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Old 01-07-2010, 04:21 AM   #14 (permalink)
sanzobar
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possible help.

I've had this condition for many years now and it's pretty severe when it does come on. I'm a male. 42 years old. I've been in pain to the point where I'm pacing around my room like a caged animal and one time I even tried slapping myself as hard as possible to detract myself from the pain. I know this sounds extreme but I've done research and heard of many other men that have the same thing. Some even pass out from the pain. I was watching sports one day and I saw that an athlete had severe cramping in his leg. The solution was for him to get an IV to pump liquids into his body. That got me thinking, so I started an experiment of my own. When I feel this coming on...(usually it takes about 5min to come on full blown) I get up and drink about 2 tall glasses of water (or I drink an entire gatorade) and I go to the bathroom and take a super hot bath...usually in the cross legged position. I keep replacing the water with very hot water as it cools down. I stay calm and keep my mind active thinking about things other than the pain. Sometimes I even bring a magazine into the tub to distract me. I've done the water experiment now for my last five attacks and the severity has been greatly reduced. I used to do the hot water thing but that only seemed to help so much. Saturating my body with liquid has made a considerable difference in the pain. I had an attack tonight...a pretty bad one. The drinking water trick helped greatly. Since I started doing this I've never had pain as severe as it used to be. I hope this helps. It took me over ten years to figure this out. There does not seem to be a solution to this from the research I've done (at least what I have...you may have something different) good luck to you.
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