Progress
March 1, 2009 1:07am
Down 3 lbs in the last week. Pain is there, for sure, but it's not slowing me down much. I've been in the gym, doing tons of …
Progress
25 %
rreilly3 
6:15pm, October 17, 2009
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About Me
rreilly3
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About Me
Recently married and turned the big three-oh this year. Just moved to Fresno because of job promotion. The job is very stressful but rewarding. Having to travel 3+ days per week has been taxing. Battling myofascial pain syndrome and constant upper back spasms and knots.
Recently married and turned the big three-oh this year. Just moved to Fresno because of job promotion. The job is very stressful but rewarding. Having to travel 3+ days per week has been taxing. Battling myofascial pain syndrome and constant upper back spasms and knots.
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Interests
Baseball, music, our pets, days that I don't have to use my brain... :)
Baseball, music, our pets, days that I don't have to use my brain... :)
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Journal
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Up 2lbs but learning to manage pain!
February 19, 2009 10:09pm
The weight is up 2 lbs... I attribute this to the body holding extra water since it's shocked at my recent attempts to workout every day. …
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Good Start!
February 16, 2009 1:32pm
Well, I can't say that I've lost any weight yet, but I do feel more flexible even though I'm sore all over from working out each of the …
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Coummunication
February 10, 2009 8:42pm
Hey all. I probably will start a journal here before long, as I really enjoy writing and this seems like a good place to vent/wonder out …
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Goals
Progress
10 %
Goal End Date is Mar 25, 09 245 days ago.Current Weight (Lbs)185Body Mass Index (BMI)26.5 -
Support Groups
Close Chronic Pain
3 years ago I was rear-ended by a drunk driver at 4pm! I felt no pain then.. flash forward about 6 months I'm playing golf and I suddenly cannot turn my head in either direction. My neck/upper back have gone down hill on me since then. I can hardly sneeze without triggering the pain. I literally rolled over in bed too quickly one time and had to stay home from work! I was JUST diagnosed with Myofascial Pain Syndrome last week. Finally, at least I know what I'm dealing with!
Treatments
- Acupressure Too Soon to Tell
- I start next week. I'll keep you posted!
- Chiropractic Adjustment Too Soon to Tell
- Starting in a week or two. Will keep you posted!
- Flexeril Somewhat Helpful
- I've been using before bed for a few months. It is effective at getting me to sleep but wears off quickly. I can't take it during the day because it makes me too sleepy.
- Heat Working / Worked
- Works but the effects don't last long enough!
- Hydrocodone Working / Worked
- If I need to get things done, a 500mg Vicodin will dull the pain long enough to get it off of my mind for 3 or 4 hours.
- Massage Working / Worked
- Deep tissue massage seems to get rid of 90 of the pain for about 3 days. I get this done every other week.
- Meditation Too Soon to Tell
- I'm just getting into this. I also started reading a book on energy psychiatry that has a lot of good information that I'm looking to incorporate into my lifestyle that should help.
- Mobic Somewhat Helpful
- Naproxen Not Working
- NSAID's of this strength and less loss their affect on me when I was in high school.
- Pamelor Too Soon to Tell
- Still on week 1, 10mg... having lots of dreams and better sleep. No pain relief yet!
- Physical Therapy Not Working
- Been doing this for 3 years now.....
Close Myofascial Pain Syndrome
3 years ago I was rear-ended by a drunk driver at 4pm! I felt no pain then.. flash forward about 6 months I'm playing golf and I suddenly cannot turn my head in either direction. My neck/upper back have gone down hill on me since then. I can hardly sneeze without triggering the pain. I literally rolled over in bed too quickly one time and had to stay home from work! I was JUST diagnosed with Myofascial Pain Syndrome last week. Finally, at least I know what I'm dealing with!
Treatments
- Pamelor Too Soon to Tell
- Started a few days ago... still only 10mgs. Sure am dreaming better and sleeping better but no pain relief yet!
- Hydrocodone Working / Worked
- If I need to get things done a 500mg Vicodin will dull the pain long enough to get it off of my mind for 3 or 4 hours.
- Acupuncture Too Soon to Tell
- Chiropractic Adjustment Too Soon to Tell
- Pain Management Clinic Too Soon to Tell
- Flexeril Somewhat Helpful
Open Anxiety
I've had panic attacks since age 19, when I started using metabolife. Now, almost 30, I don't have full-on attacks that often, thanks to medication, but I have background anxiety that could easily erupt into attacks every single day, if it weren't for ativan.
Treatments
- Ativan Working / Worked
- This is the only medicine that has consistantly worked for me.
- Breathing Exercises Somewhat Helpful
- Breathwork Somewhat Helpful
- Sometimes you just don't have the time to get somewhere quiet and calm down... in fact, you usually don't have time to do so.
- BuSpar Not Working
- Lexapro Not Working
- Meditation Somewhat Helpful
- I love meditation. Again, it's a matter of getting into a routine of doing so. I must create time to do this.
- Paxil Working / Worked
- The first SSRI I ever tried. I stopped taking this around age 20 or 21 because I thought I was cured. A few months later, I started having attacks again. No SSRI has ever helped since.
- Positive Thinking Somewhat Helpful
- I do believe that positive thinking and self talk are very useful anxiety-fighting tools. I haven't mastered them yet. I am a very optimistic person and think of myself as one of the more positive people in the world, but I need to remind myself to catch myself when having negative thoughts so I can counter with a positive thought.
- St. John\'s Wort Working / Worked
- Xanax Working / Worked
- The few times I've tried it, just as affective as Ativan.
- Zoloft Not Working
- Prozac Not Working
- After a week of prozac I woke up one morning and everything was green for about 510 minutes.... scary.
- Effexor Not Working
- Wellbutrin Working / Worked
