[HaveWool~Will Felt]

It has been almost 16 weeks since my sweet daughter died. Today I am experienceing a few physical effects from what I believe to be from grief/emotions.

I woke this morning with an extreme urge to vomit. Later on broke out in hives.

What my head keeps telling me is that "I am OK"..."Nothing is wrong"..."This too shall pass"..."Maybe I have a touch of the flu"

Well, I don't know about you...but I have never heard of anyone who breaks out in hives with the flu....

Silly me...I am trying to have some kind of a sense of humor while going through my grief....because as all you know...it really SUCKS and it is very HARD at times.

DH thinks all kinds of things, I am sure...especially that he is married to a mentally deranged woman...

My children...well...thank goodness for unconditional love...

Would really like to hear about others who have experienced physical effects from their grief/emotions.

Thanks mamas!!!

 

[shannon0218]

Jackie, I too got hives frequently. My OB told me it was my bodies way of telling me to stop for a while and allow myself to process the grief.
I too deal with grief armed with my sense of humor, but sometimes it blocks too much and a good cry would be better than a good laugh I guess.

 

[SweetTeach]

My hair started falling out from the roots about 3 months after I lost Nazir. That was grief + post partum hormones, but it stressed me out even more.

I can sleep 9 hours at night and I wake up feeling so tired, like I haven't slept at all.

I'm sorry you're going through this.

 

[HaveWool~Will Felt]

On the 7th of June I had my annual physical...everything was good...all my blood work came back great...go figure...
The hives are a bit better today...took my little ones to a friends house for a "break" this morning. Four hours of silent bliss....loving it!!! Did go work out and sat in the HOT sun a bit...feels good....
Drinking lots of water and have started a fast that I will do for 7 days...already starting to feel better.
Thank goodness, the urge to vomit has left me....THANK GOODNESS!!!

Thanks for the feedback thus far!!!!!

 

[iris0110]

I have been having what I would best explain as chronic fatigue. Like Sweet Teach mentioned, I can sleep for 9 hours and wake up exhausted. I can't even work up to doing simple things some days. Just changing Ds's diaper seems like a daunting task. (How soon can he potty train?) I have been tying to process the grief and get a hold of my self, but I don't think I am very successful. Maybe if I ad more exercise to my routine it will help.

 

[babycarrier]

Big

to you momma. This does SUCK. And this is HARD. I am so sorry we are all going through this grief.
The grief is physical. I am so tired all the time. I can get enough rest and still be exhausted.
It has been 2 1/2 months for me and I still want to just lay down on the couch and have noone talk to me or need me for anything. Maybe I just need this day because I have not had the opportunity to do so as of yet. It's not just tired but I hurt. My body has physical pains that were not there before and they are much more apparent for me on days that I'm aware of how sad I am about our loss.

 

[HRC121799]

I had frequent headaches, and was often tired. After talking online with many other women who'd had losses, we realized the headaches were a common occurence among most of us. Makes sense, headaches are a symptom of grief.. The headaches went away when I was well into my pregnancy with my now 1 year old ds. I remember the physical grief I went through like it was yesterday..