Hello all, First, I just found this sub and relate and empathize with your struggles and pain.
I think this is mostly a rant, but if someone relates, do tell.
I have been essentially bed ridden for days after a combo of 3 things:
I've had three oral surgeries in 7 months for failed root canal (x15 years with facial pain).
I've got this endless dizziness/drunk feeling. Oral surgeon said I had to break up the fascia in the jaw.
I've been doing that and my jaw feels better-ish. If I don't do it for a few days, then go back, that night and next day I'll have a terrible sore throat like I'm getting sick. I get this is probably inflammatory chemicals being processed through lymph, but it seems I have an endless supply to process. Even the base of my skull is achy/full from doing this today.
I have an unstable shoulder despite years and years of trying to improve neck and shoulder stability to ease pain and headaches. (Serratus anterior doesn't work.)
I was managing a lot of symptoms w cannabis (smoking and edibles) which was helping but also giving me problems (tachycardia, cruddy lungs & sinuses, worse dizziness...).
Had to stop smoking due to dental implant surgery. Went on bupropion which has helped, but had to stop edibles due to the drug interaction and the dizziness, increase anxiety/worry it causes.
Consequently I've been sleeping terribly and apparently processing the last ten years of dreams I wasn't having.
Last week I had energy and thought I'd up my cardio to help w sleep. So I went for a short jog.
I kinda handcuffed my arms w band so my arm wouldn't swing. Felt great immediately during and after, but I'm de-conditioned on the cardio so would run a couple minutes, heart rate would go to 160s then would walk til it dropped to 130s, then resume. That night did my usual strength program with my shoulder and clavicle clicking and grinding.
Next morning woke up with stabbing pain in my ear and all trap and neck muscles locked. Since then I have been in terrible shape! Couldn't move for 2 days and felt sick like I had a cold (in part from the jaw work).
I guess I was starting to feel better, but then had a dog drama - large dog attacked my little dog at dog park. Came home and did some exercises to use up the adrenaline. Did this new arm abduction/scapula stabilizing exercise and instantly made both shoulders and my teeth hurt (nerve pain).
Since then I have felt even worse.
More pain than I usually have (and I have pain all the time), pain everywhere, I keep feeling like I have a cold/flu -- with wierd flushing, runny nose etc, but I can tell it's not a cold. Peri-menopause and a 3am hot flash is also involved.
I live on anti-histamines for IBS and sinus issues which usually help but it feels like they are doing nothing now - thus feeling like I'm actually sick, but it's the same every day rather than the usual progression of a cold.
I can't get away from this pain and feeling of illness and in addition to crying every few hours it's making me feel crazy.
With this crazy and feeling of overwhelm I scolded my husband for not being able to help me at all, never learning what I need in these times and just saying, "let me know if I can help" which I cannot organize to do when I am so incapacitated, which I have said many times. He did not take that well.
I was feeling positive other than being tired from poor sleep then got whacked and my spirit is kinda broken. And this is how life has gone, it seems, forever.
Thank you for reading.