Hi,
For the past 18 months i have been having severe joint pains starting in my left elbow and shoulder i'm not able lift either arms, lift heavy objects or fully straighten and pull back my arms. I can't sleep on them, and when i do in the middle of the night i wake up constantly. My elbows are also really sore to touch and swell up if i bang them.
It seems when i go to bed and when i wake up are the worst times, they are very stiff in the mornings and i'm unable to move them at all, it takes around 3-4 hours for them to be active again but still throughout the day they are throbbing none stop. Some days are not as bad as others but when they are at their worst my back aches and i'm unable to get out of bed. Recently i went to the doctors about my symptoms suggesting arthritis as my mum has rheumatoid arthritis and started it really young, but my blood tests have come back negative so he has ruled it out. All the medication he has given me doesn't work at all but when I stop using them it gets even worse than what it is.
I really think I have arthritis as all the symptoms are their but my doctor won't do anything about it. What can i do?