I've always had these pains for as long as I can remember, but recently they've gotten so bad that I'll sit in a bathtub for hours running the hot water to feel better. (But as soon as I get out I'm achy again). When I was younger, my parents passed it off as growing pains. When I was in my twenties I passed it off as stress and/or cold weather because I moved from Florida to Ohio (the pains did get worse after I moved North). But I've gotten the pains in summertime when it wasn't cold and also when there was no stress in my household. The pains come and go, sometimes I'll not have an episode for months, then it seems at random i'll ache for weeks. I can't really describe it, it's like my bones are going to burst. Sometimes it starts in my hips/thigh bone and it'll stay there. On worse days it's in all my joints. Sometimes it's just my shoulders and hips, or my left elbow and both my knees. The reason I'm asking now is because I'm in pain now and i'm also itchy, which is new. I saw my family doctor who did some blood work, but it all came back within normal levels, except he knew something was wrong because of my ANA results were a little high? So he prescribed me prednisone - which was magic, but i've since moved and I can't exactly walk into a Dr's office and ask for prednisone can I? Has anyone else had any similar health issues? Or know what kind of Doctor I should see who may be able to find out what this is? Thanks a bunch in advance!