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What exactly is wrong with me?

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Been dealing with this for about five years. I thought it was anxiety and would all go away but 20mg lexapro and 50mg doxepin for the last six months hasn't really helped.

- feel tense

- frequent headache

- constantly feel like i have to pop my neck

- myofacial pain/pressure

- racing thoughts

-constant self-awareness

-worse at night

-goes away typically when I'm very focused

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Agora1

Hi Rdiz777, there is nothing wrong with you that a little extra help from yourself might work. We each deal with our issues in our own way. However, when it continues not to work for us, then we must either find other alternatives or keep spiraling out of control.

The symptoms you have listed seem like someone who is in extreme anxiety. (which I was at one time) The fact that it basically goes away when you are re-focused tells me that anxiety and stress have overtaken your life. But it doesn't have to. There are ways to counteract

those symptoms. Medication/Therapy are the first two that most doctors/therapists will

order. But that only "breaks the ice" for you. The rest is up to the person to address each

symptom and work on that issue.

My "go to" has always been YouTube. I was on medication and had therapy multiple times a week but it was YouTube that gave me the answers I was looking for. For each issue you have there is a video meant to address it. From Pain to Self Esteem there is a meditation.

You basically would be re-programming your thoughts in order to break the habit that you

are in right now. It is a habit in feeling as we do. What we think is what we get.

I had myofascial pain pressure along with daily headaches. Heat paks, physical therapy

helped break up the spasms but it was what I did on a daily basis, Meditation/Breathing that

put an end to it.

For Self-Awareness there are Affirmation Meditations, Tenseness, Relaxation and Breathing Meditations that can literally put you into a calming state within moments once it has been practiced.

So you see, there is nothing wrong with you that working on yourself won't change.

It's a commitment and hard work but so worth the effort when you start feeling better :) xx

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Rdiz777 in reply to Agora1

Thank you so much, appreciate this

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happytulip in reply to Rdiz777

I think someone who has been to medical school would be far more appropriate for an initial assessment than YouTube.

They may be able to signpost you to local facilities or groups. If you have felt this bad for this long it's sensible to be seen by a doctor.

in reply to Agora1

Another great post Agora 😂 I totally agree the anxiety monster!

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Thank You Timepass :) xx

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Rdiz777

I didn't mean it that way; I'm genuinely wondering, what is wrong with me medically

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czw1959

Lexapro has worked but not ,the only thing. Hypnosis is a great tool as well.See a councilor that can guide you thru your anxieties. But get outside with nature ,walk, run, swim. It's a great stress reliever.

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PearlsDaughter3

Primary Physician needed a.s.a.p.Rule out causes other than mental

Head pain severe, find why first

off, eliminating physical possibility.

Hope you get your miracle.

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Rdiz777 in reply to PearlsDaughter3

I did for several months - 600mg gabapentin

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