My sleep is OK, though never really super relaxing. Some nights wake up more frequently than others. Had no lasting sides from mirtazapine afaik.
Just an update. For the past few days Iāve started to feel depressed and unloved by my family. This has never happened before. I spent 10 mins staring at the wall. I feel edgy and slightly upset and itās becoming more difficult to watch TV and positively connect with the programme. I feel less connected to the outside world like my head is in a bubble which also makes it harder to write.
I have tried meditating in the morning but that hasnāt worked and might actually give me tension headaches. I also get tension headaches after spending 30mins sitting in the sun. These depressive feelings tend to happen between 11am-4pm. Is there anything that can help me feel better during these depressive states?
How do you respond to exercise? Could you try a morning run perhaps?
My anxiety doesnāt like physical exercise. Perhaps I should do 30 minutes on the exercise bike. The Dr said brain burning was a stress response hence I removed the stress of exercise. Brain burn is much improved.
I know this might sound like a stupid question but are you feeling more stressed than usual in general life? Iām sure your symptoms are a source so this could go around and around in circles if you try to work out which is the source but is there anything you could do to reduce stress at the moment?
Is there a countryside space you could go to and just try to relax in? I know the meditation isnāt working out so well, but would that alternative be worth looking at? Iām not sure how helpful that is, Iām just trying to make suggestions that might spark something.
No itās a good point. All the physical stresses on my body have been gone for a month. I did think about going somewhere relaxing although Iām at home doing nothing, getting sunshine and going for occasional walks in the nearby forest. Only things directly affecting the brain now cause a stress reaction.
Hmm. I wonder if you could experiment by trying out different mental tasks and activities? Try to think of the lowest stressing thing you can and work out where you are from there?
Iām not sure if you could train yourself up by slowly and gently building up to harder things?
Perhaps itās better to just avoid all stress for a while?
The Dr thinks some of my symptoms describe Functional Neurological Disorder so what you mentioned about building up mental tasks would be right for this condition.
Dr Jon Stone, Consultant Neurologist, at the University of Edinburgh is a leading specialist in this condition.
These are the medications recommended for this condition
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Antidepressants - there are older types - called 'tricyclics( including Amitryptiline, Imipramine, Trazodone) and newer types called SSRIs or SNRIs (including Fluoxetine, Sertraline, Citalopram, Duloxetine, Venlafaxine, Mirtazepine and Paroxetine)
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āNeuropathicā painkillers - like Amitryptiline, Duloxetine, Carbamazepine, Gabapentin or Pregabalin
Please note that BENZODIAZEPINES such as Diazepam, Lorazepam or Nitrazepam and OPIATES such as Morphine, MST, Oxycontin, Oxycodone, Cocodamol are NOT ON THIS LIST
Update. Managed to sleep 6 hours last night. The last time I slept 6 hours was about 11 days ago. In between that Iāve had a couple of 10minute sleeps. Iāve not had any sleep aids in several weeks. The first sleep came after listening to 432 binaural beats on YouTube.
I noticed today after sitting in the sun for 15 mins my eyes felt sticky and I struggled with reading when I went back inside. Could just be normal and Iām being over sensitive. Not had any vision issues before this.
Yesterday I had 2 pieces of milk chocolate which lifted my mood. Iām not sure if it increased cortisol? Does anyone know why?
Update:
Zoplicone 1.75mg also gave me a sex hormone crash but I recovered in a few days.
I took 100mg of passion flower to help with sleep last night. I woke up after an hour with a full sex hormone crash. My left arm has been shaking on and off today and now my left leg is also shaking.
Both are Gaba agonists, one a drug and the other a supplement. I decided not to take the full dose and cut up each tablet into a quarter. I have bad insomnia but it doesnāt look like I can use Gaba agonists at the moment.
5 HTP also caused some mild shaking in the left arm.
My original brain burn is much improved, anxiety is probably much better. Head pressure headaches come and go as they please but are less severe than they were a few weeks ago.
My body still feels very awake but should be exhausted.
I am still sensitive to drugs and supplements right now which cause crashes that are becoming worse. They used to cause brain burn and intense head pressure headaches so that has improved.
Q) Can the sensitiveness to drugs/supplements that cause crashes improve over time?
Thanks
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