After reading about your situation in ms Danson's LJ, I promised to write a message yesterday. I am one of the people who has to deal with chronic pain. Really severe pain, sometime's. On a daily basis I have to take about 300 mg Tramagetic (24 hrs form of tramadol, a weak opioid)just to cope with it.
But that doesn't do the trick all the time.
It seems you know what to do. Change your lifestyle. In Holland there are painmanagingprograms who can help you with that. But that is long-term. Another long-term solution could be a TENS. It's a device that sends weak eloctropulses over your nerves. The idea behind this is that if they are busy processing this signal, they cannot transport the painsignals as effective anymore. I tried it, and it worked great. The only thing is that it also destroyed my skin (that is very weak due to my connective tissue disease) so I cannot use it anymore. I got it in the painpoliclinic, every hospital in Holland has a policlinic that specializes in painmanagement.
What you could try for now is a kind of selfhypnosis. Lie down and relax. Close your eyes. Let your breathing become calm en deep. Breath from four belly. Then go to the pain with your mind. Jump in, FEEL it. Embrace it. Let it be all there is (this is not a very fun thing to do). And then take the pain, and put it away somewhere. In my mind it goes into a closet with a big lock ;-) It may take some practicing, but for me it works. Don't use it all the time though, only when the pain becomes to bad.
I have the tendency to keep 'running', even when I know I have to take my rest. My body can't keep up with my mind :-( It looks like you have the same problem ;-) But when I started to take my rest in time, I could do a lot more during the day. And over time, it even improved. Slice up your day, like a salami (it is called the salamitechnique ;-)) Do something, then rest. Do something, then rest.
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But that doesn't do the trick all the time.
It seems you know what to do. Change your lifestyle. In Holland there are painmanagingprograms who can help you with that. But that is long-term.
Another long-term solution could be a TENS. It's a device that sends weak eloctropulses over your nerves. The idea behind this is that if they are busy processing this signal, they cannot transport the painsignals as effective anymore. I tried it, and it worked great. The only thing is that it also destroyed my skin (that is very weak due to my connective tissue disease) so I cannot use it anymore.
I got it in the painpoliclinic, every hospital in Holland has a policlinic that specializes in painmanagement.
What you could try for now is a kind of selfhypnosis. Lie down and relax. Close your eyes. Let your breathing become calm en deep. Breath from four belly.
Then go to the pain with your mind. Jump in, FEEL it. Embrace it. Let it be all there is (this is not a very fun thing to do). And then take the pain, and put it away somewhere. In my mind it goes into a closet with a big lock ;-)
It may take some practicing, but for me it works. Don't use it all the time though, only when the pain becomes to bad.
I have the tendency to keep 'running', even when I know I have to take my rest. My body can't keep up with my mind :-(
It looks like you have the same problem ;-) But when I started to take my rest in time, I could do a lot more during the day. And over time, it even improved.
Slice up your day, like a salami (it is called the salamitechnique ;-)) Do something, then rest. Do something, then rest.
Hope this helped a bit.