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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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
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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