Feel like I'm making a u-turn

I am sorry P.C.

It is frustrating how unexpected stress can derail our progress. Losing a pet is a big blow...and the grief is deep...and real, so allow yourself time to feel less than great...it is expected.

This detour from your moving forward won't last forever...and you can just pick up from where you left and keep going in the right direction.

Use your coping skills now...more than ever!

We are cheering you on.:)

S.C.

Yes, I am sure the tension is too blame...

One good thing about leaving early and taking the muscle relaxant is that when you feel physical relief, you will also get relief from the worry...just knowing that the muscle tension is causing your pain/symptoms and increased anxiety.

Rest and recovery

S.C.

Paddi,

To be completely frank,.....my dear, you have a LOT going on. And, you HAD a lot going on. For what it's worth, recovering from the loss of a pet (for me anyway) took waaaayyyy long, and I didn't just sort of bounce back and resume life as it was.

Not even close.

Not even a little bit.

No way! No how!

The pain we feel builds up inside, we have tension, get headaches, muscle spasms, our emotions are wonky (that's the official term!)....this is all part of a grieving process.

Add that on TOP of your regular anxiety issues, and you're like a mixed fruit cobbler filled with a variety of goodies just waiting to burst!

I know because I've been there (as many of us have). Please, please,....be kind to yourself. Acknowledge the pain and hurt you've gone through.

You are so NOT taking a U-turn,....this is a speed bump in the healing process. Honest!










M.

As always, the timing of other posters and posts on the board seem to (surprise!) coincide with my own experiences.

Last week, my PT did dry-needling on my trap and sub-occiput. It doesn't hurt to have it done, but man oh man, did I ever get a whopper of a headache (ie: migraine) after the fact. God can only know what he's got planned for me on Wednesday! :O

Plus, I'm also going through some more aggressive spells of migraines, mostly these past 2 months, but I'm wondering if, at least in part, some of this has to do with all the crud I'm uncovering in therapy?? I'm sure it's a contributing factor, even if it's not *the* cause.

Headaches of any type SAP us of our energy and often our will. They are consuming. They affect our senses. They're exhausting. They're not easily or quickly resolved. Plus,....add to that, any previous triggers.

In my book, they're as crazy as a bag filled with wild cats.











M.

Hey Paddi. Do you also get those extreme shoulder tension which radiates in middle of your upper back? I also get this often and get panicky thinking it is something seious. But since they come and go, i try to convince myself that it is all tension.
All of our mucles in upper body are connected, its natural that we feel pain in our arms also.

You will be feeling better soon. Its not easy losing a pet, but we are strong.

Paddicake77

i experienced from last few weeks , my symptoms is same as your.

i was go to check to my ph. i am pain with left side upper eye head and pain from neck shoulder and all left leg. felt pain in various points in left side of body also sudden cramp tremors chills and like blood flow extreme in my body and tingling type symptoms. he checked everything related and not found any wrong he said its vein inflamation . do some exercise and prscribed some pain relief when need.

when i do some more tough and hard mental or physical work the pain point became in my uppar eye head . so i bcame worried and numb because of as you felt like brain strock !

but at last i get rid of this . it is a comobination of anxiety related various diseases or symptoms like , cough, bad gut , gerd , weakness and with tention and restlessness.

i take for it first nerve relaxation drugs alprazolam + diazepam
n resting some time more .

second i took amoxicilline 500mg + COMBIFLAM(ibuprofen + paracetamol) ( only in special condition i took combiflame )

2 time for two day

and NUROKIND PLUS cap: mecobalamin 1.5 mg( 1500 mcg), folic acid 1.5 mg, vitamin B6 3 mg, alpha lipoic acid 100 mg.
1 time = 5 days ( mecobalamin defeciency is also reason for anxiety n related symptoms )
felt well and no pain.

actually its combination of one or more problems

like vein inflamation + cough + weakness + gerd + tention + less sleep.

i hope you get hint or help from this.

(edited for spell correction)

Post Edited (Strong_N_Compassionate !) : 8/26/2014 11:12:07 PM (GMT-6)

Nik.,

Sorry you have been feeling unwell.:(

I do wish you the best and much healing with your PT and your new therapist/CBT.

Great job on getting started on the things that are going to bring relief!!

Keep up the good work, and posting.:)

S.C.

Merrida, I had just seen the neurologist, not long ago...and when I had gone to the ER a few months back or so, I have had CT scans, MRI's with contrast and without. I also had the ECG, And the other test for brain waves..(cant remember what it was called) I also had the needle into my muscles test, and the shock things for my muscles. I have muscle damage from surgery on the left arm, and it does still cause pain. I got put on antibiotics yesterday, and I believe it is helping. It was probably a combonation of sinus pressure and the pinched nerve/muscle. Not sure if you were asking me, but wanted to let ya know I had stuff done.