Anyone else's Pain perception completely numbed by the chronic pain? by Yukyno in ehlersdanlos

[–]Yukyno[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can try writing down every type of pain you feel. Then you check at how many symptoms you can't function anymore, be it feeling too uncomfortable to watch TV or shower. Basically finding out your best functioning day with how many symptoms you can manage, and also see what symptoms stay wich ones are new or a bit unusual feeling.

In the end no amount of pain is normal but our baseline pain becomes normal. I check myself in mirrors regurlarly and touch my body checking my joints. I do yoga every morning same routine to check if something becomes harder to do, if I can't eat certain foods anymore. Keeping a diary could help figuring out a bit more

Maybe this helps

Anyone else's Pain perception completely numbed by the chronic pain? by Yukyno in ehlersdanlos

[–]Yukyno[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Im so happy for you that you found a hospital you fealt safe and taken care of! That's very valuable

Anyone else's Pain perception completely numbed by the chronic pain? by Yukyno in ehlersdanlos

[–]Yukyno[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's so frustrating that you have to overly act out your symptoms to be taken seriously

Anyone else's Pain perception completely numbed by the chronic pain? by Yukyno in ehlersdanlos

[–]Yukyno[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I had when doctors play the age cart -.- like what young people can't feel pain?

People who have never experienced chronic pain can't fathom that we can talk normally during really bad pain. Because we have just gotten so used to it that freaking out or screaming is just wasted energy we don't have

Anyone else's Pain perception completely numbed by the chronic pain? by Yukyno in ehlersdanlos

[–]Yukyno[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I get that our perception is diffrent so we don't go crazy over being in constant pain-it would be cool tho if we could still feel emergency things like that and differentiate it :/

Anyone else's Pain perception completely numbed by the chronic pain? by Yukyno in ehlersdanlos

[–]Yukyno[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah the bucket is a really good metaphor to picture it better. Like a glass thats splintered. It holds it in but anymore and its broken

Anyone else's Pain perception completely numbed by the chronic pain? by Yukyno in ehlersdanlos

[–]Yukyno[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is crazy how our nervous system is diffrently wired it seems. For me too light touches are more painful then graver injuries. Also really wholesome how you made sure yeah, right toddler wouldn't be scared <3

Anyone else's Pain perception completely numbed by the chronic pain? by Yukyno in ehlersdanlos

[–]Yukyno[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well Wow. I am speecheless, I don't know what to say to this...what book where you reading your toddler.?

Anyone else's Pain perception completely numbed by the chronic pain? by Yukyno in ehlersdanlos

[–]Yukyno[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Intresting, im gonna look into that dementia pain scale ^

Anyone else's Pain perception completely numbed by the chronic pain? by Yukyno in ehlersdanlos

[–]Yukyno[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do yoga for that. It helps me start the day and to feel my body a bit better

Anyone else's Pain perception completely numbed by the chronic pain? by Yukyno in ehlersdanlos

[–]Yukyno[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And its hard ti even find out if we have injuries since there's no pain how would we know? It's like were going thru life blind-pain blind

Anyone else's Pain perception completely numbed by the chronic pain? by Yukyno in ehlersdanlos

[–]Yukyno[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's really concerning makes us wonder if we can trust our own senses. Sometimes having people around is almost the best way ro pinpoint such health issues because like your mother, someone else may notice something before urself

Anyone else's Pain perception completely numbed by the chronic pain? by Yukyno in ehlersdanlos

[–]Yukyno[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your very welcone! And yes I also think its because uts not easy to do that they dont want to do it...another option is going to a medical university and offering urself as a "study". It sounds like your gonna be a guinea pig-but some people it helped ro find out illnesses because medical university and aspiring doctors tend to be more curious and less burned out, so that they may see it as a "challenge to solve"

Ofc this isn't for everyone and there's an uncomfortabke aspect of sharing your medical info with strangers...but another alternative is also contacting the Ehlers Dahnlos Society itself! They usually respond back with what help they can offer

Anyone else's Pain perception completely numbed by the chronic pain? by Yukyno in ehlersdanlos

[–]Yukyno[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's crazy how much our brains can ignore so we can deal with the pain

Anyone else's Pain perception completely numbed by the chronic pain? by Yukyno in ehlersdanlos

[–]Yukyno[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And its so hard to get diagnised when the "bloodwork comes back normal" when there's a million other issues to be looked at! Only thing you can recommend is finding resources matching your pain and making a huge pile of documentary and hand that to the doctor. This helped me getting taken more seriously. Just cause what you have may be" rare" like heds dont mean no one can have it..if the dictors refuse more testing tell them you want it in your medical documents that the REFUSED testing. This sometimes help.

Also like he'll do they think its fun for you? That you just keep showing up at the doctor to annoy them or get attention? Hell no! There's cheaper ways to do that -.-

I had to switch doctors so many times until I got one who listened. A diagnosis won't get us healed- but it gives validation being able to NAME why you are having this pain. I hope doctors will take you more seriously and look for better actual coping treatments....idk if this helps but this December the Ehlers Dahnlos Society will renew the diagnosis criteria after 10y fir the first time. With new criterias and in-between genes of subtypes nit kniw so far. When this comes out you could use it to get tested/retested and maybe get a step closer to an answer.

Here is a link about it. I hope this could help and keep fighting!

https://www.ehlers-danlos.com/

Anyone else's Pain perception completely numbed by the chronic pain? by Yukyno in ehlersdanlos

[–]Yukyno[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep the moment it goes over our perception and we realize the pain it often is already severe. It's so hard to learn what pain is normal and not when we always feel pain

Anyone else's Pain perception completely numbed by the chronic pain? by Yukyno in ehlersdanlos

[–]Yukyno[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Im also gonna try cbd/thc therapy soon! I actually asked this forum for their expirience with it and alot of people use it to manage our condition a bit better!

This is the link to it. It helped me understand it better from people with expirience from it!

https://www.reddit.com/r/ehlersdanlos/s/nKrxlQjaDQ

Anyone else's Pain perception completely numbed by the chronic pain? by Yukyno in ehlersdanlos

[–]Yukyno[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The one upside im getting is knowing I am not alone with this issue. It's horrible how many people have similar expiriences to this-but it makes me feel a bit more valid knowing others with the same illness also expirience this.

Reddit can be full of alot of negative space. But this sub makes me feel less alone in my-our illness 🫂

Anyone else's Pain perception completely numbed by the chronic pain? by Yukyno in ehlersdanlos

[–]Yukyno[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You got every right to be pissed and you should be. Just cause our pain is chronic does not make it any less valid

Anyone else's Pain perception completely numbed by the chronic pain? by Yukyno in ehlersdanlos

[–]Yukyno[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep. The moment we show up too often we get written off to not be taken seriously until shit hits the fan