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Posted 10/16/2011 4:31 AM (GMT 0)
i have neck pain anytime i have any stress - today i had my son and my neighbor's daughter for awhile and they are crazy together!  anyway, now i have a neck headache and can't get rid of it.  i'm sick of this!  and this is nothing i can take care of by breathing. 

anyone else deal with this?  what do youdo for it that works well?  it's just so irritating!!! 

i took 2 aspirin and it's doing absolutely nothing.  it says bayer, the wonder drug - yeah right!!!  ha 

ugh!!!

Posted 10/16/2011 4:52 AM (GMT 0)
You probably need to take something with a muscle relaxant, as well as pain releif. Aleve, or a similar OTC should do it:)

Yeah, breathing won't work for this, but progressive muscle relaxation exercises could help.

I carry my tension in my shoulders/neck as well, and believe it or not, working out with light weights, then doing some stretching really works...I know exercise might be the last thing you want to do when your in pain, but if you can make yourself do it, I bet it will feel better afterwards.

I hope you feel better soon!

S.C.
Posted 10/16/2011 5:08 AM (GMT 0)
i think muscle relaxants cause me to have pvcs. is that weird? ugh i wonder if it relaxes your heart too? then you can feel pvcs more cause your heartrate is slower?

i hate carrying tension in my neck and shoulders! sheesh!
Posted 10/16/2011 6:16 AM (GMT 0)
Hi hazel, I think u have a combination of stress, anxiety and crazy kid syndrome, when I get a stiff sore neck I have a hot bath and try to relax....sometimes I take half a Xanax and it relaxes me heaps...
Posted 10/16/2011 12:43 PM (GMT 0)
Hi hazel. I go get a deep tissue massage when nothing else will work. I don't have muscle relaxers. Do they really ease the neck pain?
Posted 10/16/2011 3:43 PM (GMT 0)
i think they work for some people but i don't notice anything really. yes klonopin would probably help and a hot bath. i don't know why but i try very hard not to take my klonopin unless i really really need them. i try to cope on my own for most things. i need to stay off this computer today i'm sure that would help. ha
Posted 10/16/2011 11:05 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Hazel, I know what you mean about the neck pain. It's probably what I get at the base of the skull sometimes. For me I treat it as a migraine. Massage the area, take paraetamol, sit in a dark room untill it eases off. Tension and stress bring it on for me. Nice to meet you. If you are talking about arthritis in the area that is different and anything that is a work load on that region brings it on.
Posted 11/20/2011 11:10 PM (GMT 0)
    

   hazelnut,

 Is  it pain in the neck or the back of the head where the head and neck connect. Approx 6 years

ago I began having headaches that would not go away. I also had a burning sensation on

the back of my neck and shoulders. It felt like a sun burn. Evenually the headaches started.

I have laid for hours. Have you tried alternating heat then ice. Given the chance if I

 use ice on the back of my neck the headache will go away. I have high blood pressure . One

Doctor said rebound headaches another said tension headaches. I have read about occipital

neuralga . (Check it out) Hope this helps.

Jackie

Posted 11/21/2011 12:39 AM (GMT 0)
Hazel, I also carry all of my tension in my neck and shoulder muscles. Some days it hurts so bad that it actually makes my face tingly, and my left arm hurt.
I contribute this to the fact that I do have Fibromyalgia too, and that's one of the main pressure points. So for me, all the stress that i'm experiencing goes directly to my neck and shoulders, and it makes the fibro pain 10 times worse.

When this happens I pop 3-4 Ibuprofen (Advil) and go on with my day the best I can. I know the bottle says 2, but my doc says the therapeutic dosage is between 600-800 mgs, so instead of getting a prescription for them, and paying too much for 30 pills, I just buy a bottle of 500 ibuprofen and take them that way.

Advil is an anti inflamatory, so it really does help. I'd suggest you take 2 though, if you try it. I take that much for a reason, and at the recommendation of my doc for my condition.

Edit:  Fox,  the dashes in your signature line are stretching the screen thus the edits of your signature.  If you go back into your profile and take out the dashes your signature will be fine.

Thanks,

Kitt

Post Edited By Moderator (stkitt) : 11/23/2011 8:00:14 AM (GMT-7)

Posted 11/21/2011 3:30 AM (GMT 0)
well i just found out that i have 2 bulging discs in my neck from an MRI but you know it still only bothers me really during pms so i can't say they are only related to the discs.

i have tried everything. sometimes some things work, sometimes they don't. ugh
Posted 11/21/2011 5:23 AM (GMT 0)
I know how you feel. My anxiety (I came to find out it's actually PTSD), causes pain all across my body, chest, arms, hands, legs, stomach, rib cage, but the worst is when it's the neck and shoulders. because i can't sit still, my breathing is labored, and it just sucks, especially when I get it when I'm in the car driving, worst feeling ever!!!
Posted 11/23/2011 8:52 AM (GMT 0)
Hello all, I had neck surgery about 12 months ago, anterior cervical dissection and fusion. Look in my case the nerve was being pinched and was causing severe pain in the right arm and the shoulder blade. To cut a long story short the pain went imediately after the surgery. Before the surgery no pain medication would help, what I would do is lay on a hot water bottle to try and relax the muscle, this helped a bit. Anyway about the neck pain through tension and stress I get this sometimes and also the same as you headaches. What I take is paracetamol for the headache and also use nurofen gel - this is a gel with ibuprofen and you simply rub it on your neck where it is sore. Other things sometimes like not drinking enough water will cause the headache. Goodluck
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