UKmamainUS
25-06-14, 22:56
My chiropractor believes I have Occipital neuralgia - this would explain the awful headaches I've had for months. I'm scared - I know it's treatable but the treatment is pretty extreme, in alive or loads of experimenting with drugs. I see a neurologist in a month to get a definitive diagnosis, but in the meantime I have a physical therapy appointment set up to try to help with muscle pain in my upper back and neck, sacral cranial therapy, massages, and more chiropractic treatments (I live in a city that's abundant in alternative therapies). Moreover, I have some relaxation / mediation CDs to listen to at bedtime. I'm hoping that since this started during a period of ridiculously high stress, sorting out my muscles (my neck went into major spasm on Monday and I couldn't turn my neck at all. My neck hurt a lot prior to this but my son fell and bumped his head pretty hard and the panic from this caused my neck to stiffen within seconds, so I know stress is playing a role) will help free up the nerve. I figure since I have a months wait until the neurologist, I may as well do what I can while I wait. Unfortunately, just thinking I have ON makes me so anxious it's hard for me to relax.
Anyone here have any experience of ON they can share with me? Prognosis seems pretty poor.
Anyone here have any experience of ON they can share with me? Prognosis seems pretty poor.