GlassCannonLife
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I know there have been a few threads on this but I am still a bit confused and finding it all very vague, hopefully someone can help clarify for me.
Back when I was housebound I'd say do a task that was too much eg cooking a proper dinner. During this I'd have a feeling of discomfort/anxiety gradually well up in my chest and then I'd have to go lie down feeling nasty. I'd then get a bit of PEM - ie more brain fog, a bit more tired, nothing extreme, for a number of days.
I thought that was PEM (just the milder symptoms) and crashing was the first part, where you have this intense build up of nasty symptoms that seem to lead to PEM in the following days. Is that not the case? I saw people describe their PEM as I thought of crashes..
In my current situation where I'm very severe, eg my mum spoke to me for a minute last night and I started having that same feeling welling up. Managed to pull it before it got too intense, but is that me crashing from over exertion during this recovery? Or is that just a normal feature of the current recovery / PEM?
I am on a lot of pregnenolone and cumin still to stabilise and block these effects, as I am worried letting it happen freely will just increasingly worsen me. Can anyone clarify if that is the case? Is it OK to let these horrid feelings well up during recovery from a huge crash, and is it normal? Or if I do that am I just getting worse and worse slowly?
Thanks so much!
Back when I was housebound I'd say do a task that was too much eg cooking a proper dinner. During this I'd have a feeling of discomfort/anxiety gradually well up in my chest and then I'd have to go lie down feeling nasty. I'd then get a bit of PEM - ie more brain fog, a bit more tired, nothing extreme, for a number of days.
I thought that was PEM (just the milder symptoms) and crashing was the first part, where you have this intense build up of nasty symptoms that seem to lead to PEM in the following days. Is that not the case? I saw people describe their PEM as I thought of crashes..
In my current situation where I'm very severe, eg my mum spoke to me for a minute last night and I started having that same feeling welling up. Managed to pull it before it got too intense, but is that me crashing from over exertion during this recovery? Or is that just a normal feature of the current recovery / PEM?
I am on a lot of pregnenolone and cumin still to stabilise and block these effects, as I am worried letting it happen freely will just increasingly worsen me. Can anyone clarify if that is the case? Is it OK to let these horrid feelings well up during recovery from a huge crash, and is it normal? Or if I do that am I just getting worse and worse slowly?
Thanks so much!