GingerFish
26-02-18, 05:21
I'm one of those people who carry all their stress and tension on their back and shoulders, so I'm constantly sitting, standing or walking hunched and don't even realise it. To me, that stance feels 'relaxed'.
I've been bothered with upper back pain on and off for years but the last week or so, it's been really bad. I must sat, it's the worst I've been with anxiety and panic attacks for a while too sadly.
The pain is right in the middle of my upper back, feels like it's my spine but it's probably my shoulder blade/muscles. It doesn't hurt at all to breathe, I can breathe in deeply and it's fine. It onlt hurts when I move certain ways such as rolling over in bed, movers that involve moving my shoulder blades, if I touch my chin to my chest and sometimes when I lie or sit down. The pain is a dull but sharp pain which goes away as soon as I get into a comfy position or if I walk. I often forget it's there during the day and only notice it at night when I'm trying to sleep. I have noticed it comes and goes some nights. I didn't have it yesterday and I was quite calm yesterday but today I went for a long walk and panicked and got agitated before bed and after a short nap, I woke up with it.
I keep trying to tell myself it's probably caused by stress and tension and it's bad muscular pain but me being me, "oh it's a blood clot!", "oh you're damaged your spine!", "oh you've got cancer!". You know the drill.
Has anyone else had this kind of pain? I've made an appt to discuss it with my doc but soonest date I could get was mid March. I'm dealing with it atm with just painkillers.
I've been bothered with upper back pain on and off for years but the last week or so, it's been really bad. I must sat, it's the worst I've been with anxiety and panic attacks for a while too sadly.
The pain is right in the middle of my upper back, feels like it's my spine but it's probably my shoulder blade/muscles. It doesn't hurt at all to breathe, I can breathe in deeply and it's fine. It onlt hurts when I move certain ways such as rolling over in bed, movers that involve moving my shoulder blades, if I touch my chin to my chest and sometimes when I lie or sit down. The pain is a dull but sharp pain which goes away as soon as I get into a comfy position or if I walk. I often forget it's there during the day and only notice it at night when I'm trying to sleep. I have noticed it comes and goes some nights. I didn't have it yesterday and I was quite calm yesterday but today I went for a long walk and panicked and got agitated before bed and after a short nap, I woke up with it.
I keep trying to tell myself it's probably caused by stress and tension and it's bad muscular pain but me being me, "oh it's a blood clot!", "oh you're damaged your spine!", "oh you've got cancer!". You know the drill.
Has anyone else had this kind of pain? I've made an appt to discuss it with my doc but soonest date I could get was mid March. I'm dealing with it atm with just painkillers.