Threw out my shoulder the other day and it seems to be getting worse rather than better. The past couple nights it's been impacting my ability to sleep. 😢
On call doctor wrote me a script for some muscle relaxants, but interestingly, during our consultation he seemed confused by the term "stimming".
The context was when he asked if I knew what brought it on, I said: "I do this thing when I get excited where I'll sort of tense all my muscles up for a second; it's kind of a stimming thing. I did that and there was a sudden sharp pain." I had to re explain this a couple times. I'm not quite sure he actually understood in the end.
@tom grzybow I wondered if maybe I didn't explain it well. It was a phone appointment, so I couldn't demonstrate. I had to paint a word picture, which I find difficult.
Welp, I'm taking the first pill and calling it a night early. I held off as long as I could because I didn't want them to wear off in the middle of the night. The over over the counter stuff just isn't cutting it.
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in reply to Jonathan Lamothe • •On call doctor wrote me a script for some muscle relaxants, but interestingly, during our consultation he seemed confused by the term "stimming".
The context was when he asked if I knew what brought it on, I said: "I do this thing when I get excited where I'll sort of tense all my muscles up for a second; it's kind of a stimming thing. I did that and there was a sudden sharp pain." I had to re explain this a couple times. I'm not quite sure he actually understood in the end.
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in reply to Jonathan Lamothe • • •Me, I clap my hands rapidly for a few seconds, sometimes jumping from my seat.
When I say I clap my hands, I clap each of them, separately, though roughly in unison. My long fingers can flap nicely against my palms.
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in reply to Jonathan Lamothe • •if I could just hold my arm above my head 24/7, I wouldn't need to be dealing with any of this now. 🙃
I don't know why that makes the pain stop. 🤷♂️
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in reply to Jonathan Lamothe • •Welp, I'm taking the first pill and calling it a night early. I held off as long as I could because I didn't want them to wear off in the middle of the night. The over over the counter stuff just isn't cutting it.
Goodnight, fedi.
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