Your Kind Words Uplifted Me

[osauruszDinosaurrex]

Thank you so much! Your words are like fresh air to me!
ristinaL91, I am from Turin, the city that has just hosted the winter Olympics...and you are welcome anytime to come and visit, I will be your guide! And thank you for the compliment on my English...I have been dating an English guy for a couple of years and that did the trick!

Anyway, I feel I bit better this morning. I also realized that my neck tremor is probably due to my chair/desk at the office as I am free of it as soon as I walk out...so there has to be a connection..
I think in a way I am past the big scare...I just cannot let it go once and forever, it is like I don't want to relax but want to keep a part of the worry there, just in case...do I make any sense???
I also would like to share with you my strategy against our companions...so far I have tried:
shatsu massage: no results
mag: no results
homeo remedies: have been on them only for one week so I guess I have to give them more time.
Osteopathic treatment: immediate relief but it lasts only one day...

Now I want to try bananas.... I have read somebody's post saying they worked for him....

Ciao ciao
Elena

 

[rawjenniferlawrenc]

Elena,

it sounds like you have an association with your desk chair that when you sit on it, even if you feel otherwise fine, you will wait for the neck twitch to come because you asociate it with sitting on this chair. it sounds EXACTLY like me with one of my lecture halls. i felt very bad in this particular room one day and so now every time i go to it, i still feel the same sense of dread and almost look for the symptoms and wait for them to appear. it seems that this sort of thing is really normal, and i might have a useful tip...

i changed where i usually sat in my lecture hall and felt better. it sounds crazy, but psychologically it seemed to work for me. i know it's not a cure, but maybe you could try changing the position of your desk and chair in the room - or even moving it to a different room - and see what happens. it might change your mental association with the chair and help you feel better.

i'm pretty new to this forum myself and really don't know as much about these twitchy symptoms as some of the older and wiser posters, but i do believe that the twitching, tremors, pain, etc are definitely linked to stress and anxiety, without question.

best wishes, and take pleasure in your beautiful country's lovely june weather! i have visited italy before and would uch rather be down there than in windy scotland right now!

 

[LisaQ.]

Hi Elena,
Lots of folks on the boards have complained of postural tremors.

I used to get them really badly especially when I sat in my desk chair also.

Yes, my head (I even made a 'bobble head post' long ago, lol) and my upper body used to twitch unmercifully back in the day.

I'm fine now, barely any tremors or twitches to complain about.

I hope this helps to ease your mind...

Blessings,
Sue

 

[osauruszDinosaurrex]

You are certainly right about the anxiety thing. I am very anxious especially concerning health and no matter what I have I always think I have something terrible.
My twitching started after a very intense year, in 2005 I changed job (twice!!!) moved house and got married. Although they are all positive things I am sure they overloaded my nervous system.
My neuro said that our mind can trigger all sort of weird things, that are real, not only preceived, and it is due to chemical reactions in our bodies triggered by the state of anxiety.

Thank you for the tip! There is a certain truth about it, meaning that when I sit down in the morning I sort of expect this tremor to start. But I also think there is a "mechanical" reason. Today I changed a few things in the way I sit and the tremor is almost gone. I have a contraction on my neck that probably is pushed so much when I am in certain position to make the muscle tremble..

I will have to disappoint you on the Italian weather! This spring we haven't seen much of the sun and it is still pretty cold to be june but, of course, I suppose we get less rain than Scotland!
Elena

 

[osauruszDinosaurrex]

Thank you Sue, I read you old post and I thought that at least I was not the only one getting this weird thing!

I really have to say it once more, this board is a blessing and all of you are really caring and nice people.
It makes me think the fact the we are all so far away but can be so close sharing our experiences!