I am so tired of this pain!!!

Suzanne,
I'm so sorry for all you're going through. The things you are doing like EFT and other natural approaches, reading, learninig, etc., are not meant to be the whole package for most of us here. There are also very physical things going on which require traditional western medicine. Think of an Integrative Medicine approach. The things you're doing can be part of the package, but not the whole package. This is NOT just due to blocked emotional issues; they may play a role, but we all have blocked past emotional baggage. So working with a good therapist and also with pain management and other specialists is what you need. It sounds to me like the center you're going to may be laying on some what I call "new age guilt". I say this as someone with a professional background in mental health who has integrated many comlplimentary therapies into traditional mental health approaches. There is a real danger when anyone starts telling people that basically, the pain or the cancer or whatever is related to blocked emotional issues that need to be solved as part of it all before the pain or cancer can be healed or cured or fixed or even improved. The worst of the practitioners promote avoiding traditional medicine in favor of alternatives, and that can be dangerous. It also sounds like you are starting to feel guilty that if you could just unblock these emotions you'd be cured of your headaches.

Try to work with practitioners who are willing to integrate the best of all approaches. This isn't all about emotions, athough they can be a part of it.
Hugs,

PaLady

PALady and Frances

Thank you for your suggestions and believe me I have tried them all or certainly tons of them. I just had several sessions by an osteopath who also did acupuncture with no relief so he said we'll take a break for now instead of wasting my money if it doesn't work. I get nerve blocks done to freeze my whole head? (If you have had this done how long did you find the block lasted??)I also have weekly massage and chiro. I am going to try a new chiro this week. Like i said I have tried several forms of therapy and after several weeks of treatment and there is no improvement then there is no sense in carrying on. We were just trying the EFT as it was suggested. so if there is something there it is in my subconscious as i don't know what would be causing this pain if it is emotional. It's worth looking into as I am trying everything possible. I have a pain dr. as well. I feel that I have everyone one board that I need but no one is finding the answer yet. All my tests are negative.

I just wanted to post and vent about my pain as I figured who better to understand than you people here.

In response to your question about nerve blocks, they generally last 2-8 days for me. Sometimes as long as 3 weeks, but that's really, really rare. However, the nerve blocks were a good diagnostic tool in my case that lead me to decide to go forward with the Radio Frequency nerve ablation (which lasted over 6 years) & then a Spinal Cord Stimulator, which I have implanted at C2. The SCS has provided pretty constant relief ever since I got it programmed. Sometimes I don't get as great of relief from it for a while, but then I just go back for reprogramming & then it helps again. It takes care of about 50% of my total pain, about 70% of the pain in my neck/head/shoulders.

Anyways, I'm certainly not one to fault anyone for trying whatever treatments are out there. If something works for you, that's great. I think what PA & I were gently trying to suggest was that taking on guilt/blame for being in pain usually doesn't help anyone to recover. In so much as there are emotional roots to your pain, I genuinely hope that this program you are trying helps. I just know from my own experience that when I started feeling guilty that I had all these negative hidden emotions that were basically ruining my life through crippling headaches, it just caused my muscles to tighten up which resulted in even more pain. When I was able to just let that go, forgive myself & move forward with my life (as much as possible), I found that not only was I less miserable, but my pain improved as well. It was not even close to 100% gone, but it was noticeably improved. So, please, try to cut yourself a break on the "blocked emotions". If you have that, they will come out in time when you are ready to face them.

feel better,
Frances

Frances_2008 said...
In response to your question about nerve blocks, they generally last 2-8 days for me. Sometimes as long as 3 weeks, but that's really, really rare. However, the nerve blocks were a good diagnostic tool in my case that lead me to decide to go forward with the Radio Frequency nerve ablation (which lasted over 6 years) & then a Spinal Cord Stimulator, which I have implanted at C2. The SCS has provided pretty constant relief ever since I got it programmed. Sometimes I don't get as great of relief from it for a while, but then I just go back for reprogramming & then it helps again. It takes care of about 50% of my total pain, about 70% of the pain in my neck/head/shoulders.

Anyways, I'm certainly not one to fault anyone for trying whatever treatments are out there. If something works for you, that's great. I think what PA & I were gently trying to suggest was that taking on guilt/blame for being in pain usually doesn't help anyone to recover. In so much as there are emotional roots to your pain, I genuinely hope that this program you are trying helps. I just know from my own experience that when I started feeling guilty that I had all these negative hidden emotions that were basically ruining my life through crippling headaches, it just caused my muscles to tighten up which resulted in even more pain. When I was able to just let that go, forgive myself & move forward with my life (as much as possible), I found that not only was I less miserable, but my pain improved as well. It was not even close to 100% gone, but it was noticeably improved. So, please, try to cut yourself a break on the "blocked emotions". If you have that, they will come out in time when you are ready to face them.

feel better,
Frances

My pain dr. did not recommend the nerve ablation for myself. I am not taking on guilt for my pain I just want it gone and am going everywhere possible to get help and answers. I find it difficult to move forward when i have so much pain, no sleep, I am exhausted and feel terrible. Everyday I try to do a little something fun for myself but sometimes I am in bed all day with ice on my head. A few of my meds were changed today so I hope for changes in the next week.

 

Thanks for caring Frances.