Flu-like Symptoms & Central Sensitivity
While central sensitivity involves a lot of flu-like symptoms in general, there are some things that can make these symptoms more pronounced. These symptoms can include flu-like aches and pains (dull, achy, sharp, pinch), altered sense of smell, congestion, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, swollen, soar, and watery eyes,…
Centralized Pain Symptom Severity By Time of Day
This is an outline of “my” average symptom severity increases and decreased based on the time of day. As you can imagine, all sorts of misconceptions can be made by physicians based on what time of the day they have seen me in the past. Appointments in the early morning…
Visual Hypersensitivity
Visual sensitivity is characteristic of an abnormal intolerance to the visual perception of light by the presence of an actual physical photosensitivity of the eyes. For sufferers of visual hypersensitivity, light outdoors and even indoors can be mildly discomforting to blinding. Most effects are assumed the result of chronic pain…
Headaches When Outdoors Without Dark Sunglasses
Make sure they are loose, not tightly fitting. If they are amber tinted, switch to a darker brown tint. If they are a darker brown, switch to a black tint. If you wear glasses, consider “Transition” lenses, or ask for reduced glare and scratch resistant lenses. Ask for polycarbonate lenses…
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Fibromyalgia Symptom Checklist
I have around 100 of these symptoms, ranging from mild to severe and at various stages of exposure. This is how CSS becomes debilitating, not just from one severe symptom, but from MANY symptoms occurring that the same time, or in the same day, with multiple levels of severity. Katrina…
Headaches & Florescent Lighting – Central Sensitization
It may be florescent lighting, or it may simply just be lighting in general. Places that have florescent lighting also tend to have A LOT of lighting in general (very BRIGHT). Because of this, wearing sunglasses indoors may be required. If you are lucky to have your own office, reducing…
Fatigue, Made Worse by Physical Exertion or Stress
This isn’t a sleepy fatigue, this often isn’t even a flu fatigue. For me it’s a “I feel like I’ve had the flu day in and day out for 30 some years and haven’t had a good nights sleep ever” kind of fatigue. It’s exhaustion, it’s having to rest after…
It Hurts to Stand – Centralized Pain
Whether it’s standing in line in the checkout aisle, or standing while cooking, CSS can be more painful standing still than to on the go. In fact, moving, and I mean really moving, creates endorphins which are the body’s natural pain killers. So, if you’re walking at a brisk pace…
Dental Health – Central Sensitization
Well, for starters, my skin as you can imagine is very sensitive, so sensitive that just bushing something lightly against it can cause it to turn bright red and make it sore. So a soft bristle brush was one of the first changes I made. Most dentists recommend this now…
Allergies & Central Sensitivity
Central Sensitivity Symptoms: Burning sensation in eyes, pressure headache on top of the head, eye twitching, watery eyes, blurred vision. Solutions: This may be a severe allergic reaction. This may be the result of a new allergy or due to adding something new to your environment that is triggering an…