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12 years ago 0 +0 / -0 373

Hi Debora -

Just wanted to wish you a good day today. It was really nice to read about dancing with your son!

I used to get terrible headaches when I didn't eat enough and I get migraines (or worse) if I don't drink enough water. I think Vincenza's advice is great and it is great that you are already making sure that you drink enough water. It's my favorite beverage - sometimes I drink it from fancy glasses just to make life a little more exciting :)

Take care and hope you'll have a great day!

Carmie

12 years ago 0 +0 / -0 542

Dear Vincenzia,

Thank you so much for you're positive, uplifting New Years note. I am going too try too eat more frequently during the day. I do drink lots and lots of water so I believe I am pretty hydrated, but eating once a day is probably not enough and hunger can cause headaches, I am going to try to eat better and more frequently. You're words are comforting and true, I will try not too worry and obesses about this too much. I always have eaten once a day but perhaps now I need too more. Happy New Year too you too! May we all have a peaceful healthy blessed New Year, wishing you that..

12 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1853

Hi Deb,

Happy New Year! I'm glad to hear you had lots of fun ringing in the New Year. I wish you many more moments like that in 2012. Dance as much as you can.

I'm sorry you are having daily headaches. Your aunt may be right - hunger could contribute to what you're feeling. Especially if you are only eating one meal a day. It is important to remember the basics.

Your body and your brain need basic nutrients and plenty of fluids to function properly. It's important to eat throughout the day and stay hydrated. Do you drink enough water throughout the day?

Try increasing your water intake by at least 1 glass each day!

Wishing you the best in health & happiness this new year,

Vincenza, Health Educator

12 years ago 0 +0 / -0 542

I can really identify with the tension headache Matilda! In fact I even posted about it today. I have been having them every day for about a week, do you'res start in the eye and like "move around" to the temples and sides and back? Like a cluster headache? I read about people having headaches everyday and I always felt for them, now I know what they go through! Its not a migraine, thank God, but still painful, I think its half tension and anxiety and "focusing on it" and half eyestrain from TV.

I hope you are feeling better and the headache went away, I just took my klonopin and I am going to eat, my Aunt said hunger can cause headaches and I only eat once a day maybe that has something too do with it. That is fantastic you had a good nights sleep! I feel so good for you too get good rest. I do understand when you said when you had depression and anxiety all day all you wanted too do was sleep, maybe thats what I am doing, "when I sleep nothing hurts" but I cant spend days in bed even through I would like too, I am having some problems with my son so that may be contributing too it and my husband is in a bad mood, maybe fall out from the holidays, I just wish the headaches would go away, when I go to the doctors they more or less "treat the symptoms" they will just tell me too take tylenol or asprin or aleve or something but I hate too do that everyday! I will try to weather through them, I got through chest and arm pain, terrible stomach pain I guess its headache time now, I cannot wait till these symptoms all go AWAY and I can be normal, healthy and feel good again!

12 years ago 0 +0 / -0 30

Hi Deb

Glad to hear you had a nice evening last night. I am still feeling a little shaky today also, I have a tension headache which is annoying. We have taken the christmas tree down today, which is always sad. I have just done a bit of gardening so that I could get some fresh air and I had a walk for half an hour earlier. It will be getting dark here soon, I am fed up of the dark nights now. On a positive note though, I did get to sleep at 10 last night and slept through til 7, I then dozed until 9 so that was nice. I think if you fancy a nap you should have one, I went to a counsellor once who said a 20 minute nap during the day is a great thing to do, but don't sleep for too long as it makes you feel groggy. When my anxiety and depression were ever so bad, I used to sleep all day wouldn't want to go back to that though. All the best Matilda x

12 years ago 0 +0 / -0 542

Hi Matilda,

Yes we are in different time zones, I live in the US so I think you are a few hours ahead of me. Happy New Year too you too.

Actually I had a pretty good night last night, I was actually laughing and dancing around with my son and watching the neighbors fireworks, for a few hours it "all went away" I felt something I have not felt in a long time, happy and peaceful with hope for the future, 2011 was such a hellish year for me I guess I was so happy to see it go, for a brief time I felt optomistic and hopeful.

I could not fall asleep till about seven o'clock this morning, my husband was snoring horribly! He had a few egg nogs and rum and he does not usually drink hard liqour just beer, his snoring kept me up all night, which means I overslept of course, but I did sleep some. Today some of the old feelings came creeping back, I SO want to hold on to those few brief hours last night when I was NOT worrying about strokes and heart attacks and illness disease dying and death, that was so nice to let it go, I felt almost normal, today I feel like "hung-over" and I did not drink anything alcholic, just water, it was strange I feel very tired and out of sorts, I think I am so hoping and praying that this new year will not repeat the last, it was so hard to survive ten months of sheer terror and panic and took so long, and that relaspe on Christmas day did not help, I want too keep my expectations low, like Sunny said my body has been through the wringer and it takes time to recuperate, she said by Spring I would be better, gosh I hope so, that was music to my ears, too hear there IS a end too this fear worry and pain.

I feel like you feel today also, headachy and out of it, I have been having these nightly headaches and I dont know what they are, like in my temples and eyes, not migraines, hopefully just tension, trying not to dwell and worry about them, which is hard for me, I am going to try to walk tonight, I did not last night because the fireworks and the dogs dont mix very well.

Did anyone else ever have headachs a lot during recovery, like eye-strain and temples that moved too the sides and back, my old nurse {who was wonderful and helped me a lot but she moved far away} called them cluster headaches and said not too worry, but they are coming a lot, hate too say it but the ONLY thing that makes them go away is a nap, but my husband hates when I nap, said I should just sleep at night, and my therapist says not too nap because I am using it for an "escape" from life, but if it helps why not? I know my Aunt told me when her grandson had a bad sore throat and he just looked at her and said "I just want too sleep so it does not hurt anymore" I so can identify with that, sleep is about the only thing that helps.

Is that bad to sleep a lot? Just so my head wont hurt and I do not have too think scary things, I dont have bad dreams during my naps, sometimes I feel I sleep better during my short naps than I do during my regular sleep, strange isn't it, I hate headaches but tylenol does not really help, and too much is not good for you, does anyone else get bad headaches, and does a nap help? I dont think my husband and therapist should make me feel gulity about it, if they had my symptoms and life they would sleep a lot too. I hope all the members and moderators had a wonderful New Year, may we all have a happy peaceful recovery one.

12 years ago 0 +0 / -0 30

Hi again Deb

Happy new year to you and to all of the other members. Please do not worry about the delay in responding. I presume we are in completely different times as I am in the UK. I have seen your other post today about the new year jitters and I am also feeling a little shaky today. I ended up going out to see family last night to see the new year in, it was a last minute decision, we just sat and watched tv together & chatted and had a toast at midnight. It was nice and I went to bed at 2am, but I feel very tired and headachey today I also feel a little "out of it" (It is the last day of my period so I also feel a little down). I have cooked dinner & tackled the ironing and I do not intend to do very much else today. I got a tapestry kit yesterday so I may start on that. Hope you have a good day, one more day off and then it is back to normal. Take Care Matilda xx

12 years ago 0 +0 / -0 542

Hi Matilda,

I did not know you wrote me back last night or I would of wrote, I just got you're post, thank you you're words meant a lot and I know you know what I am going through. I am going to try and write down positive things tonight as Davit said, I am shaky today, and I do not know why? I think its the new year, I am so happy too see 2011 go and I guess I am worried 2012 will be like the last only because I have kind of "relasped" the last few days. And yes that would be nice to wake tommorow and have all "this" gone, that would be great but I think I need to work harder, progress can be slow at times. I hope you have a wonderful New Years Eve, thank you.

12 years ago 0 +0 / -0 30

Hi Deb

I am sorry to hear that you had a bad night, I too am up early as I want to get my food shopping done. I can really relate to your posts you are just like me as you sound very hard on yourself saying that you MUST get better. I say stuff like that all the time, I have suffered from anxiety for 7 years now, sometimes it is better than others but it always seems to be there somewhere. I can go out during the day and I work full time, but I am unable to travel any distance. All of the advice that people are giving you is hopefully helping me too. I would love to say just try and be kind to yourself and think positive but I know from experience that this is easier said than done. Like you I have to much time to "think" and I find it very hard to switch off. I am not doing anything for New Years Eve as it is not really my favourite time of year, we may play some board games but chances are we will be watching telly as usual. I would love to say that we will all wake up in 2012 and suddenly feel better wouldn't that be nice? but I guess all we can do is just keep plodding on. I am going to try and think of positive things about my day and write them down as Davit suggested and see if it makes any difference. if I were you, I would try and do the same. All the best Matilda x

12 years ago 0 +0 / -0 542

Yes Sonia the members here have given me great insight and tips suggestions and help as the moderators have, and I am grateful, sometimes, in fact almost always I think I get more here than from my nurse and therapist and primary care Doctor.

The problem with going to the Doctor's Sonia is that I have severe agorophobia, I can only leave the house after dark or I get violently ill and regurgitate and make a fool of myself and professionals do not like putting up with that. The last time I saw my primary I waited 2 hours and 40 minutes to get in and then it was only for five minutes, what I usually do {and I know this is the cowards way is I go to urgent care or ER, at least I am in and out and they have all the machines there too test me and I feel like I am treated better, I live in a state not known for its quality health care, in fact we were rated no#47 in the ranks and that is not good, I have been seeing a therapist for almost a year and through I am no worse, I am far from being where I should be, my husband is probably going to put an end too that soon, he says he knows he cannot help me but just wants the money, not very encouraging, my nurse is kind of a cold chilly personality, but she is the only one who will prescribe my klonopin, she is not very helpful with my fears and phobias, its so hard to get someone good to help me, its almost like I am just too tired and drained too try to find someone anymore I always seem to pick the wrong people, I do not think my husband would mind paying if they helped but he does not see any improvement, and truthfully nor do I either.

I wish I could have Davit's therapist, but of course that is impossible, he sounded so good and on the ball and helped him, how I wish I could find that, without transportation is hard too, and our insurance is limited, I am not making excuses its just reality, I wish I could find someone here who could aide me but I tried so hard, my old Doctor actually sent me a letter telling me too get help elsewhere, that was devastating, I guess he could not handle the anxiety, but that was a hard blow, it hurt.

I guess I have to leave it in God's hands now, let go and let God they say, for almost a year I have suffered and I do not want to suffer anymore, I am too old I think. I have lost faith in medical professionals and that is sad I know, I understand they want the money but I would hope they would want too help too. Well you have too keep trying, I dont want to give up, and the reason is for my family.

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