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Join Date: Dec 2012
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Posts: 205
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Anxiety is also one of my biggest daily struggles. I do the breathing, walking, meditating exercises. I really wanted to go as natural as possible.
I must confess, however, the propanolol (beta blocker for heart often used in pcs) and the L-Tryptophan (thanks, Mark) have really helped.
L-Tryptophan I use 1 or 2 throughout the day. I find it very mellow and uplifting.
The propanolol is a short term crutch because often my hyper vigilance is triggering panic attacks even before I can identify them. I even wake up from nightmares---my poor unconscious.
Learning to manage the anxiety and social isolation is learning to reframe the experience not as "being away from friends" but perhaps "being in quietness with my self". Not easy but necessary.
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The event: Rear ended on freeway with son when I was at a stop in stop and go traffic July 2012. Lost consciousness.
Post-event: Diagnosed with post-concussion syndrome, ptsd, whiplash, peripheral and central vestibular dysfunction and convergence insufficiency. MRI/CT scans fine.
Symptoms: daily headaches, dizziness/vertigo, nausea, cognitive fog, light/noise sensitivities, anxiety/irritability, fatigued, convergence insufficiency, tinnitus and numbness in arms/legs.
Therapies: Now topamax 50mg daily; Propanolol and Tramadol when migraine. Off nortryptiline and trazodone. Accupuncture. Vitamin regime. Prism glasses/vision therapy. Vestibular therapy 3month. Gluten free diet. Dairy free diet. On sick leave from teaching until Sept. 2014.
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