Help dealing with chronic pain

Kurush559 · 2019-03-26T12:01:01+00:00

Learn to meditate. You can't stop the physical pain, but letting it ruin your mental state is a choice. Stick through it man.

mrmaldoror · 2019-03-26T12:59:29+00:00

No one here will have a clue, keep trying new things until you find a personal remedy. Pretty sure most people don't know how which diet suits them.

jm51 · 2019-03-26T13:14:06+00:00

Check out The Alexander Technique

It's not a cure all by any means but if poor posture adds to your pain, then good posture will reduce it.

mick1783 · 2019-03-26T15:55:23+00:00

High doses of thiamine (vitamin B1) help some people with fibromyalgia and are generally well tolerated. If the reason is fibromyalgia.

Good physiotherapist with experience in weightlifting could be worth a try. If the reason is injury, imbalance or problems alike.

Lastly I'd recommend asking doctors about Chiari malformation, any possible pathologies concerning cerebrospinal fluid flow, infections (especially chronic), vertebrae malformations, and arthritis (sometimes it can attack spine, especially cervical and thoracic curves often go undiagnosed for years because of how uncommon they are).

If nothing else, chronic pain can improve after treatment with tryptamines, it's experimental, but has proven effective to this point in clinical trials in some countries.

BTW, Chiari malformation can be "diagnosed" by pulling head upwards, which reduces pressure on foramen magnum and improves CSF flow, relieving pain in some cases.

I hope this will help you and your doctors deal with the problem.

damaged_goods420 · 2019-03-26T21:06:51+00:00

I've been bodybuilding for a while and have racked up many, many injuries. For a while I lamented the fact I was constantly in pain, but after a while I realized it's normal for our bodies and minds to avoid pain. I had an epiphany one day when reading Buddhist literature and realized many people chase pleasure, but the way to truly master yourself and your emotions it to "enjoy" suffering so to speak. Make it so pain and pleasure become the same entity and it will fuel you like nothing else. Women I believe are naturally wired this way. They like hard slapping, choking, sometimes even cutting during sex and it's the same thing as pleasure to them. My life has become infinitely better since I've embraced pain. Maybe it sounds crazy and masochistic, but that helps me.

sir_goblington · 2019-03-26T16:05:44+00:00

Heroin works great, just don't get addicted.

Title	Help dealing with chronic pain
Author	crimsontablet64
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Date	March 26, 2019 11:01 AM UTC (7 years ago)
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