How many of your physical pains are unbearable?

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Everything that hurts me physically is so unbearable. The mental stuff is bad on it's own, but the physical stuff makes me want to give up every day. I also don't think I see a lot of people with this physical stuff and it scares me that something else is wrong with me. The unbearable feelings for me are the crazy head headaches I get in the front and back of my head and spots in my spine. The muscle weakness I have that hurts so bad every morning. The crazy awful feeling I get on the whole back side of my body that words just can't even describe. And the burning, aching, pin and needles,nerve pain stuff that I get in my legs, feet, shoulders, and arms. I guess maybe it can all be described as nerve pain. Never had any of this before benzos except for headaches from time to time and most of these feelings I didn't notice until the last couple months and their getting worse the closer I am to finishing my taper. Every now and then I'll hardly feel them at all, but it doesn't last. How many of you have/had physical stuff like this? Is it our crazy nervous system causing it? Why do I think most people just have some head stuff, anxiety, and insomnia? I don't understand why I feel so different. If the pain isn't bad enough, the fear I'm different and will never get better certainly puts me in the worst place I could ever imagine anyone ever existing. I can't believe I make or through every day like this. I can't make sense of any of this and fear my suffering will never end.

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For me, K was a powerful muscle relaxer. When that was gone I suffered all of what you talked about. The headaches would be in the front, then back, then one side or the other. Neck pain was so bad I couldn't turn my head. My right calf muscle hurt so bad I couldn't walk. My back,, oh my back. My pelvic floor got so bad I had a hell of a time finding a comfortable position to sit. Nearly any physical activity would put the muscles I used into severe pain for months.

 

The only pain reliever I can handle is tylenol. It was rare that I took any but when I did I took more than I should have. I did get a little relief but paid the price the next day or two feeling sick and nauseous.

 

I tried not to take anything but was so desperate one time that I took a flexeral. It helped and I don't remember any bad sides but never took it again.

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Hey Coop,

 

I definitely had UNBEARABLE pain... that feeling all over the back of my neck, shoulders, back, I can't describe that feeling, never had it before w/d and there are just no words for it... I can't even describe what it is... it's like cement in my body or something, squeezing, constricting, I don't know... I KNOW those words don't sound right to describe the "feeling", but I don't know what other words to use.  I think the words I need don't exist...

the buzzing in my body, the weakness, I felt like I gave 10 pints of blood AND drank 10 espressos all at once...

I would just sit on the couch, I couldn't even turn my head to talk to my hubby sitting next to me... I couldn't do it, too dizzy, too painful, too nauseous, too hard... I would just kinga grunt "yes" or "no" to his questions...

But it got better...the intensity went from unbearable, to tolerable, and then things slowly started getting better.

 

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Was it actually unbearable though? Mine is. It's scary how awful my body feels. It's not just some pain to deal with, its so unpleasant that I no longer want to deal with it a second longer. But I have no choice. And I don't feel like it's ever going to go away, but I keep suffering through it anyway.

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Hey, I too have horrific nerve pain that is constant and never leaves :'(, hope knowing others have it is some measure of comfort to you. Best, Colleen

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Very unbearable. At one year off I was so desperate for relief that I said the wrong thing to the shrink they sent me to. That quack had the sheriff take me out of my house and put me on a 72 hour hold.. It wasn't fun, and the stress of it all only made matters worse,,, much worse. And stupid me started K again while I was there because I couldn't stay in that horrible place without it. It's in my sig line.

 

 

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So far mine have not been "unbearable" but are mentally very scary because when I first started getting them I thought I was having heart disease symptoms.  Most of my aches and pains are on the left side, esp the left arm.  Had all kinds of tests and they keep telling me it is not my heart but I still get very scared because as we all know doctors are not always right.

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I get very bad tightness in the head, eyes, back of neck, and occassionally in the arms, legs and stomach.

 

It generally moves from place to place.  My eyes will be tight, then they loosen and then it is my neck, and then my arm etc.

 

It has gotten better to a point in that it is less frequent and in fewer parts of my body.  It is mainly head and neck now.

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Hi Coop ... you are definitely not alone with UNBEARABLE physical pain on top of excruciating mental symptoms.  My pain level that suddenly began in the 10th month of a year long taper was a level 9 for a long time.  A level 10 is when you pass out from the pain.  It now ranges between a level 2 and a level 4 ... so much progress for which I am immensely grateful.

 

I don't know how we do it, but we do.  No OTC helped me, not even a little.  I constantly used ice or heat around my neck when the pain was the worst.  It radiated into my head, shoulders, chest, throat and down the spine.  I tried acupuncture, physical therapy, reiki, massage, biofeedback and supplements ... spent thousands of dollars looking for relief and none was to be found.  My body is healing itself and yours will too.  Our only job, where you are at right now, is to survive the day and hold onto faith that you are healing.  Eat well and drink lots of water, meditate and distract is about all we can do that I know of.  The only way out is through.  Be strong and keep going.

 

Peace and blessings to you. 

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Sorry Hun you are suffering too, Your definatly not alone as you can see there are quite afew of us have extreme physical pain, I myself USE to have windows , relief from the physical, but not lately its been steady almost 2 mths of heightened physical pain with no real relief compared to 3 mths ago. Neck,back,shoulders spasms, pressure of head and throat, intense anxiety, anxious, severe stinging all over and deep deep burning , all my joints either feel broken or swollen , ankles and wrist feels sprained, cant touch most part of my body it stimulates more intense symptoms, extremly heavy legs, arms, feel like theres something pushing my shoulders downward,arms feel like I was dng weights all day .

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I know exactly how you feel, sometimes the pain is unbearable, I do get O.K days every now and then and that is what gives me hope.

Hang in there, it will get better