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So far as I can tell that place of no pain only comes only when I finally fall asleep. That sleep only last a couple of hours and then I am back at it. Here is something I learned from my neurologist when discussing this subject of pain. There is your tolerance to pain and there is your memory of it. They are separate. I have a very high tolerance to pain other wise I would either pass out from it or I could die from it. The memory of my excruciating pain is where my brain is stuck. It has accepted this as how I should feel it all the time. I have read a lot of research on this and it is a very complicated subject. There have been a lot of very smart scientists working on why this happens but so far no real answers. If someone did discover why they would win the Nobel prize. As far as trying to separate yourself from your pain, good luck on that. I read a long time ago about certain monks who could do this but I don’t understand how. I have been practicing meditation for sometime and I can stop my thought process for about 3 or 4 minutes and I have experienced some relief from pain but that is very hard to do. Your mind always wants to think. Thinking is what causes stress and too much stress causes and increases your pain. Really very hard to get around any of that. With having Central Sensitization Syndrome it is almost impossible now to meditate. I still think that anyone who doesn’t have my medical problem can reach some pain relief this way. It is a natural process, there no side affects, and it won’t cost you a thing to try.
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@goldleaf I think that when pain is so very severe, I develop OCD. The pain interrupts me from thinking about anything else. It rolls and rolls and rolls around in my mind, because it is the most extreme of my stimuli. Absolutely nothing interferes, even when I am doing other things. On the occasion that it settles down, which is very rare, I get anxiety wondering how long it will be before it comes again. I have severe peripheral neuropathy in my feet, and definitely have Central Sensitization Syndrome. Unfortunately t there are very few meds for it. I have been able to think myself out of pain, but it does not last long. I find I like the right CBD and marijuana not only because it does help the pain, but also breaks up the OCD cycle for awhile. It is wonderful not to ruminate about pain. Ruminating becomes sickening. It was not part of my personality before I became sick. I take Kratom, because the right Kratom can break the ruminating cycle, and make the pain go away for about 4 hours. Now I just started Low Dose Naltrexone, and my pain, in the last 4 days, has been lower than it has been in 2 years. I feel it is too soon to judge this drug, but I have my fingers crossed. Unfortunately, shoes are a terrible trigger to get pain started, and they got the pain going again by mid afternoon, with the Naltrexone. However, I will do a separate post about Low Dose Naltrexone in three or four weeks, when I see how it is really working. Living this way is not fathomable. I never would have imagined this. Lori Renee
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That is very interesting ... I appreciate you sharing your studies. Peggy