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I kind of want to do a thread on something I never experienced before chronic pain, that I call "secondary pain wave"
My bad if this is old news to everyone, but several people in my life needed explanations so I figured I& #39;d put it out there.
#ChronicPain #NEISVoid
My bad if this is old news to everyone, but several people in my life needed explanations so I figured I& #39;d put it out there.
#ChronicPain #NEISVoid
Before severe chronic pain, if I had pain it was generally in a single area, or at least one part of the pain would be the most severe and when that was treated, I could cope.
But now, with chronic pain, I have so many different pains that I tend to focus my mind on one, or have my attention drawn to the worst pain, and attempt to ignore the rest as a coping mechanism.
This is a problem because...
This is a problem because...
If I& #39;m lucky enough to medicate to where my most drastic pain begins to ease, I end up hitting "secondary pain wave"...
When all the other (awful) pains that I& #39;ve been ignoring flood my awareness because they are no longer being blocked by the "loudness" of what was the worst
When all the other (awful) pains that I& #39;ve been ignoring flood my awareness because they are no longer being blocked by the "loudness" of what was the worst
But, the SPW is a more full-body experience than the "primary (localised) pain"... & so much worse.
After a brief moment of relief from the primary pain, I can be doubled over, puking, or even just collapse or pass out when that sensory awareness of the other pains floods in.
After a brief moment of relief from the primary pain, I can be doubled over, puking, or even just collapse or pass out when that sensory awareness of the other pains floods in.
And somehow, people think I ought to be able to forsee when this will occur, or to continue to repress that awareness, but I genuinely can& #39;t. And if I go without any pain meds, I& #39;ll be infinitesimally worse. So I have no idea how to manage it.
