I have had a lifetime of pain. Several doctors told me I had arthritis(even back when I was in my 20's). Which, of course, I knew because I did a lot of stupid things long before I made it to my 20's. But that didn't explain the muscle pain. After 30 years of searching for an answer, one doc who did a blood test on me found me to be hugely vitamin D deficient. We did another test to be sure, cause he didn't believe how low it was, and I had even less the second time. Like more than 10X less than your average person normally tests for. He said it must be genetic, and I would have to deal with a chronic condition. And basically, I had a version of Rickets. Your body doesn't like to absorb or even make Vit D really unless you sun bathe. So most folks are a bit low. I had to do massive doses to build up a reservoir, and then do large doses every freakin day to keep it up when you have the deficiency I do. I started doing it over the last two years and it has made a huge difference. I was sceptical at first, and it doesn't make up for me being an idiot and mistreating my body for years, but it goes a long, long ways to making me not want to kill myself any more. My muscles heal much faster now and hurt much less. I can stand upright now without pain. I stopped having cramps, especially the ones that woke me up in the night. Sometimes they would literally be crippling if I worked too hard. Those have gone. My fingers work again, and have actually thinned a lot from less inflammation, and even my eyesight is a bit better. And the doc says due to less over-all inflammation, it seems my blood pressure also dropped a bit(which is mainly what helped my eyesight he says). I feel so much younger and better. It's a lot like when I took steroids - which some docs have prescribed over the years, and I gotta say - great stuff, except it made me purdy angry and aggro at times. If only one of those docs had caught this 30 years ago - my life would have been completely different. I mean, a life time of anti inflammatories, steroids, and pain killers could have been avoided. And then there's me being moody and ruining so many relationships with so many lovely women and people. Just... ugh. Sorry about the rant. It's morning and the coffee has kicked in.
