Recent content by RichieRich

For the record, I made a full recovery and can throw a ball like nothing. I still have lingering nerve tingling years later, but i don't consider them anything crazy. I sit at a computer all day. I was going back to lifting for a short while until 2019 then quit. I mean, honestly, everything...

From one hardcore gamer to another, you probably don't have nerve damage from gaming. I'm 38 now, but gave up hardcore PC and console gaming when I was 33. I only quit because I was moving a lot for work. My 5 y/o son and I have recently been on an Xbox tear since Christmas though. When left...

It was this line of thought that finally opened my eyes to the possibility that it was emotion driven. Where I got caught up, like yourself, was I was looking for a smoking gun. This trying to pinpoint the precise cause just created a feedback loop in my mind, constantly searching. It took me a...

This isn't an over night thing. Just keep reminding yourself to let it happen. Adjust your position as necessary, take breaks, or stretch. Just don't get into a cycle where when you stretch, you're getting worked up or worried why your stretch hasn't remedied the issue. Getting too consumed with...

The PC/mobile pain is a tricky one because we're so reliant on our hands. In one of my worst experiences to date, I had such extreme muscle tension on my right side that one day I lifted my arm ever so slightly, to adjust my mouse, and it felt like somebody drove an ice pick into my shoulder. I...

@Mark1122 Yup, know exactly where you're coming from. My anxiety started in February 2012 with chest pains that freaked me out enough to go get checked out only to have an ER doctor try to put me on an beta blocker which I promptly said no to. I did a follow up, chief complaint being nasty...

If i may ask, are you on sick leave because of these things you're experiencing?

The bloat sounds more like IBS. I used to get that a ton when I was stressed out. It's just one of those things that happens when you're chronically stressed.

@Mark1122 I know precisely what you're going through. There was a period of time, a few years ago, that the heart flutters were a constant with each waking moment. It got so bad at one point that when my wife had moved back Stateside with our son, I had taken maybe 2 magnesium tablets for the...

@onetruedog, Let me say that I empathize with you on this. I pulled my left hamstring back in 2013, which came seemingly out of nowhere. I had worked my way up to 10+ mile runs on Saturdays, and made it about 1/2 mile in on a 6 mile run with a buddy and BAM!!! I was out of commission for the...

As someone with anxiety, I can relate. I have my moments with IBS a few times a year, and not related to Chinese fast food. It just kind of happens. The best thing you can do is don't dwell on it. Don't try to analyze what you ate or did prior to it happening. Overeating definitely can give me...

I stand with you on this one, but mine may be relative to having ear issues my entire life. I tubes in my ears twice as a kid. I've also blown my right ear drum twice, around 13 years old and 32 years old(4 years ago). On rare occasions I'll lose most of my hearing in my right ear for a few...

Welcome to the club. You'll find that a lot of us on here have to climb out of a hole infrequently. I'm just now getting over 3 months of plantar fasciitis that came on seemingly out of nowhere. I was running up to 6 miles every other day for months after conditioning myself back for like the...

Fantastic news. Glad [we] could be of service.

@Kylin Foster Hopefully your symptoms have chilled out in the past few weeks. What you're describing sounds like IBS, something a lot of people on here have had issues with, myself included off and on. But, I can tell you from experience if you starve yourself and then consume say a sandwich...