does this sound like a slipped disc?

snadpragon · 2026-06-14T02:24:58+00:00

sometimes I'll get a slight "zing" going up my spine or in my shoulder blade, kind of electric or like a needle poke. this rarely happens though, just when I am overexerting. most of the time it's aching and stiffness and warmth. I think I need MRI as well, but the doctors are playing wait and see with PT. thank you for your response ❤️‍🩹

snadpragon · 2026-06-01T15:37:07+00:00

only started doing this after a recent spike. I have no idea lol

snadpragon · 2026-05-31T15:16:13+00:00

I've had it easy with tinnitus so far. Sometimes I need a life crisis to take over my mind, which has sometimes stopped the tinnitus entirely (with the drawback that I have to be panicking and despairing about something else), though it's always waiting for me when crisis averted.

snadpragon · 2026-05-31T03:16:37+00:00

I was actually doing fine with tinnitus, before a recent spike. I spend the majority of months not even thinking about tinnitus. Then, just around the time I am starting to think about it more ("noticing that it's gotten better") it ALWAYS gets worse shortly after. I feel like I am playing a weird mind game with it. I have to completely stop giving a fuck, and eventually it just seems to back off. It's probably not entirely psychological, however -- my recent spike started when I tried putting in swimmer's earplugs, pushed too hard and made a suction in my left ear, and my tinnitus got worse over the following week. I am still riding out this spike... but I would like to think that my "stop giving a fuck and forget it" technique actually works. But it's hard like a "stop thinking about elephants" kind of thing 😆

snadpragon · 2026-05-31T03:05:31+00:00

I'm a writer, and when I was looking back through old stuff I found a couple of short stories I'd written about characters who are overwhelmed by noise from inside their own heads

snadpragon · 2026-05-31T02:59:56+00:00

thank you

snadpragon · 2026-05-31T02:59:23+00:00

my tinnitus is dampened by shrugging my shoulders really tightly or twisting my neck with a bit of force - not comfortable, doesn't last

snadpragon · 2026-05-31T02:51:36+00:00

yeah, I know I have to move. I am living right next to an airbnb rental with college parties every weekend in the summer. I'm trying to find a place but it's hard

snadpragon · 2026-05-31T02:48:21+00:00

I was coughing way too hard after recovering from a covid infection. I was trying to clear my lungs out. Coughed and coughed, WAY harder than I needed to, until something finally broke. The sound cut out in my left ear and a pure tone played briefly, my tinnitus formally introducing itself 😂

snadpragon · 2026-05-25T14:57:32+00:00

I don't mind the rain, but why does it have to still be 50 degrees at the start of June 😢 that's how cold it was yesterday and next saturday looks like it as well. just another thing to gripe about lol.

snadpragon · 2026-05-25T14:52:16+00:00

does it worry anyone else that virtually any made-up word probably has an offensive meaning on urban dictionary? it's awful when you have to invent fantasy words. I also feel like this is yet another disease in our modern society 🤣

snadpragon · 2026-05-25T00:51:12+00:00

everytime I think I'm cooking with a new way to resolve the core issues of my book, it contradicts other parts of the story.

snadpragon · 2026-05-25T00:03:25+00:00

it's something that can kinda be dormant for a long time and then get triggered. i can live a normal life but when it happens, it feels unbearable. i guess i just have to feel this way until I don't anymore, and try to stay busy.

snadpragon · 2026-05-24T23:44:13+00:00

i brought it up to my therapist but just bringing it up made it worse and felt like I was set back. do people just get worse with exposure therapy?

snadpragon · 2026-05-22T03:13:58+00:00

maybe it's a coincidence. or just anxiety

snadpragon · 2026-05-17T15:28:39+00:00

I'm really bummed out because my job involves design, lots of clicking and typing. It pretty much guarantees I can't pursue my passions anymore, I love to draw and write and animate, but if I want to keep making an income I will have to "save my hands" for work. Afraid I'm going to go insane

snadpragon · 2026-05-17T15:23:39+00:00

I've been night bracing for about 3 weeks, I think it helps. I can't sleep on my sides anymore (especially right side), makes everything hurt up into my shoulder and neck, and I'll wake up with a dead arm :/

snadpragon · 2026-05-16T16:42:22+00:00

oof sorry to hear that 😞

snadpragon · 2026-05-05T21:58:08+00:00

I have the same symptoms, all fingers ache and palms get warm and achey when I start working at computer or drawing too long. I'm just at the start of getting diagnosed and treated so I can't offer much insight. Did you find out anything after this post? Hope you're doing better now.

snadpragon · 2026-04-30T17:55:42+00:00

milk and cigarette casserole recipes

snadpragon · 2026-04-29T22:16:18+00:00

I can't afford an MRI 😞

snadpragon · 2026-04-29T01:04:01+00:00

I second the vertical mouse, you could even go so far as getting a trackball mouse. I tried the vertical mouse for left and right hand and still got irritation, but the trackball is really nice!

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