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  1. #2491
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    Re: Relapse! Coping, Symptoms and Tips.

    Sorry about your abscess, it sounds horrible.

    I think the shop dealt with that situation badly. I would continue going there but maybe ask your husband to talk to them about it. It makes sense that you might need someone to help you carry things.

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    I am so surprised (and so glad) that you broke down and took medication!!!!! I know how hard you fight doing that so I'm proud of you for being kind to yourself! If the swelling is going down that has got to mean the infection is draining, right? I still would think you would need some sort of antibiotic, though? Is there any medical facility phone number you can call and ask? I really didn't think abscesses healed themselves, or perhaps it was something other than an abscess? In any event, I'm glad it's getting better - good job!

    OMG - I would be so upset with my partner for shouting out my mental illness in public! I know his intentions were good and he was trying to protect you, but...... oh my! I'll bet you wished there were a trap door in the store that you could fall through and disappear. I wish he had instead shouted that the person who came in behind you should leave since he was the one that caused the number to rise to 5, but what's done is done.

    On our TV commercials and public service ads they are constantly asking that only one member of a family attend grocery stores, but I don't think anyone at the stores is enforcing it. I worry and wonder what our "normal" lives are going to look like 6 months from now or a year from now. I don't believe we will ever see our old "normal" again. :(
    Sue

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    I’m so sorry about your abscess Mrs. C - those are absolutely horrible, I’ve been there myself. I’m also a medication phobic person so I resist all meds in general but tooth pain is one of THE worst pains! So good for you for taking the paracetamol!! It does tend to help that pain so much. Hopefully the infection is on it’s way out and you’ll be good soon. Do you suffer from phobia of doctors and dentists as well? I sure do. I will do anything I can to avoid going to see them lol. For what it’s worth, I have had tooth infections before and they’ve gone on their own without antibiotics. Not saying you should do that because you probably shouldn’t - but my own experience is that the infection may go on its own, nothing saying it won’t come back though. I assume most of those happen for a reason but I’ve just never been able to work up the courage to go.

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    I'm very sorry to hear about your abscess but you can get antibiotics from your dentist without seeing him/her if you send a pic of the affected tooth to your surgery and they can make a judgement call. The salt water washes are really effective though but you must do them 5 times a day.

    I hope the pain stays away but you really don't want to ignore returning pain x

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    Thank you Scass, Amanda, Sue and Pulisa xx

    The shop in question is a place I have been using to overcome my agoraphobia. Its not on our doorstep, about a mile away. Its a big shop, (one of my fears), but not as big as a supermarket. There's nothing to lean on or grap hold of and big open spaces. And it's only been the last few weeks that I haven't felt lightheaded in there, so it's unfortunate we had that experience last week. I don't want to not go back because my agoraphobia will have won and I have no idea how they will react if we enter again as a couple. I've already been working myself up into a stupa about it. Mr C won't cope with the shopping alone, I know that. Even with a list. If I put cabbage, he'll run out the door clutching a savoy, a spring and probably a brocoli as well as he doesn't eat veg. He often mistakes a cabbage for a lettuce and that's not a lie. He thinks a swede is a parsnip and it goes on. So either I brave going in on my own, which may be the opportunity to test my agoraphobia further and then leave to get Mr C to carry it out for me. Or we go in together and see how the land lies.
    The thing is with agoraphobia is the being forced by a situation or person to do something you think you are not comfortable with. Small steps to protect the mind otherwise it could end up being a back at square one situation.
    I stupidly did that when I went back to driving. Too much too soon and my body was shaking and contracting for hours.
    But I know I'll be thinking about this until my next trip.
    I don't like rules, who does? But I'm very much a one to follow them. Not just with the lock down and coronavirus, but generally. For one thing, I don't take well to being told off as that sets off my PTSD. Oh, there's no hope sometimes, but at least the lock down put a stop to my socialising fears.

    As for the tooth problem. It seems to have settled. Maybe because of being distracted by two gnat bites I unfortunately picked up in the garden. Sue, I called it an abscess, it might not have been, I may have jumped to that conclusion. It happened after eating my meal. I felt a throbbing and within an hour a swelling that always feels ten times bigger than it is. Its the underside of my tooth at the top lefthand side. Not too easy to see, but with the help of a hand mirror and torch I could see the red swelling and what looks like a bit of black and darker red. So I'm assuming it may be a bad tooth that I aggravated.
    My dentist is closed and I will only go if I'm in absolute agony. So now I am not and its improving I'll probably leave it until it flares up again and continue my careful home treatment. Pulisa, I do have the option of taking that photo, if I get the camera inside my mouth, lol and text it to my landlady who is conveniently a hygienist who can advise me. Thanks, I never thought of that.
    Sue, tooth pain is the worst, although any pain is bad, but it's all the nerves that are connected, because the nerves at the top are connected to the ones on the bottom. I remember my dentist giving me an injection at the lower set as well as the top when taking a tooth out and that's when I asked about it.
    Amanda, you remember me well for my fear of meds. Taking a paracetamol was major for me and I only took half the dose. I can't express how strong my fear is, but to give you some idea.. After my miscarriage and a quick Op in hospital I refused the painkillers to the nurse's astonishment and I was biting my hand with the pain once it came. Some might say "stupid", but that's my phobia and I've not been able to change it for decades.

    Finishing on a more happier note. Our afternoon tea was delivered yesterday and it was absolutely lovely.
    I could eat everything! The sarnies had the crusts cut off and the cakes were all squishy. What a treat!
    It's got to be done occasionally, so have yourself a treat. Thanks again you lovely people xx
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    I don't think there's any doubt that people's anxiety and depression have suffered as a result of the virus and lock down.
    All those symptoms come to the surface. The lightheadedness, blurry vision, jelly legs, heart pounding, muscle twitching, headaches, nervous twitching, not being able to relax, to sleep. The list is endless.
    The uncertainty of the future, even the now. How will society be? What will change? How will it affect OCD sufferers?
    There's only one thing you can do. Take one day at a time!
    This is what we should be doing anyway, to stay in the now, the moment.
    Of course the Mind will wander. You'll think about tomorrow, next week, next year, the rest of your life, that's only natural.
    But that's ok. Think it, let it go. Then concentrate on today. If you have to keep busy and occupy mind, it's better than sitting staring at space wondering what might be.
    Then at the end of the day congratulate yourself for all that you have achieved, no matter how little.
    Comfort yourself like you were the child or pet, you deserve it! x ❤️

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    I don't like the new normal one little bit. :(
    The queuing is getting to me now and what's the point of one person allowed inside a shop when there's 6 staff inside. What are they all doing? They can hardly be stacking shelves when the average shoppers 5 people per half hour.
    I don't like being told to walk one way in the street and keep walking, what's the point of that.
    I don't like the limited hours of shopping.
    I don't like my supermarket delivery being dumped on the ground.
    I don't like the anger in the community.
    I don't like the continuous adverts still rammed down our throats about staying in when we've been told we can go out.
    I don't like how Boris Johnson has conducted the whole affair.
    I don't like not being able to touch things.
    I don't like seeing people in masks.
    I don't like holding back sneezes and coughs with my hay-fever incase people think I have the virus.
    I don't like doing housework anymore.
    I don't like the way everything you watch on TV has to include something about the virus or lock down.
    I don't like people feeling scared.
    I don't like the way people are treated.
    I'm trying to find some good at the moment, but the new normal sucks!

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    Restrictions and guidelines are loosening up in my area: You can pretty much walk into any store regardless of how many people are already in there. Some people are going into stores WITHOUT a mask, and the workers are saying "don't worry about it - you're fine". Restaurants have opened up again with outdoor seating. The casinos have opened up again (with restrictions). We are allowing some volunteers to come back to the animal shelter now. AND I just booked flights to go see my grandkids at the end of September.

    What is really saddening/scaring me is all the rioting and protesting and killing over the wrongful death caused by a police officer a week ago. Protesters are rioting and burning down buildings, looting stores, trashing vehicles and houses and churches, etc. And the "peaceful" protesters? They have started sitting on freeways to block traffic from moving. Yes, what happened to the man being arrested was horrific, inexcusable, and horrendous, but killing others and destroying stores and buildings helps that how? People are angry, losing their minds, and the country is in a very sad, scary state of affairs. So it seems the focus has been taken off of the virus and is now on the rioting. As if we didn't have enough to be sad and scared about.

    What hasn't been in the focus for many people is their regular health concerns and health maintenance. Check-ups, dental appointments, eye appointments, maintenance treatments and medications, etc. We've seemed to put all those on the back burner and I fear that is going to come back to bite us in the butt.

    And what does this do to our mental health? It makes us feel like we have no control over anything anymore, and THAT is precisely what people with anxiety fear most. We are living in some very unique, challenging, and difficult times, and I fear we will never see life the way it was before. So sad we didn't appreciate it when we had it.

    Sorry, that was a very negative, depressing post. :(
    Sue

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    Don't apologise, Sue..You have every right to express how you feel and I'd say you're pretty justified in having these views. Likewise Carnation...It's grim out there and we are all confused and uncertain as to what this "new normal" actually means. I reckon it's make the rules up as it suits you/according to the weather/depending on how much it costs..

    I had to take my OH to A&E today with chest pains and breathlessness. He has suspected angina and needs to take things easy. He's being followed up in hospital next week hopefully. I'm still standing though xx

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    Thanks, Pulisa. Sending positive thoughts to your OH!
    Sue

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