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I had a good ten days where all I had to do was deal with anxiety. All my physical symptoms were basically gone. I had an intense 10 days of rehearsals and final performance of my kids at school. The next day I woke up dizzy with a headache. I haven't had this since last winter. I am so upset today. The anxiety is not here today. The headache and slight dizziness is here in full force. I had to call in sick one day this week. I managed to work 3 days. I had told myself that I would not call in sick again.

It is has been one year since I had 24 hrs. without being sick or anxiety ridden. I am having a really rough time today. I have been to many doctors and have spent thousands of dollars over the past year. I thought I was making progress.

I have a doctors appointment this week for a physical. We had fought about having an MRI for my headaches last winter. I couldn't afford it then but now that I have met my deductible I am going to see if she will still order me one. I am frustrated and scared. i want my life back. I am 60 and my mother is 91. I want to be able to spend quality time with her.

I have no idea if I do everything right for the weekend if I will feel any better on Monday to go back to work. I have been doing everything that everyone has told me to do for the last year.

I think there is definitely something in the air, Cornell.

I am stuggling too, CD. It seems to creep up on me after I have a really good couple of days. I feel like I can't put my guard down for a second. I miss the days I was able to fully relax:( But like Cornell said, we cannot let this affect the progress that we have made. It is so, so hard not too!! But we HAVE to. I hope you feel better soon.

We could almost have a sticky about the "morning anxiety" stuff! I would hazard a guess that most of us have posted about this, too, so you're not alone in that one bit! I know that doesn't make it go away, but it does help to know there are others (lots others!) out there who get it too, and to know you're not alone.

It can be jolting and jarring and alarming all rolled into one big wake-me-up! I still get them...

As far as set-backs, this is something I'm working on at the moment as well. We need to retrain our brains, I believe, to understand and accept that a bad day, or several bad days, doesn't undo all the good days and good things that came before. It's like having a cold. You get sick, but you get over it, and you're healthy again.

Now to have a similar (mental) approach when we have our hiccup days.....this too shall pass.





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Thanks all. I am eating gluten free chocolate chip cookies and they are making me feel better. I have to try to believe that this is a temporary set back, just that.

I put a pot roast and an apple pie in the oven. My headache is getting better. I hope tomorrow is a better day. I forgot about the full moon. It has been raining for the past week. Another reason that it was a very bad week. Here's to next week.

Last year i went through all the specialists for migraine, sinus, ears and ruled them all out. I hope an MRI will rule out anything more serious. I shall remain a mystery. I am feeling better now and don't want to jinx it. I can be my own worst enemy.

Sending you many healing thoughts CD... I just had a couple of rough days myself after having nearly a month of stability. Anxiety & dread reared its head. I understand.

I agree with Bettsann about the planets, moons etc. I have heard more than once about Mercury being in retrograde, planets being mis-aligned etc. I don't give astrology much attention but I do believe the things Bettsann mentioned. It's well known that the ER fills up and often w/crazy ailments, on a full moon. My mom was an ER nurse for 16 yrs- I would always hear the "full moon" stories.

I can't remeber where you live, but my allergies have just been awful in the past cpl of weeks. I've had bad headaches & dizziness too. Maybe you're having allergy symptoms and that can sure make you feel bad mentally & physically.

I'm glad your cookies comforted you and you stayed productive with cooking your pot roast & pie! You're going to be ok ♥️

Sending love-
Lisa

Circus Dog-

I take sudaphed, 2 Tylenol & up to 4 Advil at one time for horrible sinus headaches. It works nearly every time. I get sinus headaches so bad that I've had my husband pull my hair bc it felt good...Also a bag of frozen peas in my head (all while waiting on the meds to work).

If you can take sudaphed, please try it. For me, it works wonders. I buy the generic. You can take 2 Tylenol & up to 4 Advil (ibuprofen) together. Tylenol is every 6 hrs and Advil is every 8 hours. I tell everyone I know to take sudaphed with pain relievers for these headaches and they say it works for them too.

Another trick I learned this year is to inhale lavender & peppermint oil together. I bought a roller ball stick at a spa called No More Headache." It's lavender and peppermint oil. I just sniffed it for about 5 mins and the headache was gone before the meds even had time to kick in!

Consider investing in some quality lavender and peppermint oil or look for that rollerball stick. I keep it in my purse now & it also helps with relaxing if you have anxiety!

Sending many healing thoughts-
Lisa