causing inflamation and severe pain. High uric acid levels are even worse as uric acid is toxic to bodily tissues. Excess uric acid also collects in your joints and causes arthritis, arthritic like effects, and even Gout!!! Alcohol also severly decreases the vitamin content in your body causing it to adversly react to changing levels. Check, check, and check.... this is pretty serious stuff. There is no cure or even really a name for whatever i/askmrjesus have. People say extra water and vitamin pills may help illiviate symptoms, but the only method of keeping yourself healthy is.... abstinance from alcohol....

So yea.... my life thouroghly sucks! And mrjesus, i cant chop all of my limbs off like ur toe, that would be entirely too couterproductive... haha

You have sir, what I have.

I literally feel your pain, although I don't think you really have a notion of really what pain awaits you as it progresses further.

I'm 48, and have had some joint involvement since age 30, although I felt much general myalgia growing up.

PM me, I can tell you what my years of research into this disease has taught me about what works/what doesn't/what's risky.

Doctors, it has been my experience, know rather little about this "flavor" of arthritis.

[Particle Man]

Originally Posted by Avatard

Doctors, it has been my experience, know rather little about this "flavor" of arthritis.

I think there's a bit of reluctance to commit to telling what they really think in our sue happy society as well.

[Adeptus_Minor]

Originally Posted by Particle Man

I think there's a bit of reluctance to commit to telling what they really think in our sue happy society as well.

House: "Ideopathic, from the Latin meaning we're idiots cause we can't figure out what's causing it."

[Particle Man]

Originally Posted by Adeptus_Minor

House: "Ideopathic, from the Latin meaning we're idiots cause we can't figure out what's causing it."

and yet another reason why I love that show