Hi
I have a very specific symptom where I experience an intense internal agitation/restlessness in my chest.
I started getting it when I first developed ME 18 years ago. It was severe and I barely slept for years. I used to have to exercise to get rid of it so I would exercise then crash, exercise then crash.
In the end being put on nightly clonazepam (3mg) finally eased it enough to sleep again. Then NAG helped too.
I have stayed on both ever since. I did reduce my clonazepam to 1mg though. But I did it very slowly and was fine.
However in recent months this problem has started to return. I have not slept for 5 nights in the last 8 because I am so agitated.
I can best describe it as an agitated/wired/restless feeling that is very intense and makes lying down feel like torture.
I feel an intense urge to exercise but I am too ill to properly exercise these days so I target where I most feel the agitation which is my chest. My chest feels like it’s burning up. I feel the need to stretch my chest constantly by keeping my arms over my head or other similar things.
Does anyone have any idea what this problem is and what I should do about it?
I have a very specific symptom where I experience an intense internal agitation/restlessness in my chest.
I started getting it when I first developed ME 18 years ago. It was severe and I barely slept for years. I used to have to exercise to get rid of it so I would exercise then crash, exercise then crash.
In the end being put on nightly clonazepam (3mg) finally eased it enough to sleep again. Then NAG helped too.
I have stayed on both ever since. I did reduce my clonazepam to 1mg though. But I did it very slowly and was fine.
However in recent months this problem has started to return. I have not slept for 5 nights in the last 8 because I am so agitated.
I can best describe it as an agitated/wired/restless feeling that is very intense and makes lying down feel like torture.
I feel an intense urge to exercise but I am too ill to properly exercise these days so I target where I most feel the agitation which is my chest. My chest feels like it’s burning up. I feel the need to stretch my chest constantly by keeping my arms over my head or other similar things.
Does anyone have any idea what this problem is and what I should do about it?