MartinK
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I haven't been here for a long time because I was going through the most challenging time of my life. I began to suffer from extreme insomnia, which gradually worsened all my symptoms - pain, burning in the body, exhaustion. I was falling into a state where I thought I was going to die. And I collapsed...
The ambulance took me to the hospital, but from neurology I was transfered to another facility - I had no idea what was going to happen. They only told me that a new facility has opened where they will help me with sleep and where there is also a neurologist.
It was a shock for me when I found out that the facility is called a "mental rehabilitation center" and it houses mainly people with mental problems... However, they promised me that I would have an individual program, that they would help me with sleep and that their neurologist would take care of me.
The first week I was given tramadol to help with the crazy pain and feeling like my body was on fire. However, the insomnia was still extreme... And tramadol was taken from me after a week...
However, one day a wave of energy appeared… I tried to sit on the bed and i did it. The next day the same thing happened (and I only slept for an hour!). In these days I also received a tDCS device from the neurologist to stimulate the brain centers.
He told me honestly: we don't know exactly what's going on with you, how your past infections have affected you, but we're going to try to tell your brain that the signals it's sending to your body are faulty.
The next days i started to sleep a bit better (2-4 hours) and the increase in energy started to be higher again. The pain subsided, the burning sensation in my body, I was experiencing almost euphoria. I started to walk slowly, I was able to sit while eating and they helped me with rehabilitation, which I started to manage without PEM! Miracle!
To make a long story short, I got so fit that when I was released, I was almost independent again, I drove a car, I got out into the countryside after a few years, to my beloved places! When PEM occurred, it was only for a few hours - followed by a wave of energy that stopped it.
there are only two things that could have caused this:
- extreme sleep deprivation changed the brain chemistry and the brain went into the right mode after 14 days of total deprivation
- tDCS affected certain brain centers and they stopped sending false signals to the nervous system
Now I think there is a possibility that our bodies may be healthy, but false signals from the brain are affecting everything (perhaps this is why drugs like Pregabalin, Tianeptine, Benzos often help us).
I really don't know what happened but it worked extremely well! I cried that I was given the chance to live again! It worked great for almost two months now my condition is getting worse again. Sleep is good and I no longer go to tDCS. I guess it's time to explore it further... The most important thing for me is the realization that it worked once - why shouldn't it work again, and for other people?
So, let's discuss sleep deprivation, tDCS and the effects of these two things on the brain!
The ambulance took me to the hospital, but from neurology I was transfered to another facility - I had no idea what was going to happen. They only told me that a new facility has opened where they will help me with sleep and where there is also a neurologist.
It was a shock for me when I found out that the facility is called a "mental rehabilitation center" and it houses mainly people with mental problems... However, they promised me that I would have an individual program, that they would help me with sleep and that their neurologist would take care of me.
The first week I was given tramadol to help with the crazy pain and feeling like my body was on fire. However, the insomnia was still extreme... And tramadol was taken from me after a week...
However, one day a wave of energy appeared… I tried to sit on the bed and i did it. The next day the same thing happened (and I only slept for an hour!). In these days I also received a tDCS device from the neurologist to stimulate the brain centers.
He told me honestly: we don't know exactly what's going on with you, how your past infections have affected you, but we're going to try to tell your brain that the signals it's sending to your body are faulty.
The next days i started to sleep a bit better (2-4 hours) and the increase in energy started to be higher again. The pain subsided, the burning sensation in my body, I was experiencing almost euphoria. I started to walk slowly, I was able to sit while eating and they helped me with rehabilitation, which I started to manage without PEM! Miracle!
To make a long story short, I got so fit that when I was released, I was almost independent again, I drove a car, I got out into the countryside after a few years, to my beloved places! When PEM occurred, it was only for a few hours - followed by a wave of energy that stopped it.
there are only two things that could have caused this:
- extreme sleep deprivation changed the brain chemistry and the brain went into the right mode after 14 days of total deprivation
- tDCS affected certain brain centers and they stopped sending false signals to the nervous system
Now I think there is a possibility that our bodies may be healthy, but false signals from the brain are affecting everything (perhaps this is why drugs like Pregabalin, Tianeptine, Benzos often help us).
I really don't know what happened but it worked extremely well! I cried that I was given the chance to live again! It worked great for almost two months now my condition is getting worse again. Sleep is good and I no longer go to tDCS. I guess it's time to explore it further... The most important thing for me is the realization that it worked once - why shouldn't it work again, and for other people?
So, let's discuss sleep deprivation, tDCS and the effects of these two things on the brain!
