The good news is I didn't have a stroke

well I already knew that that this all comes from stress and anxiety. Stress and anxiety does not have to happen at the moment the apraxia or aphasia occurs. Your apraxia and aphasia is from a build up of stress and anxiety. This is from months and months of stress and anxiety and then it hits. Just look at what has happened, problems with K, the aphasia struck, then just recently look at the stress over your bank and the unlawful purchase, and low and behold a couple of days later you have the conversion disorders. You may have been sitting down having a tea and laughing with Kim when it happened and you didn't feel stressed but it was the stress and anxiety over the bank in the background that settled in your body and just came out at the moment in a the form of your conversion disorders.

thats interesting, i have never heard of a conversion disorder before. i find, when i get very stressed through fear or anger, that i feel a sort of tight pain in my chest. most recently when i was angry about something, it was like this knot, and it stretches out into my chest. but i have had it a few times now, so i have given up worrying that its anything serious. the sad thing is it wasn't something that was particularly annoying, it was just the poor person reminded me of something else. so i think i internalised the anger, which caused the knot, rather than shouting at them, but to be honest, given they didn't do anything to deserve being shouted at, i would rather i internalised it than took it out on them, i go out and play the guitar and sing folk songs sometimes, and recently before i went i was really nervous, and i had this terrible cramp like pain in my chest, and for a minute i wondered if it was fatal, but then it past and i felt better, it was strange. the trouble is i think this is one of those health issues where the medical profession is miles behind the rest of us, the people who own the bodies. it doesn't surprise me at all that you have physical stress symptoms, related to psychological issues as i certainly do. and its good news that it wasn't a stroke. i have only recently began to understand what is happening in my head to create the stress symptoms, but i have found with fear, a few cups of chamomile tea, and a bit of meditation helps. with anger thats much harder to get rid of, i find i have to analyse, or ideally talk to someone, about why i am angry, and then just slowly release it. though it tends to go when its ready to go. my theory is that its to do with internalising our emotions, inside our bodies, rather than releasing them. so i suppose understanding our emotions, as seems to always be the case, is the solution.

pointlessquestions I am so glad it was not a stroke.I have never had a conversion disorder that I know of.my speech is fine but I am shy so often people say I speak too low. If the doctors can help you that will be wonderful.you are so articulate and intelligent on paper its a shame you have this problem and my throat hurt watching your video for you as your expression made me want to cry for you. stress is so often to blame for much of our troubles. if I let myself stress out as a diabetic my blood sugar goes sky high. I have had times when I had something I wanted to say that I thought got me interested in conversion disorder and I shall have to read up on\it.I do hope now your doctors can really help you. I will send a lot more prayers for you to regain your normal speech winging your way,. You are too nice a person so have to suffer like this. good luck and God bless. Over a year ago did some really traumatic ev ent happen to you before you got aphasia? it might have a bearing. all my love and best wishes hugs from hatley

I have never had that problem and I feel bad that you have to go through it. I know what you mean, when you say you don't feel anxiety. I can totally relate to that. I did not know that depression can cause fibromyalgia. I guess it makes sense to me. I know several people who have it. I have some issues and the doctor was wondering if that might be one of them. But, we haven't looked into it any further till next years appointment. I am so glad that you neuro checks were all normal.

Just now i have responded to your previous discussion, glad to know you had no stroke!!!But your inability to speak clearly needs detailed investigation, there has to be a reason behind it.. I never had conversion disorder lol thanks for sharing.. Happy posting, cheers. Kalyani

Thank goodness it wasn't a stroke, that must be a relief to you and your family. I've never had a conversion disorders before but I learned about them in psychology. In some cases, people would actually go blind from stress, anxiety, etc. when they're examined by a doctor, there is no medical problem with the eyes and the person should still be able to see but their brain has caused them to temporarily go blind. It can be strange yet fascinating to see how the body reacts in situations and it's weird to think that those things happen when theres no medical problem. I don't remember how conversion disorders are treated, but I'm sure it probably involves some sort of medication and visits with a psychologist to learn how to manage stress and relaxation techniques. Anyways, I'm glad you didn't have a stroke and I hope you're able to overcome the conversion disorder. Keep us updated!!

Hi PointlessQuestions, So happy to learn that you didn't have a stroke. I have never heard of conversion disorder and so can't make any comment there. I hope that you will be feeling better soon. Blessings.