,my mom received sPinal cord injury in july. We now have her home and are taking care,of her. Wow alot of work. It is frustrating cause we can never get her comfortable . She is alway in pain. We try so hard to help her . She has a lot of anxiety. Sometimes pain meds and anxiety meds don't help. Don't want to drug her up but she needs it! Before accident she never took anything stronger than tylenol. ALWAYS COMPLAINS about band like feeling pain across stomach. Anyone else feel this type of pain. Anything we can do to make it better? She has been experiencing this pain ever since accident.
Yes, I have the “tight band” feeling, but not constantly. For pain and anxeity, kratom is wonderful. It is legal in most states. I buy the strongest, maeng da strain. Or, green malay, which isn’t as strong, but works. For the ‘tight band’ feeling, one thing that might help is a few drops of oregano oil. Do not let the oil touch your mouth or skin. It burns. You put a few drops into an empty capsule and take the capsule with water. This kills bacteria in the upper stomach area. They put oregano oil in chicken-feed!
Consult with a doctor to be sure the kratom and oregano oil won’t interfere with medications.
Can you tell us a little more about your mom? What type of injury does she have (injury level, complete or incomplete)? What medications for pain/nerve pain is she currently taking?
I would be interested in hearing more about your mother too,especially if she was anxious before her injury. Some general thoughts about anxiety: anxious people often do what they are very afraid of in that the anxiety tends to push people away and they feel more alone and become more anxious. People may distance emotionally unintentionally because they feel helpless to help . There are any nonmedical options that can help decrease anxiety, music is very helpful, music she finds calming or is from her teen, young adult years. there are many people who teach breathing , relaxation techniques. I love Tara Brach and Christopher Germer. I like them for the sound of their voices as much as for what they say.It is important that whatever you try, someone does it with her. relaxation/ breathing exercises can take awhile to feel the effects. Practice helps. touch also helps, such as a gentile hand massage. Smells are very important and I think underappreciated. If she is smelling distance from the kitchen, bread baking or baked apples. It works even better if it something she has a positive association to. Be patient. Nothing helps all the time , think of it as developing a toolbox with lots of ideas to try. please let us know how its going