Cortisone Injection - Psych Side Effects

[blackemerald1]

Hmm.. I had a really bad sleep.. could not get to sleep and then woke with ridiculously serious leg cramps...again.

I am certain it was the 'body balance' class I tried to do last night.

Afterwards I convinced myself that it wasn't for me ever again... it's just for lovely chickibabe's that have everything in the right spot and it's all working lol.

This morning my body is feeling sore but not bad at all. In fact sort of ok. My back and hip are not screaming at me either.

So maybe it did me some good and never mind that I hate the beautifully toned instructor who can hold her foot above her head while standing on her tippy toes looking like an origami creation.

Never mind she is saying something like 'open up and smile at the universe' Cos there's NO frigging way can I use my face muscles while I am trying to use any other muscles thank you very much! Or that I looked like a puppet with broken strings.... flopping around in vain trying to hold one leg up and raise my hand towards the Universe at the same time... I wish I could slap the f*kin universe actually so no smiles.

Never mind I cannot hear the instructors unless they are facing me so I can lip read... ugh....

I will go back!!

Found a bag that nobody would want to steal.. lol

 

[DharmaGirl]

Lol, you are so funny! Soon you will be doing that stuff too, but when your foot is over your head and she says open up, I thought she was talking about smiling with the other lips, lol!!

 

[blackemerald1]

There is a exercise about that part of the anatomy but I'm not going to smile there either lol :cry:

 

[shatter eyes]

I am getting another injection for my back. What can i do to stay on the safe side? Is there something to lower to cortisol levels?

 

[blackemerald1]

You could ask your doctor and your psycdoc too @shatter eyes - because I don't know. Sorry...

For me... I won't be having another injection. But only because I have suffered a serious set back in terms of depression and ptsd symptoms most of which I think I can conservatively be blamed on the injection being a catalyst. I am still pulling myself out of the pit.

Even my psych doc who is good but very tough said it tipped me over mentally.

I cannot blame it for the depression and ptsd of course.

Good luck with it.

I am swimming every day, doing Tai Chi twice a week and stupid but effective Body balance classes.. ugh... to manage my back and hip pain. sigh...

I am still quite mental though. My psydoc says it will take a while to come back.. :cry:

 

[blackemerald1]

Update on pain in back and bursitis in hip.

Pretty much no longer need any analgesic for either. Certainly no anti-inflammatory meds because I had a stomach bleed a couple of weeks ago trying to use one of those - so never going to use them again anyway.

Swimming daily, tai chi twice per week and one class of body balance (which I have now stopped) seems to have brought the pain down to just about none. If I walk too much or use stairs etc., it will complain but otherwise it's not too bad.

Of course the impingement on my spine is still happening but it seems the inflammation around the injury has lessened and.. I have started to strengthen my core and that's helping. I can press the area where the bursitis is now and it's nowhere near as painful.

Therefore my date with the neurosurgeon is now completely non-existent.

I have seen the exercise physio again and she's super happy.

I must admit I really must grit my teeth & make myself go every single day but I'm relieved once I have done it.

I am getting a lot of leg cramps which are either lactic acid or knotted muscles so I've started swimming earlier in the day to give myself a chance to shake my legs out a little longer before going to bed. Today I bought a muscle roller (a plastic cylinder basically) that I can roll my legs across and up and down to massage the muscles and get some blood supply into them.

I'm taking extra magnesium and potassium as well.

The EP also showed me some stretches I can easily fit into my day when I'm cooking, watching telly and otherwise not doing anything where my brain needs to be engaged. So hopefully that will all help. It's no joke being woken with major cramps several times a night, walking them off each time, laying down again - falling back to sleep (quite the challenge) then bang another cramp. It takes the shine off not having back and hip pain a little. :rolleyes:

But otherwise - all good. I am certainly getting fitter and building muscle.

Now I need to boot the depression etc., to the curb and feel a little happier and I may be better than when I had the injection. :)

 

[Abstract]

You are making excellent progress! Well done to carefully planning and implementing all those steps. Thank goodness for reduced pain and reduced bursitis.

I also get cramps and they are nasty so hope those lessen up for you. I too use massage, and heated microwave bags to try to prevent and ease. Restless critters too these legs.

Lets hope the exercise you do will continue to support your spine. ?

 

[shatter eyes]

Thanks for the update and sharing your progress. I also get the cramps during bed...sleep again...then BAM. Cramps could be caused by lack of nutrients and imbalance of electrolytes.

The cbd is helping me reduce the cramps frequency too.

 

[DharmaGirl]

I'm so glad you won't need surgery! Yay!