SSRI withdrawal induced neuropathy

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thank you so much for asking!

 

Oh yes, it does! I’ve let my house get really rundown and so I’m embarrassed to have people over. It’s an excuse to keep people from coming over. But recently, I’ve started fixing up my house (not me personally—hiring people to do it). I realized the big blocker has been me not loving myself enough to give myself that gift. But, like you said, this journey is overhauling my life.

Yes, journaling is really big for cracking you open. But you have to stick with it for a while because it’s kind of like you’re thawing ice. I didn’t realize how frozen my emotions were— I actually thought I was an emotional person, but there are so many things I suppressed. Anger is my most difficult emotion to feel. I also had no clue that you feel emotions in your body. I’ve only ever really felt them in my mind. These are all the things I’m learning these days! If you do the SEP, you will learn a lot about this.

 

Note that watching videos etc is a distraction. Participate in the fun things. Observation puts you on the sidelines - it’s about others, not about you. Participating gives you opportunity to live, space to feel the feelings while watching is more observational and doesn’t always allow for “life” watching quick videos etc is more about escaping life. Doesn’t mean there isn’t a time or place but I find that they aren’t really fun. Just things to pass time. You want to feel some joy.
We go on short road trips a lot. It’s something I do well with. We listen to music, but it tends to zone us out. So we also often play banana (yellow card) and end up laughing and talking more. It’s kinda like that.

 

It took me a few months of TMS healing to realize that my emotions were frozen, except for fear and anxiety. When you unconsciously suppress your emotions, they get suppressed! After months of meditation, I finally started feeling my emotions. 8 years later, I still have to make an effort in order to make my emotions surface. Keep focusing on calming down your nervous system through meditation, try different styles and methods of meditating until you see which one works, and then stick with it. Most importantly, make sure your meditation sessions are at least 45-60 minutes each, otherwise, you are not likely to see results.

 

I hear you Cactusflower but interacting is hard right now. I hope to do more of it in the future. I used to love to go on car rides with my husband. We would go down to the shore and sit and talk. Go down roads we hadnt been down for awhile. It was fun and i miss it. Because im in a wheelchair i have to weigh if the stress of getting me into the car is worth the ride. Right now its not.

Thanks for your wisdom though and i need to think more about trying to interact more. Being in a wheelchair to go anywhere makes it difficult.

 

Thank you TG!

im doing 15 minutes 4 times a day currently. Im finding yoga nidra are becoming my favorite. They allow me to connect with my whole body and not just the parts with sensations. I can work on slowly expanding my meditation time. Do you think its better to do 1 45 to 60 minutes meditation session per day instead of multiple shorter sessions?

Thank you!

 

Janet, you can try a longer meditation and see how you feel. Or, you can just continue the 15 min/4 times a day practice. The intensity counts too, not just the length.
I liked the big house/peace near the sea cross stitch design of yours

 

One uninterrupted 1 hr, no doubt. Confirmed by several other people to deliver results.

 

You can still interact with physical media? I mean also using physical things like pencils, paintbrushes, etc.

If you live in a metropolitan area, you may qualify for transport in a mobility bus. My father used a wheelchair and we went to museums, art galleries, and even picnics on our city wheelchair transport. Where I live now there is no good option except for an all female volunteer crew who use old schoolies within our neighborhood to transport other women with needs. If you haven’t looked into it, you might try.

 

Yes but it has to be smooth like my apple pencil and my ipad screen are smooth. Because of neuropathy my hands and fingertips are very sensitive to anything with texture. Even smooth things can bother if i handle it enough.

i dont live near a metro area but its more about internal strength. If my system gets over stimulated it ups my symptoms. Even talking too much revs me up.

Thanks for the suggestions though. Im looking forward to being able to do those things again.

 

Thats what im going to do. Ill add a 20 minute in today and if that goes well ill keep adding. Its crazy how much just the 15 min relaxes me. I tend to want to fall asleep though by the end. Which maybe thats more proof its working.

Thank you!