Pro-Hormones! I Think I Really Messed Up! Please Help Me!

[needspractice]

[UPDATE] – AND I NEED YOUR HELP!

Ok. So I took Super DMZ 2.0 with LMG. Man do I feel messedup at the moment. I do not know what is going on with myself. I have hadseveral problems and I am not sure what it is. I will list a few to see whatyou guys think.

1. After a few weeks off I hit the GYM a little bitand had almost whole body muscle cramps that were severe I mean to the pointwhere I had to take an ICE bath; muscle relaxer bath; put soothing lotion on mymuscles; and take Tylenol or Ibuprofen.
2. Joints and arms hurt; mainly in my wrist andelbows but sometimes in my back. I think mainly in my wrist and elbows becauseof my video game addiction problem in the past but just seems to have gottenworse; and from my back from starting to play golf a lot; I have been swinginghard and often.
3. I think I do have a form of IBS though that isalways at bay; hasn’t acted up in a while but thought I would just note that.
4. One thing I did want to mention is that I thinkI severely over trained. I do remember being on SDZ and my arms feeling likethey were going to explode. I work out some of my body way to hard and did notspread works out around to different muscle groups like I should of. I latterlyhad to stop working out my arms because I could barely move them they felt sothick.
5. I have been taking pro-hormones off and on foryears since like 25. I am wondering if I did any major damage to myself? I donot notice anything major; just the fact that for example my color bone hurtsalways when I do dips. Like my bones are not strong enough to hold my upperbody. I did have a bird chest growing up for the longest time and even my dadmade fun of me. That is why I worked out so hard for so long. I wasnaturally around 135 lbs. and now I can’t get under 185 lbs. I am justwondering if I am bigger than my bones can support; and if I am how do I fixthis because I think I am all muscle and can’t lose the weight?
6. Even joints in my hands; fingers; and right toeand foot seem to easily hurt. I thought I might have some kind of rudimentaryarthritis but I told the Doctor what I thought I had and when he did blood workhe said that they didn’t find anything.
7. When I had it bad the muscle jerks at night Ihad heat flashes and sometimes sweating but I do not have any of that now; theonly thing I have now is muscle twitching at night if it happens. I reallyfeel like I damaged some nerves somewhere and they need some time to heal. Myquestion is how long does it take or do nerves even heal if you haveovertrained for like a couple of years?
8. [MAIN PROBLEM] Sleeping. This goes off and on itis so weird. I get these weird muscle twitches like jerks that only happen whenI’m trying to go to sleep. It will come and go; like one time it lasted fora week and I went to the Doctor and had blood work done and he said everythingwas fine; and it finally went a way for a while. Then like a month later orsooner it will pop in and hit me again and mess up my whole sleep schedule and Ican’t sleep at all. Then after a few days it goes away. I do not think I properPCT at all for this cycle and I am afraid that I messed something up. There wasone time however that it was acting up and I started talking Revolution PCT andit fixed it. Then just last night I took Revolution PCT; Pure TEST; CycleAssists and 300 MG of Magnesium; and it happened again. I also worked out verymildly a couple hours before bed and half a beer only early that day. I haven’tbeen drinking at all. When I wake up I feel great; walk around no problem; goto school; nothing noticeable. My elbows feel a little wore out and so do mywrists; but that’s it.

Guys I could really use your help. I have really bad healthinsurance. I can go to the Doctor up to 5 times per year and only up to 500dollars per visit. I already used two for my foot and one for the blood test. Ido not know what to do? I have never had this sleeping problem before whentaking pro hormones. I do not know if it is Super DMZ or just finally all thesepro hormones finally caught up to me. Is this healable or has anyone else hadthis problem?

*I did take some OxyElite the DMAA version for a while anddid not like that. Maybe a couple of weeks.

Here is what I am taking off and on trying to figure out theright dose to give me sleep:

Finaflex PureTest
Finaflex Revolution PCT
Tribulus Raw Power
Competitive Edge Labs Cycle Assist
Natural Vitality Natural Calm [Been taking this every night]

Sometimes I take at random times:

Osteo Bi-Flex [I think this one could be a problem]
GNC Maximum Greens
Flintstone Vitamins
Equate One Daily Men’s
Equate Calcium 500+D
Echinacea
Vitamin C 1000MG

Thinking about taking to see if it helps:

Phenibut
Lift Mode 5HTP

I know that some of you guys are going to say that you areon too much stuff. Well sometimes I come completely off of everything for likea couple of months and eventually the sleep muscle twitches come back. The onlyother thing I can think of is that I have very low testosterone at the moment.Last time I had trouble sleeping I took Revolution PCT and Magnesium and Isleep like a baby for a long time.

The only other trigger could be

Gold Standard Whey and the amino acids in it. I had a smallprotein shake before I went to bed a few hours earlier and had a huge dinner. Owait that might have a problem as well. I had dinner at like 9:00 PM and wentto be at 10. But how could that cause muscle twitching.

Also my dad says he only need about 5-6 hours of sleep. Icould be over sleeping. I try to get 9 to 12.

Also I think I might have some anxiety because I am use tomaking six figures and working 12 hours a day. I did that for 10 years of mylife. Now I am a poor college student which my wife takes care of me. I wonderif this could be psychology as well.

There was a time when I had Amino Acids 2222 and Goldstandard Whey Protein that was expired and the lid was not sealed tight. I hadthey for a little while; wonder if my body had toxic amino acids for a whileand now reacts to them?

Well I slept great for the past few weeks. The only thing Idid different was work out a little late by very easily; not hard. Eat a latedinner. Had a half of a beer; and maybe mix cycle assist with Revolution PCTand pure test before I went to bed. And had a small protein shake beforedinner.

Also do you think I could have over trained because my bodyjust feels like it needs a lot of rest? I worked out tri-ceps like a week and ahalf ago mildly and they still hurt today; pretty bad. I think I need a longbreak. And if I do need a long break how do I work out so I don’t loseeverything even though I am injured. I just feel like a lot of my muscle areinjured.

Summary Questions:

1. I know this is a lot. I was just hoping someonecould shed some light on all of this.
2. Please advise me on what to do or if there isanything I can do.
3. Also I do not have very good insurance prettymuch if any so I am relying on you guys.
4. Please help me.

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this. I hopeyou have a wonderful day. Please help!

Best,
Needspractice

 

[Celorza]

I saw a humongous post and it seems like you are in trouble...first of all:

-Keep calm and consult a physician, not the interwebz.
-Cliffs please? Shorter version of it, and list the HIGHLY IMPORTANT problems atm (8 or higher...if it is a 10 dial 911)
-Breathe.

 

[needspractice]

Celorza

I went to doc and got blood work done; he said everything is fine.

Cliffs please? What does that me? Past 10 problems? Don’t think I have that many.

I do need to relax.

 

[Celorza]

No no I mean cliffs , short version of it. Are you in shut down? In pain or something?

 

[LordNeckbeard]

9-12 hours is too much sleep. Aim for 7-8.

You've overtrained. Stop training.

Also, stop taking so much ****. Your body is probably having an adverse reaction to something.

 

[needspractice]

Celorza

Absolutely no pain, feel great during the day; only problem I have is muscle twitching sometimes when I am trying to sleep. I am just thinking that I am low on TEST at the moment.

But how low can I be because I can satisfy my wife no problem. It’s not like I can’t get it up.

Lordneckbeard

Yes my dad only needs like 5-6 hours; I do think I am over trained and need to take a break for sure.

I do think I am having a reaction to something; you think I should detox?

 

[LordNeckbeard]

Definitely detox. Drop everything for a while and then if you want, add things back in slowly. That way you can see if there's one thing in particular that your body doesn't agree with.

Other than that, I'm not really sure what else it could be. Just try to be as healthy as possible.

 

[rphash49]

Celorza

Absolutely no pain, feel great during the day; only problem I have is muscle twitching sometimes when I am trying to sleep. I am just thinking that I am low on TEST at the moment.

But how low can I be because I can satisfy my wife no problem. It's not like I can't get it up.

Lordneckbeard

Yes my dad only needs like 5-6 hours; I do think I am over trained and need to take a break for sure.

I do think I am having a reaction to something; you think I should detox?

Never heard of a correlation of low test and muscle twitching. Cut out all stims for a few weeks or cut out all supps as said above

 

[needspractice]

What do you think about this?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0006II74C/ref=gno_cart_title_5?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

 

[rphash49]

What do you think about this?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0006II74C/ref=gno_cart_title_5?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

You don't need it. Your body can detox all by itself safely. Do you take stims? Preworkout, caffeine, etc. Daily?

 

[needspractice]

rphash49

I use to take a lot of stims; but not so much now at the moment because I can't sleep.

 

[needspractice]

UPDATE:

Ok I might have found something. Last night my head was raised and I was not flat on my back. When I got flat on my back the spasms went away. Right now I just got home from hitting some golf balls real hard and my middle back start to hurt I think from straining. I went to start taking a nap and of course I felt some spasms. I had a pillow under my head and was lifted up. When I took the pillow away and lay flat they subsided I believe.

I wonder if I have injured a nerve or have a pinched nerve or something. I do not have major pain when normal walking or hanging around; but if I hit a couple of large buckets of golf balls pretty hard I have some major pain in my rear center back.

I wonder since my joints have been all sucked up and dry and I did not do a proper PCT I am feeling all sore and weak.

 

[av6258]

Dude u need to chill out. Massage, vacation, a drink, whatever. Your biggest problem is over analyzation and paranoia. Also, if u are new to golf you will be very sore in the beginning. I've been playing for years.

 

[Matthersby]

Good advice here. Relax and take a break from all supps and take a week off training. Also, and maybe this is just me, "everything came back fine" doesn't work for me anymore. Your doc only knows what you tell him and I'm betting he's in primary care. Even most endocrinologists won't test for everything they should. I would go get a copy of your labs and post them. I can assure you there are quite a few of us educated enough to point you in the right direction based on labs. Especially missing labs.

 

[fame126]

to me it sounds like you overtrained and the muscle soreness / pain will go away it just takes time. you should stop all pre workouts and drink plenty of water and eat lots of food containing antioxidants. just give it time bro you will be alright.

 

[McCrew530]

its probably paranoia

 

[TaylorSwift]

its probably cancer!

Jesus man, you can't go throwing around the "C" word like that!

 

[wicked442]

Jesus man, you can't go throwing around the "C" word like that!

This^^^

 

[McCrew530]

This^^^

Sorry...

 

[LordNeckbeard]

Don't stress, McCrew530. I thought it was pretty funny.

 

[Keepitreel]

guys he has goddamn back pumps how can we not spot that complaining of lower back pain constantly thinking he has a pinched nerve>its a side effetc of the prohormone man if you cant bear it stop using. the muscle cramps are from poor electrolyte imbalance go grab and electrolyte powder or drinking some gatorade throughout the day. the aching of joints could also be a water issue with prohomrines u have to drink a ton a ton of water. try those two and see if it changes

 

[JD261985]

Sorry but I lolled at the flinstone vitamins rofl

 

[SoCalMuscle]

Sorry but I lolled at the flinstone vitamins rofl

I thought I was the only one

 

[jbryand101b]

This thread is disappointing.

Natural selection

 

[kBrown]

You remind me of a crack head -- Don't worry I am being playful and don't take what I am about to say as me being a dick.... buttttt listen up
1) Someone above said you are on to much ****... yes indeed you are, its like a damn supplement junky. I see this a lot on the web and I myself have been guilty of it. As another poster said your body is reacting to something or you are deathly ill... Cut out the supplements, the solution is NOT to add more.

2) Consult a physician if adverse reactions don't subside after a few days of being supplement free

3) When you do decide to reintroduce supplements, which we all know you will. Think more long term and in terms of measurable effects. For example. Start with a multi, then the monohydrate, still good to go? Great add some Carnitine, still feeling good? okay add some ___________. Then one day you may wake up and add _________ and Damn brick wall hits you in the face and you feel like ****. Guess what, you found your contaminant / allergen

I would really see a doctor and describe your symptoms its not like it costs a fortune. Then when you go back on the supplements keep in mind what I said. More is not always better.

 

[needspractice]

@av6258

You are so right I think a massage and a Chiropractor will fix all of my problems with some relaxation. I do have paranoia that I am going to kill today man; no more. Yes I am new to golf! I have a Nike Covert Driver on the way! I can’t wait!

Thank you for your kind comments!
Matthersby

Yes I agree; I will post my labs; also I probably do need to go to a endocrinologist for sure to get that checked out once again. I have my TEST results from another test somewhere I will have to dig those up as well.

@fame126

Yes I agree; time and relaxation; I think I will just use the lowest weights I can find and just tone for a while; thank you.
McCrew530

It is.
TaylorSwift

Ya Im dead.
WICKED44

Bury me now.
LordNeckbeard

Me too.
Keepitreel

You are so right man; I’m a dumbass.
JD261985

They are not bad you should try them, lol
SoCalMuscle

=)
jbryand101b
I know I give nothing to society I should be shot
kBrown

Thank you for the great advice; I will try that. I hope I am not deathly ill.

 

[needspractice]

[UPDATE]

I just had a great night sleep again; no problems. I used no pillow and put muscle relaxer cream on my back. The only thing I took was Natural Calm Magnesium Supplement before bed. I really feel it has something to do with a sore back; nothing major just need rest. I hope this is the case but I could be wrong.

Also here are my labs.

 

[kBrown]

You inspired me to write an article on this topic. It is in my journal. Hope you the best.

@av6258

You are so right I think a massage and a Chiropractor will fix all of my problems with some relaxation. I do have paranoia that I am going to kill today man; no more. Yes I am new to golf! I have a Nike Covert Driver on the way! I can’t wait!

Thank you for your kind comments!
Matthersby

Yes I agree; I will post my labs; also I probably do need to go to a endocrinologist for sure to get that checked out once again. I have my TEST results from another test somewhere I will have to dig those up as well.

@fame126

Yes I agree; time and relaxation; I think I will just use the lowest weights I can find and just tone for a while; thank you.
McCrew530

It is.
TaylorSwift

Ya Im dead.
WICKED44

Bury me now.
LordNeckbeard

Me too.
Keepitreel

You are so right man; I’m a dumbass.
JD261985

They are not bad you should try them, lol
SoCalMuscle

=)
jbryand101b
I know I give nothing to society I should be shot
kBrown

Thank you for the great advice; I will try that. I hope I am not deathly ill.

 

[needspractice]

Where do I find your journal?

 

[kBrown]

In my signature.

http://anabolicminds.com/forum/training-forum/235175-pl-road-domination.html

 

[needspractice]

Awesome! Thanks!

 

[jbryand101b]

Whoa, crazy much?

 

[needspractice]

Who?

 

[CATdiesel76]

Your collar bones most likely hurt during dips because you have injured or strained your ac joint. I did the same thing. Don't push it or you won't really be able to do any chest or shoulders for a long ass time.

Trust me I have torn my rotator cuff twice and bounced back 100% in 2 months. My AC joint injuries aren't back to normal after 2 years

 

[jbryand101b]

jbryand101b
I know I give nothing to society I should be shot

:lmao: wut? why such a Debbie downer? sheesh. you might need some counseling, you know, cause with a brain like this, messing up your hormones with steroids is only going to make you more depressed an all messed up in the head.

 

[needspractice]

CATdiesel76

AC Joint? Feels like its my whole bone across from the left side and the ride side. Both bones left and right. Just feels real strained when I do dips with weight. They almost always felt that way. Feel completely normal just walking around. And when I do dips on a bench on the floor I feel nothing.

You still think it’s a Joint?
jbryan101b

o

 

[needspractice]

[UPDATE]

I got another great night sleep! Not sure why but something is working! YEA!

 

[LordNeckbeard]

Good to hear. Give yourself quite a while to recover fully.

 

[lboston]

Is this thread for real?

Quit taking SO much ****, take a break from training, get laid, drink some pedialyte, and re-evaluate in a week or two.

For every potential problem mentioned, or suggestion proposed, You fund a supplement to ADD in to the mix of what he's currently taking.
I agree with what others have said, but most importantly, lay off the pHs and the other supplants...it can certainly affect mood...

Are you on any prescription medications like SSRIs, MAOI inhibitors, etc?

 

[CATdiesel76]

CATdiesel76

AC Joint? Feels like its my whole bone across from the left side and the ride side. Both bones left and right. Just feels real strained when I do dips with weight. They almost always felt that way. Feel completely normal just walking around. And when I do dips on a bench on the floor I feel nothing.

You still think it’s a Joint?
jbryan101b

o

Maybe not if its the entire collar bone. Ac joint is at the distal end of your clavicle. Google image it and see if that's where your pain originates. It is most easily aggrevated by exceed used such as dips

 

[needspractice]

I am not sure. Haven't done hard dips in a while; I'll have to do them again to check. But if I do tough dips it just feels like there is a strain or pain on the lines of my bone on the right and left side. Not the joints.

 

[needspractice]

Morning Back Pain – Should I Spend Money?

Hello Everyone,

I know there is so much out there on back pain; but I have a tough money question. I am a returning college student with not a whole lot of money. I am 33 year old male is I would say good shape. I work out decently and have a nice physique.

My problem is that one time I went to a golf pro shop and spent 4 hours smacking the golf ball as hard as I could almost too where I had a small pain in my chest and it was hard to breathe for a split second. And if I couldn’t get more stupid I went the next day and did it again. I had to choose a golf club for a class so that is why I pushed myself. I know that was kind of stupid.

After like a month I thought I healed up and then went and played Disc Golf and threw the Disc as hard as I possibly could for like 3 hours. I would throw it farther than anyone else. I guess I could have been showing off like an idiot.

Well I was working out moderately hard for a while in the gym during all this and never felt any burst of pain really. The only thing that I noticed was a small pinch like pain when I would be watching TV. So then I decided to go to a Chiropractor and he solved that but he noticed that my spine was just slight to the right and my shoulders were a little uneven; but absolutely nothing major going on. This was the first time I ever went to a Chiropractor and it was literally insane. I thought he was going to kill me because I never heard my bones crack like that before and my neck.

I think it might have been a littler before the Chiropractor that only in the morning when I wake up I would notice a pain right in the middle of my upper back between my shoulder blades; one time the pain moved to the right of my shoulder blade but that went away. Now all that is left is this ongoing pain in the middle of my back that I cannot for the life of me locate. It’s like it’s the long muscle in my back that go from top to bottom of your back and very close to my spine. I would say mid shoulder to mid back but not upper shoulder or lower back.

It is so weird because during the day I feel absolutely great with no back pain at all; even playing Disc Golf or exercising; it is only right after I wake up and while I am still laying down. Pretty much as soon as I wake up everything is fantastic.

Only other weird thing is I feel like my ear is ringing on my right ear when I sleep on my right side. This also goes away completely when I get up or move around.

Doctor’s Office:

I have been to my Doctor several times with this. I have had several X-Rays; nothing bruised on my skin or anything obvious; blood work done for immune system and anything out of the ordinary. I have taken muscle relaxers and anti-inflammatory’s but they are all temporary relief. Seems like the pain comes back. My Doctor is just saying it is like a pulled or sore muscle or something but just seems strange that something so small could cause so much discomfort in the morning.

Solutions:

My dad has celiac disease but I do not but I read an article about how maybe you could not have the disease but a precursor of it somehow. I do have a lot of joint pain right now like in my Big Toe; Wrist; Neck and sometimes elbow. I have had all these X-Rayed and blood work done to see any causes and nothing major is going on.

Here is the Article excerpt:

Remove gluten from your diet. Recent studies have shown that some people may have non-celiac disease gluten sensitivity and if so, that may trigger a systemic immune response which can keep joints irritated. This wasn’t too challenging for me since I already didn’t eat breads, pastas, refined grains in general but gluten, as you may know, is in a LOT of foods – like beef jerky for one. Remove gluten for thirty days and pay attention to how you feel. For me, it helped. If after thirty days you feel better then you can always titrate some back into your diet to find your threshold if you want to.

I am lost at this point:

My main question is that do I put spend money I really do not have on a new bed and pillow with a mattress topper or am I just getting old and have to deal with an aching back and joint pain. Or could I possibly change my diet to a gluten free diet which will be like darn like impossible.

I have heard from people’s reviews that they have had much success in changing out the mattress. And I am not even sure where the one that I am sleeping on came from. It’s a Cali-King and seems nice but a little old.

I have great Health Insurance. It just doesn’t seem like the Doctors have the answers except Med up or go to a PT. I wish there was more information out there on this.

Solutions:

1. Change Mattress
2. Change Pillow
3. Change Mattress Topper
4. Gluten Free Diet
5. Deal with it because you are getting older … Its life …

Anything help would be greatly appreciated. Please leave your comments below. Thank You!




Update:

Last night I was able to get 9 hours of sleep somehow. I did wake up at exactly 2:30 A.M. which happens a lot because I think my body clock is off with all of this going on but I was able to go back to bed and I woke up at 9:00 A.M. after going to bed at 12:00 A.M.

The difference this time was that we actually found a full body pillow that was in a bag somewhere from a long time ago. The one that literally wraps all around you. I used that last night and I think the difference was I did not sleep on my stomach and I did not toss and turn. Only around 9:00 did my back start to ache a little bit and force me out of bed and I began to toss and turn around the same time as well.

I wanted to know exactly where the pain is coming from because it feels like sometimes it could be coming from my Spine or right rib or muscles near my spine. It is so hard to find exactly where.

I have a FOAM roller which I get on sometimes to gauge where the pain is coming from. I did it a little differently this time.

I put the edge of the FOAM roller in the middle of my back where the pain is and let my butt down and my chest arch up. I would definitely say this helped me isolated the pain to about 4 to 7 inches right along my spine. I could definitely feel the pain in the morning when I do this. I will move like an inch up or down and see if the pain is focused in that area. I would say when I get to my upper shoulders and neck there is zero pain and when I get to my lower back there is zero pain. It only seems to originate like to the top half of my back; like my back is too heavy for itself or something. Or it seems like a computer sitting down problem like I am arched or something over something for a long period and my back is just fed up with all of this. Also the sports injuries probably put it over the top I think.

All I know is that the pain seems to be coming from the Spine or the muscles directly around the spine; but I think it’s the spine. I am almost thinking that whatever the Chiropractor did actually made things worse but I could be wrong. I never heard that kind of cracking before. It’s about a 4 – 7 inch radio directly up and down when I get on the foam roller and it does hurt; but only in the morning or if I get on the foam roller in that exact position. As I am typing this there is no pain in my back.

Just wanted to update everyone. I hope someone knows what this is. I will be going to an orthopedic doctor soon but I am guessing that he will not be able to conclude anything either. Just seems sad.

Please comment with any help or guidance.




I have an appointment set up with a orthopedic surgeon who specializes in sports injuries. I believe this all started from driving the golf ball to hard; and playing Disc Golf to hard.

The strangest thing is why is the pain isolated to after I sleep for a while and I do not feel a thing while moving around or sitting down. Just like this morning I felt the pain in my middle back during the wake up process. Soon as I got up and started moving around it was gone. I did again get on the foam roller on the edge long side not rolling it just dipping my back over one side of the end and I could isolate the pain. I am guessing that my back is somehow compressed by my ribs or the way I am sleeping and my back is getting pressure over night for hours at a time.

My only confusion is that why is this happening to me at 33? I would think this would be normal at 63. I mean its not like I could of injured myself this hard. It's not like I dropped a refrigerator on my back or played football, or did something so bad that its like yea your hurt. I mean this is just weird.

Is 30+ the age you start getting aches and pains?
Will this heal?
Is there a serious back brace I can wear while I am sleeping so no compression happens while I sleep?
I fear when I go to the Doctor he will not succeed in helping me but I hope so.
Any other ideas?




911! Please Help!

This is so weird. Seems like some nights I have great sleep with no morning pain and some nights I do. This morning being one of them.

Basically in the morning I just feel this mild pain in my back right in the middle. And when I get up it goes away. However I have noticed that if I lean back in a hard chair like kind of bend over it backwards I can feel the soreness in my spine or muscles right in the middle where my back curves over the chair.

Also I did the FOAM roller again and put my back on the tough edge on my back and could feel the soreness right on my spine or muscles next to my spine.

I am beginning to think it is my spine.

I have an apt. with an orthopedic doctor on the 27th of March.

I still have yet to find a Physical Therapist; I will be doing that as soon as possible.

Can anyone please help with this? I think I have had this pain for 6 months to a year. I think it started from a golfing or disc golf injury. Is this something I will have to deal with for the rest of my life or will it ever heal?

I do not remember ever majoring injury my back; it’s not like I broke it or anything…

Anyone have any ideas?

Update! Good and Bad News!

Ok I slept decent last night.

The one thing I did different was that I used a TENS unit for two separate 15 minute sessions.

My wife located the spots on my back right near my spine but sometimes I swear the spots are right on my spine. She put her elbow on my back while I was lying down. It is in the same middle part of my back and I can feel it if I lean back and over a chair like I am stretching only if I am having an ache day.

Anyhow after locating the spot again with my wife and the foam roller before I went to bed and while watching a show I did the TENS unit for 15 minutes and then readjusted the placement and did it another 15 minutes and there was no morning pain.

I learned this technique from the Chiropractor because that is what they used on me. The just did it during the day and not at night. I have several TENS units because I hurt myself a long time ago and bought like 4 or 5 of them.

My wife says it’s deep in my muscle because she cannot just get at it it’s like she has to press really hard.

The only thing that freaked me out was that I have two like bruises on my back. I worked out decently hard at the gym doing a lot of chest exercises on the bench. I don’t ever recalling being easily bruised by working out at the gym. The bruises are not black or blue or yellow or anything just like rub brownish marks from the bench rubbing.

I am just concerned because why are my ribs aching; back hurting and my back is easily bruising?

I mean if this is what getting old is all about this sucks.

I have an appointment with my primary doctor today at 2:00 and an sports orthopedic doctor later this month. I still have yet to line up a Physical therapist but I will do that asap.

I have not work out chest probably decently since my suppose injury last august but still I would think I would not bruise that easily. Also why am I so weak? I mean I can lift normal things like groceries and stuff but benching pressing is like really hard for me. It has always been hard but I just seem a lot weaker.


To tell you the truth I think a lot of this is in my head. I just do not know what to do. I wish I could just move on with my life and live it like I use to never looking back! I use to do some much fun things and now I feel like I worry to much.

Help!

Sleep Has Been Destroyed! Pain: Sub Conscious? Anxiety?

For the past 6 months my sleep routine has been destroyed. The only thing that I can think of is when I started having back pain only while sleeping. I have no back pain when walking around doing stuff but only in the morning when I wake up. Once every few days or weeks it seems like a can get a full night sleep in I am lucky but lately it has been where I wake up at 2:00 then 4:00 then 6:00 and then finally 8:00 or 9:00. Seems like I sleep a little better right at the end because I am probably exhausted from all the stress of trying to go to sleep.

History:

A year and a half ago a played around with some GNC products like pro-hormones and stuff and worked out a lot. Been off of that for a while now. I worked out pretty hard. After coming off of that I use to jerk when falling asleep and freaked out. Thought I had something major but probably my muscles where just coming off of exhaustion. Went to the Doctors and had blood work done and he check me out and gave me a physical and said everything was fine.

About nine months ago I needed a club to play golf so I went to golf pro shop and swung a club for 4 hours straight and I believe hurt my back. I swung pretty hard for a while. And believe it or not I did it the next day as well; to the point where I had a hard time breathing for a second. I know I am an idiot. I stopped everything and chilled. Maybe only driving range stuff after that.

Relaxed for a while then played Disc Golf and threw the Disc as hard as I possible could about six months ago. Played for about 4 hours throwing the disc incredibly hard. Idiot again.

Penalties:

Well low and behold now I am having back problems only when I sleep and in the morning. But it seems more than that. I do not know if I created a mental loop in my mind but I cannot get a decent nights rest.

I have gone to the Doctor again and have had multiple x-rays done and bloods tests taken. Everything came back fine.

The pain is only in the morning and there is zero pain during the day.

Here is an excerpt of a back pain post that I created to fill you in.

Morning Back Pain – Should I Spend Money?

Hello Everyone,

I know there is so much out there on back pain; but I have a tough money question. I am a returning college student with not a whole lot of money. I am 33 year old male is I would say good shape. I work out decently and have a nice physique.

My problem is that one time I went to a golf pro shop and spent 4 hours smacking the golf ball as hard as I could almost too where I had a small pain in my chest and it was hard to breathe for a split second. And if I couldn’t get more stupid I went the next day and did it again. I had to choose a golf club for a class so that is why I pushed myself. I know that was kind of stupid.

After like a month I thought I healed up and then went and played Disc Golf and threw the Disc as hard as I possibly could for like 3 hours. I would throw it farther than anyone else. I guess I could have been showing off like an idiot.

Well I was working out moderately hard for a while in the gym during all this and never felt any burst of pain really. The only thing that I noticed was a small pinch like pain when I would be watching TV. So then I decided to go to a Chiropractor and he solved that but he noticed that my spine was just slight to the right and my shoulders were a little uneven; but absolutely nothing major going on. This was the first time I ever went to a Chiropractor and it was literally insane. I thought he was going to kill me because I never heard my bones crack like that before and my neck.

I think it might have been a littler before the Chiropractor that only in the morning when I wake up I would notice a pain right in the middle of my upper back between my shoulder blades; one time the pain moved to the right of my shoulder blade but that went away. Now all that is left is this ongoing pain in the middle of my back that I cannot for the life of me locate. It’s like it’s the long muscle in my back that go from top to bottom of your back and very close to my spine. I would say mid shoulder to mid back but not upper shoulder or lower back.

It is so weird because during the day I feel absolutely great with no back pain at all; even playing Disc Golf or exercising; it is only right after I wake up and while I am still laying down. Pretty much as soon as I wake up everything is fantastic.

Only other weird thing is I feel like my ear is ringing on my right ear when I sleep on my right side. This also goes away completely when I get up or move around.

Doctor’s Office:

I have been to my Doctor several times with this. I have had several X-Rays; nothing bruised on my skin or anything obvious; blood work done for immune system and anything out of the ordinary. I have taken muscle relaxers and anti-inflammatory’s but they are all temporary relief. Seems like the pain comes back. My Doctor is just saying it is like a pulled or sore muscle or something but just seems strange that something so small could cause so much discomfort in the morning.

Solutions:

My dad has celiac disease but I do not but I read an article about how maybe you could not have the disease but a precursor of it somehow. I do have a lot of joint pain right now like in my Big Toe; Wrist; Neck and sometimes elbow. I have had all these X-Rayed and blood work done to see any causes and nothing major is going on.

Here is the Article excerpt:

Remove gluten from your diet. Recent studies have shown that some people may have non-celiac disease gluten sensitivity and if so, that may trigger a systemic immune response which can keep joints irritated. This wasn’t too challenging for me since I already didn’t eat breads, pastas, refined grains in general but gluten, as you may know, is in a LOT of foods – like beef jerky for one. Remove gluten for thirty days and pay attention to how you feel. For me, it helped. If after thirty days you feel better then you can always titrate some back into your diet to find your threshold if you want to.

I am lost at this point:

Anything help would be greatly appreciated. Please leave your comments below. Thank You!

Update:

Now after reading all of this what do you propose? I have been to the Doctors and they do not have the answers. Do I just chalk it up to getting old? I am only 33. I use to play pretty hard but I do not think I destroyed my body or did I?

I am going back to school and I do know school and no job is stressing me out. But can it be creating this much havoc?

All I know is that I am kind of afraid to go to sleep and it’s a real problem. I have some pain relievers and muscles relaxers but I do not really care for them.

I just know that my sleep is absolutely horrible and it is not like it used to be where I could fall asleep like a baby and get 9 to 10 hours a sleep and nothing could wake me up. What in the world happened? I feel like I was just sleeping like this not too long ago.

Please help me any way you can! Please leave comments below!

 

[Matthersby]

Welcome to your 30's.

 

[McCrew530]

Your mattress may be a huge reason your back has been hurting so bad. Look at that before you think about surgery. If you feel good during the day but terrible in the AM your mattress may not be supporting you in the right way, this may also be the reason the body pillow felt good, it was some added support and added you in achieving a little bit better spinal alignment. Our bodies toss and turn for two reason either too much pressure or from a lack of support, both and lead to waking up in pain, imagine being awake in in your sleeping position for 8 hours. Check out a specialty sleep shop and test some beds. A good mattress can make all the difference in the world.

 

[needspractice]

Elevated IGA from Celiac Disease Test. I do not have Celiac Disease…

Hello Everyone,

I have a curious question. What essentially is Elevated IGA? I have look all around google and there is not much information on it.

Let me tell you my story…

I went to an Endocrinologist to check on my testosterone because I am 33. I told him I was feeling okay maybe not the best so he did complete blood work on me. I did tell him that my Father was recently diagnosed with Celiac Disease so he went ahead and ran that as well.

Long story short … the endocrinologist said that everything was perfect on me except that my IGA was elevated. His nurse at first gave me a call and said that this is probably no big deal and he just wants me to see a specialist. I was not understanding her so she just had the Doctor call me. He said that he had no idea what this mean and that “I would just not ignore it” kind of hinting that this could be a big deal.

So then he refers me to a hematologist. I am like sure okay, and then I call the office and it is like, hello thanks for calling the Cancer Center … I was like what??? I have cancer now?

So then the next day I went to my Primary Doctor and he did a blood test on me little under a year ago also test for Celiac Disease. I did not have those results but I got them today. They showed that I had elevated IGA and he didn’t even bother telling me about it. He was like it didn’t excite me; I guess meaning no big deal. He said IGA is such a basic protein to the system that it is just not that important. Only when levels are low is when people start getting concerned. His blood test just like the last blood test came back perfectly fine, literally everything else, the last blood work was like 1500 bucks, they must have had a field day checking on that IGA levels or something.

I guess the Endocrinologist was wondering how someone would have elevated IGA and not have Celiac. He did confess that he had no idea what this meant and wanted me to see a specialist. It is just the way he told me that it sounded important and that he scared me a little bit. Also the fact that when you call the Hematologist they answer the phone Cancer line how may I help you…

Anxiety. I think I really have anxiety I think. My doctor just prescribed me Lexapro. I have been acting such like a Hypochondriac and have been having multiple high level stressors in my life like going back to college, moving, marriage, in-laws, and not working.

I could have sworn I read somewhere that high IGA could be caused by Anxiety and or allergies to which I have both to where I am living at the moment. I have a lot of anxiety and there are dogs and cats where I live and when I touch one I break out in hives. Also my skin seems to be a lot more sensitive than it used to be like when I work out at the gym and sometimes I will get marks on where I press too hard on stuff. Like one time I was bent pressing and got a couple of bruises on my back that went away, and recently I just did calves raises and had some heavy weight on my shoulders have very slight red line bruise so small doesn’t seem like a big deal but just doesn’t seem like this use to ever happen before.

My Doctor says that I cannot lower my IGA. What if my IGA gets to like 5000 or something? My Doctor did have a very good point. He said blood test values are like a bell curve and that sometimes there can be outliers. I am currently in school and taking statistics so this makes perfect sense to me. He said that your body is just different in this area and this what makes you, you. If it was something low or critical we would take action.

I guess what he is saying is that this outlier is a non-essential concern.

Here are my results below…

Results 05/2013

Solstats

Result Range

IgA = 682 68-379

tTG IgA = 8.3 <20
tTG IgG = 6.5 <20
Endomysial = Negative

Results 04/2014

LabCorp

Result Range

IgA = 710 91-414

tTG IgA = 0-3 <2
tTG IgG = 0-5 <2
Endomysial = Negative

Questions:

What is IGA?

What does it mean to have High Levels of IGA?

What is the worst case scenario of High Levels of IGA?

How do I lower my IGA?

Is this a precursor of Cancer or anything like that? Or is this simply an outlier like the Doctor says and is absolutely nothing to worry about?

Help:

My main point is that I am going to my follow up visit in a week to the Hematologist and I know what is going to happen. He is going to say everything is absolutely fine. We ran a ton of blood work, not sure why that test was done, but have a nice day. And give me a look of why am I even here.

I do not want to leave still not knowing exactly what this is, and that is why I posted this topic here. I was hoping someone out there could elaborate on this so I can know that this is not a big deal. Is there anything I can do? Should I be watching out for anything? You know. So please if you can help me out and sooth my Anxiety that would be great. Thank you so much for reading and have a wonderful day.

Thank You!

 

[Mystere3]

Elevated iga is a very non-specific finding.

https://www.gpnotebook.co.uk/simplepage.cfm?ID=147849251

 

[Matthersby]

I have a curious question. What essentially is Elevated IGA? I have look all around google and there is not much information on it.

!

Maybe I use a different Google than you. But here's the first result of 23,000,000:


Best Answer (Chosen by Asker)
So, re: celiac disease.
A Celiac may have low, average, or high levels of serum IgA (levels of anti-gliadin IgA are often high, however). The reason this is tested for is that a higher-than-average percentage of celiacs have a type of IgA deficiency where they make very little IgA. If that's the case, then tests for celiac disease that rely on IgA are all invalid and give a false negative.

That said, a high serum IgA DOES indicate that something is going on. You'll be needing to do more testing, however.

Just a few things I've come across on the internet for possible conditions that a high IgA can indicate:
gamma-A myeloma (M component)
chronic infections
chronic liver disease
rheumatoid arthritis with high titres of rheumatoid factor
SLE (occurs in some patients)
sarcoidosis (occurs in some patients)
Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome

Also, a bit of research into two other conditions that can present with high IgA:
http://www.clinchem.org/content/42/7/1064.full.pdf

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1000617/

http://ard.bmj.com/content/56/3/180.abstract

Information on the second disease:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000420.htm


So that could be a tick in the 'possibly sarcoidosis column.

I had ALSO heard from some doctors that a high IgA might indicate gluten intolerance, potentially. I haven't seen any research backing this up, but gluten seems to be troublesome for some folks with Crohn's Disease, so it might not be a bad thing to try a gluten free diet out, anyway.

Oh, and just in case - if you are already ON a gluten free diet (I'm assuming you are not), then your celiac tests are invalid. They only test for damage FROM gluten, so once you go gluten free, they are no longer accurate. I only mention because in a survey within the last few years, over half of the doctors - who were supposedly experts in celiac disease - weren't aware that this was a problem. So we patients have to spread the word and help each other out, you know? ;-)

One last thing.
My GI doctor happened to specialize in celiac disease and crohn's disease. He was noticing some things with his patients - not in studies but with his actual patients - and passed whatever information on that he could. In case this might help you with the Crohn's disease, this is what he noticed.
1. Most of his patients (with auto-immune conditions like celiac disease or crohn's) did worse when they ate artificial dyes and preservatives
2. Most of his patients did worse with genetically modified foods
3. Most of his patients did better when they switched to organic foods and less processed foods.

 

[Matthersby]

1. Most of his patients (with auto-immune conditions like celiac disease or crohn's) did worse when they ate artificial dyes and preservatives
2. Most of his patients did worse with genetically modified foods
3. Most of his patients did better when they switched to organic foods and less processed foods.

Personally, this should apply to everyone anyways. I avoid GMO, gluten from GMO sources, preservatives and dyes and all things processed. Switched to a much simpler meat, veggies, rice, and oats diet and watched gut imbalances, thyroid problems, hormone problems, brain chemistry problems disappear within a month or two.

 

[Matthersby]

Holy fu(k, I'm just talking to myself in this thread......

 

[McCrew530]

Holy fu(k, I'm just talking to myself in this thread......

Im reading the good information