[Beelzebore92]

Hello,

Would like to share last night's story.

For the past few months I have been diligently working at the balancing act. Reducing cognitive stimulation, reducing stress and anxiety while staying busy and physically active, getting enough sleep and trying to stay on top of my nutritional needs.

I have visited a massage therapist on occasion, but since my worker's comp case is stalled I haven't sought any other treatments due to cost. My former employer has not responded to my WC case worker's requests. Despite lack of much treatment, I had been feeling progressively better over the past few weeks.

This past week had been especially hot and humid in New York. I have found the humidity to be the greatest obstacle to my recovery so far. It impedes my will and ability to get up and move around. I remain in my small, 8x12 room with an air conditioner running for most of the day. It also runs while I sleep. The noise is terrible, even whilst wearing ear plugs. It wakes me multiple times in the middle of the night, and in the morning I feel rattled by its overbearing hum. The alternative is to not sleep, and just lay in soupy sweat day and night.

Then, the the other day I started having neck pain again (which had subsided over the previous few weeks), followed by odd yawning fits. I'd begin yawning, and would yawn again every 30 seconds. This went on for hours. The next day, the yawning continued for almost the entire day. Yesterday, the yawning began again in the morning, went away around 4:00 pm, and returned around 6:00 pm.

By last night, I had yawned so many times that my jaw and neck were immensely sore from the stretching. I went into a panic, feeling stiff and like I could not get my breath. I tried every technique I have practiced over these last 8 months, hoping to establish a calm. Ended up riding the panic for 2 hours. I went to sleep around 10:00 pm, totally spent, and woke up at 2:30am with my jaw clenched and my tongue raw from scraping against teeth. I went right back into a panic. My emotions were out of control, I felt completely lost. I fell asleep again around 6:00 this morning, and today, feel like I have been hit by a train.

Couldn't find any other post or information regarding uncontrollable yawning. I wonder if anyone has heard of this.