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Anxiety with fibromyalgia and ibsC

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patricia17763
patricia17763

After trying various SSRI's with horrible side effects, I am thinking of having Hypnotherapy to see if that helps my anxiety which hopefully will ease the Fibromyalgia pain. Feel like trying anything at the moment.

Has anyone tried this method?

 

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  • gloria15237
    gloria15237 patricia17763

    Posted

    i hope it helps but i have never tried it; the problem with fibro, is there are so many variables that could be causing the pain but will never show up on standard lab work; but anything that helps reduce stress, you would think would help the fibro pain
  • hope4cure
    hope4cure patricia17763

    Posted

    That's a great idea. Let me know how it works for u... Take 3 breaths in & out slowly 

    Now picture UR favorite actor taking u out to a really great expensive place for dinner.....LOL NICE HUH?

    RELAXing the body thru whatever means it takes to feel better I support UR decision 1010%...biggrin

  • tiswas24537
    tiswas24537 patricia17763

    Posted

    hypnosis is all about relaxation u can do it at home by a good stress hypnosis cd and do it twice daily in a quite room it works wonders really . i am not talking about the music ones ,i am talking about one where a councilar is talking to you like if you were in a session
  • linda12430
    linda12430 patricia17763

    Posted

    Hi Patricia

    sorry that you are having a bad time at the moment. I was only diagnosed 2 weeks ago but if the pain gets too much I will definately use hypnosis. All through my teens I had fits, which was put down to epilepsy. I was pretty spaced ou on tablets for 7 years. I still had the fits. As a last resort I went to a hypnotherapist and my fits stopped completely. He explained that they were caused by extreme anxiety. It was. Definately the right choice for me. Linda

    • tiswas24537
      tiswas24537 linda12430

      Posted

      thats marvouless it is a good thing to relax ,its surprizing how tense we often are with out knowing it.

       its only when u come to do the hypnosis that u realise how tense you were.

  • emaleigh
    emaleigh patricia17763

    Posted

    Hi Patricia,

    Please keep us updated on the hypnotherapy. I am 20 and have tried absolute everything since I was diagnosed 2011. I am so desperate for any sort of relief. This is the first forum I have ever joined and am hoping to find some sort of new methods to try and reduce my symptoms.

    Emaleigh ox

    • tiswas24537
      tiswas24537 emaleigh

      Posted

      how i look at it is it cant do you any harm relaxation is very important to the body . the more you relax the less tense the muscles and tendons are .
    • Tigs
      Tigs emaleigh

      Posted

      I find pilates breathing helps to relax me and also makes getting off to sleep easier. I don't do pilates (yet), but found the breathing exercises online.
    • hope4cure
      hope4cure emaleigh

      Posted

      Many respond very well.

      u don't know till u try it.m

      CHEERS

      HOPEconfused

    • hope4cure
      hope4cure Tigs

      Posted

      Tig I too luv palates. It's easy and so many lenses I started them afterTHR... THEY HELP KEEP THE CRE NUSCLES strong.. 

      CHEERS

      HOPE

  • simon97178
    simon97178 patricia17763

    Posted

    Hello, I am new to this site and believe it will be a help to read about others affected as I am by this syndrome.  I am one to have to have a scientific diagnosis about every thing so it has been very difficult to be diagnosed with a disease that isn't supported by lab or radiology tests.  Eight years ago I was diagnosed after a very traumatic event but after a couple of years, the symptoms subsided and I had more or less "forgotten" about it.  A year and a half ago my brother whom I was very close to committed suicide, his wife followed six months later and I lost my 33 year old daughter this year unexpectedly.  Following the death of my brother last year and this year, the pain has been so bad that nothing seems to relieve it.  I never have an unbroken night of sleep and the fatigue is overwhelming.  I am reluctant to speak with anyone about this because there is obviously still a social stigma attached to this relatively new, possibly psychologically based disease process.   I believe just having someone to speak to will help me try to cope.  I feel as if something inside me has died and as if I am drowning in the pain and fatigue.
    • tiswas24537
      tiswas24537 simon97178

      Posted

      are you have been through it , makes perfect sense that the symptoms have reared up so bad.

      talk to the sameratins they are very good. and surportive

      all i can say is when i am under stress my symptoms flare big time, when my dad died i developed shingles on top of my fibbro .

      an experience i dont want to repeat.

      get a handel on the pain ,then you can sort out your head. you can request coqanitve therepy which is a talking therepy dealing with the here and now , comeing to terms with your life as it is and learning how to cope with it. PAIN fill a hot bath and add epsom salts and have a good long soak to relax your muscles .

    • gloria15237
      gloria15237 simon97178

      Posted

      I am so so sorry for all your losses of loved ones; you must be suffering tremendously; you have been through so much ...

      I had to go to group grief counseling after my mothers sudden yealong illness, watching her deteoriorate; the counseling actually helped me cope but there were some days I had to take time off from work; I never thought i would be able to deal with it but I have; it has taken about 5 years; I have had positive experience with psychiatric help and I know there is still some social stigma but if it helps me to live life better then what does it matter; eventually almost everyone is going to need some type of mental health help;;Good luck and my heart goes out for you

    • patricia17763
      patricia17763 simon97178

      Posted

      My heart goes out to you for losses, my father died when he was 42 and my mother had really bad health and had to care for her for many years besides a husband and son to care for, I am now suffering from anxiety,  fibromyalgia with ibs. My husband is 82 and in poor health, find every day is a challenge just to get through it. I think talking to other people with the same problems helps a lot, getting different ideas how to cope on a day to day basis, I know I am fed explaining to people what fibromyalgia is.

      its very difficult to find  medications that suit you, but it is best to try them and see, I am giving antidepressants a miss a the moment, because my body is so sensitive all I get are the side effects and no benefits, but everyone is different.

      i do hope you are able to find something to give you help you sleep and find some peace. I find the fatigue very overwhelmingoverwhelming

       

    • hope4cure
      hope4cure simon97178

      Posted

      Sorry for UR loss. Grieving is a very painful and exhausting process.

      i found group counceling talking with others going to group helped so much and I learn there are many ways to grieve as long as they are positive.

      CHEERS

      HOPE

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