It looks like my head has now messed up my body clock as I am naturally waking up at 3-4am and not feeling tired at all. Due to me getting up early hours so many times during a week I am now waking up at that time whether I have an attack or not. I don’t mind so much as long as the pain stays away i can handle waking up early each morning. It makes a change not to be in pain when typing up my blog. I continued to stay pain free all day yesterday and even though my back did play up a couple of times it didn’t set of a full attack in the head like it normally does. I am hoping this is the start of a long pain free period as the weather is also on the change. As the seasons start to warm up I get less and less attacks. Its crazy how the weather has such an effect on my head and the attacks I get. Especially if there is a low pressure front passing over us then my head gets really bad and I can get anything up to 8 attacks during a 24 hour period and at least 75% of the attacks will be massive ones.
When I first started this blog I wasn’t sure what I was going to write or how I would write the information about what is happening to me and that was why I decided to make sure I wrote them first thing in the morning so I didn’t forget any details of what was happening and how the attacks were progressing and how the medication was effecting me. As time has gone on and I read back through the posts, I have made, I can clearly see certain patterns that have emerged and shows me how and when I get the worst attacks and what seems to trigger them. As for the cause of the attacks I am still in the dark and we are still investigating it with the specialist.
I have my appointment with the doctor today at 4pm and have to ask now for a referral to investigate what is going on in the back and why i am getting so much pain in that area. it could be due to arthritis as the specialist suggested or it could just be my muscles playing up. Its so hard constantly wondering what is going on and why i am getting so much pain lately. even last year when my attacks were at their worst i didn’t get any problems with the back as it was just the head that used to set off. Mind you i was getting so many attacks back then i couldn’t move if i tried. they used to be so bad and so painful that i would pass out a couple of times before the attacks would stop and would end up in agony for hours after. if i moved any part of my body i would get shooting pains up the spine into the back of the neck and between the shoulders. But the base of my back always used to be ok.
Its only lately, starting in October 2012 i started to get sharp pains in the base of the back right in the middle. If i moved it was agony and if i walked it was like lifting lead weights on my shoes or feet. if i try and carry heavy shopping in my right hand i would get sharp pain in my back on the left side and it would spread into my bitt cheek. I have been told that is a classic sign of arthritis so now i have to go and get checked just in case. It could be the arthritis that has made my attacks so bad and in turn made my bi-Polar disorder play up something terrible as when i am well it doesn’t really bother me. There could be a couple of different things going on contributing to my condition and making it worst. Hopefully now with the medication and the reduction in the amount of attacks i get we should hopefully start yo get to the bottom of this and find out why i have suddenly gone so bad in the last 2 years. I can’t believe it has been nearly 12 years since i first had an attack and it took them 10 years (until i became chronic with attacks everyday) to finally diagnose my condition and explain what and why it was happening to me.
I am still pain free today and the back is being good to me this morning and i haven’t had any pains yet and no signs of attacks building. i don’t want to speak too soon and end up getting a big attack later but i think they have gone to sleep for a couple of days. If that’s the case i should crack on and do all the things i have been putting off because they could case me to have an attack such as painting the walls in my hallway. Using the roller seems to put strain on my arm and shoulders and it ends up causing me pain and setting of an attack if i do it for a long period. its the same when painting with an brush or trying to reach high areas where i have to stretch my arm above head height. I can only keep my arms up for a little while before they start to ache and then the pain comes and the attack follows. knowing my luck if i try to do anything to soon i will end up getting an attack and ruing my pain free period.
