Hi Doc, I am a 46 year old USMC Veteran. My Osteoarthritis is so bad in every joint in my body and the bones. that narcotics in any amount do not help the pain. I will get attacks in all the joints and bones that is so severe I cannot move. The pain will subside just enough that I can hobble and I will urinate every 5 minutes for hours and have to drink constantly to keep hydrated. I get hypothermic and have to self induce a fever under my sheets or in a scalding hot bath that most people can t stand for it to stop. Then I will sleep for an hour or two because I am so exhausted from the attack. What is this???? I go to the VA in Loma Linda, California and see the pain clinic, rheumatology, and infectious diseases and no one can tell me what the attack is. I get epidurals in my back, hip, and elbows and definitely need more but they say only 4 a year. They help alot but not during the attack. I have diabetes, glaucoma, osteoarthritis, and severe spinal canal stenosis in my lumbar and sacral vertabrae. I am also Bipolar but have been on meds since I was 30...no deppresion or mania for 16 years. I became bipolar after I hit my head really bad in an accident when I was 30. I also, had a gun explode in my hand and was DOA for 1minute 36 seconds and all that happened afterward is 10 years of complete memory loss. Overall I am healthy take insulin and eat right. I make myself exercise because it does help with the arthritis but most of the time I can t even walk. Since the gun exploded in my hand in 2009 I have lost the use of my left hand. Any ideas its been 16 years with no answers. Thank-you, Bill