Because of my PNES, I’ve recently been experiencing leg dullness/numbness, and it’s been making it increasingly harder for me to get up and walk. I understand that some in here may have mobility aids due to PNES, and I was wondering what type would be helpful for my situation and how I could go about getting some.
This has only started to occur a little while ago (like maybe a week or two) but sometimes when I have really bad episode day my body shuts down. My tongue is too heavy in my mouth and I can’t speak, I get really dizzy and nauseated, and it’s really hard to do normal things like walk and use my hands sometimes. It’s really infuriating and kind of scary, hence why I’m posting about it. Does anyone else experience this?
This is my first post on here, as I’ve only recently found out about this subreddit. I was diagnosed with PNES about a month ago after having episodes on and off for a couple of years. It’s been quite a struggle as my episodes have only increased as the days go past (stress and school and other things). I guess I’ve wrote all this just to ask for advice. I’m fairly new to all this, and I’m not really sure how to move forward, I guess. Is there anything that you have done to make dealing with this more tolerable, or any tips that might lessen the episodes? I’ll take any advice you have, genuinely. If you’ve read this far, thank you so much. I very much appreciate it.
P.S. I’ve tried using soothing techniques (I have this app called Finch that helps a lot with breathing exercises and a space to vent out all my frustrations) and using essential oils to smell which does help a little but not much. The essential oils give me really bad migraines and the breathing techniques rarely help to actually calm me down.