@CuddleHugs01234 thank you and yeah you’re absolutely right about the sugar. I’ve really had to cut back on that because I do remember that did used to cause a lot of inflammation for me. I like all of your suggestions by the way it’s funny when I used to see a chiropractor actually after my car accident a few years ago the chiropractor told me that I was one of the most nervous and anxious patients he’s ever had and I told him I know I’ve pretty much been this way my whole life and he laughed and he thought I was joking but after the time that he spent with me, he realized that I wasn’t joking lol 😂
@lonelytauros You are welcome. Sugar will also make me depressed or anxious. But other than that, I don’t have anxiety. It’ll make me worry or focus on little things, sometimes big things. But once I’m back off of sugar, I’m good.
I haven't been diagnosed with chronic pain but believe me it's chronic. I've resisted the pain meds every time it's come up but I'd like to have them on hand for occasional issues. That doesn't work so well. Up until 2019 i thought it was life and now i know it's not. I try to manage it the best i can, without self medicating but it's hard. I let 3 holes in my stomach tacking ibuprofen before i knew what was going on, and to be honest that didn't even help. It also hard to express to anyone without me feeling they think im lazy. But anyway feel you.
Hard to say if this will help you.
I got it as a gift from my partner, and ultimately got two things from reading it.
1) Techniques on how to stay present during times of intense pain of flareups
2) The understanding that I may never “get better”
Before, I had been holding out for some kind of ultimate solution, waiting for my life to start, rather than making life worth living now This has also helped me be kinder to myself and made it easier for me to accept my limitations, which has lead to me being able to communicate my needs to others more openly and effectively.
My pain is mostly the result of inflammation, so here are a few things I do to help:
Getting enough sleep and keeping a diet that’s right for you may help also ~
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@EarthlyAngel003 thank you for sharing that I think it would definitely be helpful in the very least and I do agree that sleep and diet play a huge role in one’s health. One interesting thing though was a lot of people have been saying that which I totally agree with but not too many people mention stress as a trigger factor and I think stress also plays a huge role.
@lonelytauros Oh yes, stress is definitely a killer.
Dr. Sten Ekberg is a former Olympic athlete who is now a chiropractor in Atlanta. I follow his YouTube channel and he has great content. In this video he explains why stress is makes every disease and medical condition known to man worse and he gives some advice on dealing with stress.
I've been dealing with chronic migraines since I was 15. I have chronic tendinitis in my left ankle. Chronic nerve pain in my left arm. And scoliosis, osteoarthritis and 4 bulging discs in a small section of my spine. As far as the migraines go I take my imitrex and pray it works. But I have to pick and choose when to take it as I can only take 9 a month. Nothing for my arm or ankle. For my back they go in and do a steroid epidural in my spine every 3 months (just had one today) and then an ablation (burning the nerve endings) every 6. It doesn't completely get rid of all the pain but when I don't get them I'm unable to walk at all, so it's definitely a vast improvement.
None of my doctors will give pain meds for any of these issues and OTC doesn't touch the pain so I've unfortunately had to learn to just live with it.
@lonelytauros I’m sorry that you suffer from this but I’m not familiar with septic arthritis so I’ll look it up. I’ve had rheumatoid arthritis for almost 40 years. At times it’s horrible, actually any kind of arthritis is miserable. Mine goes into remission off and on. I have a lot of different things I do for the pain that seem to help. I take Plaquinil and diclofenac but I also take breaks from it. For the nerve pain I have I take gabapentin, but that turns me into a zombie! I follow the Mediterranean diet as much as possible. I eat a lot of olives, blueberries and grapes!! lol But I know that sugar and carbs that I crave don’t help. CBD doesn’t do much. But there are days when anyone with chronic pain just doesn’t feel like getting up. With my issues moving around is really best but I don’t always feel like doing that. I’ve also had to have surgery because of arthritis and nerve problems. It helped and made big changes for me. Hoping it all gets easier for you!
@JohnR1972 @carrieanne thank you for sharing
@hey_nikky i’m so sorry to hear what you’re going through
@lonelytauros try looking into the Mayo Clinic’s Pain Rehabilitation Clinic. Offered at the MN, FL, and AZ locations. It’s a big commitment for travel and lodging for 3.5 weeks. Also, must have good insurance to cover nearly all, or else looking at a massive bill. Was really life changing for me. First, being in a room full of people that understand the challenges of having pain and limitations for years with the heavy tolls it takes. Next you learn about how your brain literally has pathways rewritten if you deal with enough pain long enough, and then how to redevelop healthy habits to break some of the mental and physical cycles.
@lonelytauros I was pain-free most of my life until a really bad bicycle accident happened to me three years ago. I had a lot of recurring pain in different areas and a real lack of mobility in my arm and hand due to the injury and subsequent rehab.
Things I tried outside of my prescribed occupational therapy sessions (not all of them worked but it was an interesting experiment): acupuncture, massage, CBD, cryotherapy, ketamine (strictly regulated and administered in a Doctor’s office), hot tubs, and recumbent cycling to do some kind of physical exercise. I also meditated and phased out alcohol and red meat.
It was kind of a shotgun approach, and not really scientific in nature, but I gradually started to feel better overall. Maybe it was the placebo effect but I wasn’t really complaining either way!
I hope this helps. Unfortunately it’s hard to get out from under the funk of pain, physically and emotionally. It took me a while but now I’d say I’m pretty much back to about 90% of where I started from. That’s a whole lot better than I expected.
Keep on going!
@TR23 @MrMarkAndrew thank you for sharing your input and experience. I appreciate it.
Like others have mentioned, also have chronic migraines, along with a litany of collected injuries from dance/being clumsy thant have effed me up pretty well. Most of my solutions have already been mentioned, but two I didn't really see touched upon: