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I'm not doing great at all today. I'm feeling down. I also keep beating myself up for everything and feel like I'm just failing. I need a break from everything. It's getting so hard that I don't know how to keep going anymore especially since I can't talk to anyone around me as they are leaving me or don't understand.
Hope you don’t mind me reaching out I just really need a chat and though I could come on here and vent and talk for a bit.
I do my nails every weekend @Birdofparadise8 they aren’t perfect, but after a lot of practice they do look pretty good! It’s my bit of self care.
@creative_writer I use to get a lot of migraines. And I also use to occipital neuralgia. It was absolutely excruciating. It was like a pulsating electric shock running up the side of my head that would last anywhere from 5mins to a couple of hours. My GP got me into see a lovely neurologist very quickly cause it would send my heart rate and blood pressure through the roof. I actually had an attack when I was in the neurologist room, he ordered an urgent MRI and was going to put a nerve block in. MRI was clear and by the time I got around to having the nerve block as there was a few weeks wait, they had stopped! Thankfully I’ve never had an attack since. Do you take magnesium and vitaminB? I’ve mentioned it before but I highly recommend the daith piercing too! My migraines stopped immediately after getting it done.
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Birdofparadise8Senior Contributor
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Ah okay that's nice @Bow
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creative_writerSenior Contributor
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@Birdofparadise8, I do have private health insurance, should probably check if it'll cover this since mine is pretty basic. I could always increase it if I need to.
@Bow, I suspect occipital neuralgia too with migraine, but a GP cannot diagnose it. I haven't had a MRI done for a while, might be worth getting another one. I take migraine vitamins which has magnesium and certain Vit B types, which helps to some extent. The daith piercing does seem to help certain people, I could try it out on the side they tend to occur. At this stage, I am doing what I can, including a relaxing nature app. At least, it's not as bad as it was a few days ago, just hope it's a good sign.
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Birdofparadise8Senior Contributor
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Yeah probably a good idea, and you'll need to serve the wait times, but at least you could see if any private neurologist could see you @creative_writer.
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creative_writerSenior Contributor
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@Birdofparadise8, I don't want to wait, but it is what it is. I need to practice de-stressing a bit more too, I don't think CPTSD is helping bipolar and migraines.
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Birdofparadise8Senior Contributor
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Yeah maybe @creative_writer.
I just went onto KHL as I'm literally having a breakdown and I knew my regular was working tonight and I got through on webchat and she said I can't speak to her. It's just made me feel 100 times worse.
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BowSenior Contributor
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Oh that sucks that you suspect ON with migraines @creative_writer glad that your taking some things to hopefully help.
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creative_writerSenior Contributor
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@Birdofparadise8, I'm sorry. Were you able to talk to someone else?
@Bow, supplements are really expensive, but if they work, they work. Wasn't sure what to expect from them, was slightly sceptical at first too. The preventatives weren't enough.
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Birdofparadise8Senior Contributor
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Yeah I am on webchat now but it's not the same @creative_writer
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creative_writerSenior Contributor
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@Birdofparadise8, it wouldn't be. I still hope it helps.
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