Ha ha! You sound like Goldilocks! Or the Princess and the Pea!
My muscle tightness moves around and is infinitely better than it was during the taper, when I would wake with my head tilted far back and it would take an hour to be able to touch my chin to my chest!
That's great you were so good about doing your exercises. I'm sorry that wasn't enough to protect you!
Meds free since June 2005.
"An initiation into shamanic healing means a devaluation of all values, an overturning of the profane world, a peeling away of inveterate handed-down notions of the world, liberation from everything preconceived. For that reason, shamanism is closely connected with suffering. One must suffer the disintegration of one's own system of thought in order to perceive a new world in the higher space."
-- Holger Kalweit
Speaking of your pillows. I have the same issue, seems my neck is never comfortable.
Wonder if it has anything to do with how stress is held in the base of the neck for women?
On a side note, you are doing great!!! Trips.... wow.
what are your neck issues and what helps? I am back to my old pillow. It;s not greatest but seems I just can't cope with a different one. /They are brand new, full of polyester fibre, but I wake up feeling like they are a brick, whether I try a high one, low one, medium one, soft one, etc. //////when I get around to it I want to buy a dunloppilo medium. I have 2 of dad's old ones but the soft one is too low and the high one is too high1! I hope the medium one will be ok, it is just they are so expensive but I did see one on the internet for half the ;price in the shop.Originally Posted by m&m
do not be excited about trips! It was a shocker of a trip and I am sorry I went, I was miserable perettty mucgh the whole time and felt like a burden to my poor hubby.
I have had a better week, despite today being crook. Overall the head pressure had gone down to mild and sometimes to moderate and so I coped much better. I managed housework and cleaning much better. just one headache this week. One of the good daiys I went and did half hour gardening and was amazed I was ok. After lunch and my n;ap I was still okay so did anogther half hour - that arvo the head went bonkers and I was in bed at 6pm and couldn't think, move or anything, just zombified as my head felt so crazy. It would appear that physical work does it for sure. I am so frustrated as it is now autumn with manyh jobs to be done before winter. /the days are cold and with heavy molrning fog but clearing to beautiful days, so that is annoying as it looks so inviting outside.,. I am very grateful though, as hubby did most of the work that day - like digging the holes, etc the hard work, I didn'ty do a lot - I didn;t think. I am cranky because I thought after 5 months I could get out there and enjoy a trip and come home even better to get into the garden.
m&m – That’s interesting. What have you heard about women, stress, and necks? A lot of women in w/d have neck pain.
Meds free since June 2005.
"An initiation into shamanic healing means a devaluation of all values, an overturning of the profane world, a peeling away of inveterate handed-down notions of the world, liberation from everything preconceived. For that reason, shamanism is closely connected with suffering. One must suffer the disintegration of one's own system of thought in order to perceive a new world in the higher space."
-- Holger Kalweit
It just took me half an hour to log on etc, with this old computer of my daughters. //then I used the wrong email address trying to plug in 4 times...aaagghhhh, so maddening and finally ran hubby and found out i was using yahoo instead of ymail. Well,l yes my head is not good today with head pressure back and the head vibes hi at times along with head banging. The keys are in different places oso please excuse bad typing until I get used to it.
Interesting discussion on pillows. I've been having this issue for years and thought it was just me. I have mild scoliosis at the top of the spine. Hate to think how much I've spent trying different pillows!! I've settled on a moulded one which has a higher bit at the back, a dip in the middle, and a lower hump at the front. I also sometimes elevate it slightly at the back by sticking some old PJ's under it.
Grandma so sorry that you are still having the head pressure / aches. You are definitely allowed to be cranky!!
Aropax (Paxil). Currently at 13mg and holding.
Added Endep (amitrypline) 12.5 for sleep - 11 July 2013
"There are things that are known and things that are unknown; in between are doors." - Anonymous
So on goes the pillow saga. Now hubby decideshe doesn't like any of the 4 new pillows either! He wanted his old filthy, hard, low, scungy, smelly one back - but I had tossed it out! Oh dear.
Thanks for allowing crankyness here! I was very sorry I had posted that day, it was a terrible day, back in my batcave type day. I often feel bad for all my complaining and wingeing and that's why I don't post all the time. It is so lovely though, when you come back to find a reply to a post,and I am so grateful to you guys especially Sheila who is so faithful and deserves a medal for that. But YOU my dear deserve a medal also for the help and perseverance of one particular member on pp and you know who that is. I applaud you!If I could have a drink I would but the person on the right would be me if I did!
I am happy to post I have had a good couple of days! I have tried to get into the garden and BEING SENSIBLE I did only 15 mins again in the morning. That was oky so I now know I can do that. Then I did another 15mins in the afternoon, and by that night was crook (but not as bad as last week) and then a h/a next day. I gave myself a day to recov er and then did another 15mins yesterday morning and again in the afternoon with hubbys help - that meant that we transplanted one shrub - so it was mostly him digging it up, in the barrow, and re-planting - I was just the overseer!
I can see that my muscles are now used to the exerc ises I do, so I have started the back exercise (just one repeat for 10secs).
Has anyone experienced their muscle strength return after tapering/CT????
gD – I think you and me – the symptom we have is that our muscles tighten up fast. So, it helps that we stretch various times a day. But, when you’re asleep and not moving, it gets bad fast.
Also, as you wrote on Joy’s journal – any change from our physical movement routine causes problems. Our muscles just don’t learn and recover very quickly. It’s so very, very frustrating.
The headaches are partly muscle tightening in the neck and head and back.
I notice I cannot hold a phone in a muscularly relaxed manner. I will be on the phone and realize I am pressing it hard into my face. So, I release, but then I notice a few minutes later it has happened again. Didn’t used to have this problem. It’s a neuro thing.
Meds free since June 2005.
"An initiation into shamanic healing means a devaluation of all values, an overturning of the profane world, a peeling away of inveterate handed-down notions of the world, liberation from everything preconceived. For that reason, shamanism is closely connected with suffering. One must suffer the disintegration of one's own system of thought in order to perceive a new world in the higher space."
-- Holger Kalweit
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