Chrissi,I have to say that your transformation over the last 6 months is amazing. You have come farther in a shorter amount of time than I think anyone. I think that people one this site who are suffering should look to you as an example that things will get better!Mike
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Chrissi,I have to say that your transformation over the last 6 months is amazing. You have come farther in a shorter amount of time than I think anyone. I think that people one this site who are suffering should look to you as an example that things will get better!Mike
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Thanx Mike. But I want to say that I had a lot of support from the people on the board, a good friend I found on here , and 2 very good docs that right from the start said that there's more to treat that just fascicutations and that put me back on my feet. I also had the help of meds in the early days for the first 2 months PLUS two family members that went through GAD and helped me through this. So this was rather more a whole staff than a one-women-show 
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)Great post, christinasgirl123!The best we can do is to take care of our bodies; exercise, eat right, go for an annual physical, do the routine health screenings as recommended, (Colonoscopy, mammogram, prostate exam, cholesterol, etc.) Let the rest go, and get on with living. Otherwise, if we pay attention to every new symptom that crops up, we will drive ourselves buggy. As Mario said, we need to get to a place where we "eliminate the middle-man," and just resign to tell ourselves that every oddity, every buzz and twitch and tingle and tremor is nothing new under the BFS sun. I remember reaching that point and it was so liberating. Gosh, I've probably labeled stuff as "BFS" that clearly wasn't, like hemorrhoids and excess flatulence, 
just because I'd gotten so accustomed to doing so. I had some of the most bizarre symptoms ever, and I still believe they were caused by nervous hyperexcitability. The sneezing anomoly was the most memorable. I actually could not sneeze for over a month, despite feeling the urgent need to do so. Was it BFS? Who the hell knows, but there was no other explanation, so it got lumped in with goofy, quirky bfs. At some point, we have to stop the madness and mayhem of constantly needing to hear from somewhere outside of ourselves that we are ok. We ARE ok. Period. Done. Along with that, (at least for me,) I needed to stop looking for a root cause and a magical cure because it's all part of the same vicious, spiraling lunacy. It's almost as though BFS is OCD in bodily form; it's the physical manifestation of the mental condition. As our obsessive thoughts ruminate and recycle around and around, so do our physical bodies. Thought for thought, twitch for twitch, the body follows the brain follows the body follows the brain. When we finally figure out how to just be still in our minds, our bodies either follow suit, or at the very least, our souls can find a refuge of quiet and calm in the midst of the chaos. Ahhhh. Blessings, Sue
just because I'd gotten so accustomed to doing so. I had some of the most bizarre symptoms ever, and I still believe they were caused by nervous hyperexcitability. The sneezing anomoly was the most memorable. I actually could not sneeze for over a month, despite feeling the urgent need to do so. Was it BFS? Who the hell knows, but there was no other explanation, so it got lumped in with goofy, quirky bfs. At some point, we have to stop the madness and mayhem of constantly needing to hear from somewhere outside of ourselves that we are ok. We ARE ok. Period. Done. Along with that, (at least for me,) I needed to stop looking for a root cause and a magical cure because it's all part of the same vicious, spiraling lunacy. It's almost as though BFS is OCD in bodily form; it's the physical manifestation of the mental condition. As our obsessive thoughts ruminate and recycle around and around, so do our physical bodies. Thought for thought, twitch for twitch, the body follows the brain follows the body follows the brain. When we finally figure out how to just be still in our minds, our bodies either follow suit, or at the very least, our souls can find a refuge of quiet and calm in the midst of the chaos. Ahhhh. Blessings, SueYes that is a good point. I am trying to figure out WHAT happened to me in september 2011, WHY it happened, WHAT I have and how to CURE it. I would like the explanation. And as you said, it is the same madness that watching for every twitch or pain or paresthesia. It is so hard to settle for no explanation. My father in law asks me why I can not lift more heavy things. How much easier would be for him to understand if I would be able to say like: I have rheumatic arthritis, than to say: Ogh, well, my joints and muscles hurt in my hand...