No Sleep & MND Anxiety

[fluffyducky]

Hello, I have had virtually no sleep. I have convinced myself that this is *it* and I cant shake it and the more I think it the more it think it must be true if that makes sense. I am now reading blogs and stats on mnd which I know is not helpful in my current state but I cant help myself. yesterday afternoon I felt as though my wrist and hand were cramping really bad especially when the twitch was occurring. the other sensations in the same hand like the odd thumb index finger twitch are terrifying me. I feel I am going out of my mind. I have 2 wee boys and I really need to get it together but I cant seem to shake it. the twitch on my hand only seems to come on after doing something with grip - anyone experience that. The ortho did seem happy that it was ulnar nerve related but it doesn't sit well with me I know no one in here can give me any real answers either just clutching at straws for some peace of mind.Sharon x

 

[Gracer]

Holy God, Sharon, why do you think orthopedist is wrong? Do not you have much handwork? Dont you have to use your hands for playing with the kids? Ulnar compression WAS a disease of tennis players, carpenters and milkers, yes, but nowadays many people have it in a mild form but bad enough to causing pains. Especially if your pain is related to grip action, irradiates in the wrist anf forearm - why you really should thing it is ALS for the good sake? It is typical syptom of nerve compression, I have it, my sister in law had it (pain was really hardly bearable in her case and she had two fingers unable to flex - paralysed practically, but she got treatment and got them back), many people have it, believe me.Sharon, on my point of view, if you can not sleep and ensured yourself that you are dying, then you need also a help of professional consultant. Practically many people have no idea (and how they can got it, I wonder) what to do with the fears of death. Such fears would catch us earlier or later in the life. And it is very hard to deal with them without a proper help. The sooner you will find a helper in that issue, the better. No meds itself could be too helpful, no good advise would make you back to reasonable life. You lost your criticism to the situation, your frontal lobes can not help you and all info you receive from the world (including your orthopedist opinion, for example) gets directly to the amygdala (a part of brain causing strong emotionsl reactions and fight or flee status in whic you are trapped now. That is how stress and fear works, it is normal process inherited from our wildlife ancestry but it is a trap since we are not too animal any more and do not have a real enemy to fight or flee in that case. That is why consultancy or speaking therapy is necessary - it helps to recharge your frontal lobes and restore your own ability to rule emotions.with many many sympathies,Yulia

 

[fluffyducky]

Yulia, thank you for your time speaking with me. I know I really need to get a hold of things regardless what is wrong, I'm making myself very ill.

 

[LisaQ.]

You CAN help yourself, you're just choosing not to. You need to physically STOP what you are doing online, even if you lock up your computer or toss it in the garbage. Chances are, your symptoms will improve, just from being on the computer less. Have you tried taking some ibuprofen? My doc always told me 2 weeks of ibuprofen (as long as I could tolerate it) every 4-6 hours while awake, whenever there is entrapment. And rest from the computer! Your obsessive thoughts are being fed by all that you are reading, and you are in this matrix of suspended reality; believing everything you think and read to be the truth, while the ACTUAL truth is being obscured and ignored. You are the only one who can stop the madness. We can't unplug your computer or get you dressed or take a walk for you. But this is precisely what you must do. Perhaps you ought not even visit this forum; but stay off the internet, altogether, until you are over this hump. So many people have lots of piddly little symptoms, every day, and they aren't losing sleep thinking they have **S. Why is that? Because they aren't reading about it and visiting discussion groups and constantly FEEDING themselves this false information. People with **S WISH they could have our problems. It is shameful how much time us healthy people have wasted on worry and ridiculousness. What they wouldn't give, to trade places with us. We should live our lives in a manner that is worthy of their suffering. Blessings, Sue