ContraindiKate<p>Friends, I am one year into the menopause with Severe ME/CFS, Neuropathy, MCAS, and an as-yet-undiagnosed connective tissue disorder. </p><p>My mother tells me her menopause lasted ten years. I'm only 42 so I have a long way to go.</p><p>I'm not sure how to get through this. </p><p>I've just survived another night of seven straight hours of hot and cold flashes combined with the worst neuropathic pain a human can endure. My skin was a five-alarm fire. Seven hours of pain that rendered me a sweaty, non-human animal. Even now, at ten o'clock in the morning, after a few hours of light sleep I'm still electric, smaller bolts of lightning caressing my skin.</p><p>I'm not really looking for advice re medications, supplements or diet. I'm taking what can be taken, have consulted numerous specialists, and my diet is "beyond reproach" according to my nutritionist. I'm working on trying to increase my vitamin B but I keep having histamine reactions to the supplements. </p><p>My meditation practice is useful for normal everyday pain, but crumbles when I'm in so much pain that I can't take a deep breath, can't even think clearly enough to identify that I need to breathe. The subtle body is far too subtle for a beast in pain. </p><p>Every time I identify a food, medication, or pattern of behaviour and eliminate it, a new trigger pops up and causes a whole new round. </p><p>What I want to know is how to stay on the rollercoaster. How does one remain inside a body that is constantly at war with itself? How to endure this with grace? What brings comfort after a round of torture?</p><p><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/MEcfs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MEcfs</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/neuropathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neuropathy</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/ChronicIllness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChronicIllness</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/LongCOVID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LongCOVID</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/hEDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hEDS</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/ChronicPain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChronicPain</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/Menopause" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Menopause</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/fibromyalgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fibromyalgia</span></a></p>