milkywaygirl
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a couple months ago i took an antibiotic (metronizadole), during the course of which i started to have vague and slight peripheral neuropathy in my hands and feet (sensory only - tingling, itching, just random odd sensations). after i finished the week course, it went away, but over the last couple weeks the peripheral neuropathy has come back and is much stronger now. it is transient and goes from hand to hand to foot to leg to other foot, never really staying anywhere for very long. now i am getting the odd moment of numbness/pins and needles in various areas. when i get startled, i get pins and needles over my whole body - it is quite uncomfortable. in the far past, during moments of heightened anxiety, my hands would sometimes go numb.
i read up on metronizadole, and one of the known side effects is causing peripheral neuropathy.. most sources say that it will subside eventually, others say it may be longterm.
i am under a good amount of stress from school, as well as some heightened emotional stress. in general i find it difficult to deal with stress. i usually manage my stress with diet, exercise and sleep, but when my stress gets too overwhelming that stuff goes out the window.
i feel in general at the moment that my body is on "high alert" all the time, and find it hard to relax. my moods are very uneven and cycle a lot throughout the day - determination, happiness, apathy, anxiety, depression, utter dejectedness, more anxiety, and back to happiness again. i know this is taxing my system. i have considered going to the doctor to get some xanax or valiums, but i worry that the side effects will be too much for me at this time. i am finding that i am becoming much more sensitive to all drugs - caffeine, alcohol, everything.
at the moment i have Tr. neptune conj my sun, and Tr. chiron conj my moon.. i'm fairly sure that this is most probably psychosomatic, and will pass as neptune passes away from my sun, however i dont know much about medical astrology so wanted to ask in here for any insights. my heart tells me that im going through a period of heightened hypersensitivity and the neuropathy is a physical manifestation of that, and i need to take this time to learn how to 1. manage my stress, and 2. find ways to get to a state of calmness easily.
i'd appreciate any insights! i have taurus on the cusp of the 6th and i am generally very hearty healthwise (and my parents are also quite hearty) - never been hospitalized, no broken bones, no chronic illnesses other than depression and no familial history of any nervous system disorders. when i am on the ball i am at the gym 3 times a week doing pretty intense exercise for an hour at a time.
venus, ruler of the 6th, is in capricorn in the 2nd, sextiled by both uranus in 12 (nerves?) and mercury in 3 (mental tension?), squared by pluto in 10 and sesquiquadrated by saturn in 9 (depression?). it is also opposed by jupiter in 8...amplifying everything?
oh the other thing to mention, part of my school involves me being in a hospital in direct contact with patients two days a week. a couple of times i have come home from the hospital and gotten a very sudden high fever and sweats/lightheadedness, which quickly subsided after an hour. im pretty anal about hand hygiene and taking appropriate precautions when working with patients, but i think being in a hospital environment is a bit taxing on my currently quite sensitive system.
thoughts?
i read up on metronizadole, and one of the known side effects is causing peripheral neuropathy.. most sources say that it will subside eventually, others say it may be longterm.
i am under a good amount of stress from school, as well as some heightened emotional stress. in general i find it difficult to deal with stress. i usually manage my stress with diet, exercise and sleep, but when my stress gets too overwhelming that stuff goes out the window.
i feel in general at the moment that my body is on "high alert" all the time, and find it hard to relax. my moods are very uneven and cycle a lot throughout the day - determination, happiness, apathy, anxiety, depression, utter dejectedness, more anxiety, and back to happiness again. i know this is taxing my system. i have considered going to the doctor to get some xanax or valiums, but i worry that the side effects will be too much for me at this time. i am finding that i am becoming much more sensitive to all drugs - caffeine, alcohol, everything.
at the moment i have Tr. neptune conj my sun, and Tr. chiron conj my moon.. i'm fairly sure that this is most probably psychosomatic, and will pass as neptune passes away from my sun, however i dont know much about medical astrology so wanted to ask in here for any insights. my heart tells me that im going through a period of heightened hypersensitivity and the neuropathy is a physical manifestation of that, and i need to take this time to learn how to 1. manage my stress, and 2. find ways to get to a state of calmness easily.
i'd appreciate any insights! i have taurus on the cusp of the 6th and i am generally very hearty healthwise (and my parents are also quite hearty) - never been hospitalized, no broken bones, no chronic illnesses other than depression and no familial history of any nervous system disorders. when i am on the ball i am at the gym 3 times a week doing pretty intense exercise for an hour at a time.
venus, ruler of the 6th, is in capricorn in the 2nd, sextiled by both uranus in 12 (nerves?) and mercury in 3 (mental tension?), squared by pluto in 10 and sesquiquadrated by saturn in 9 (depression?). it is also opposed by jupiter in 8...amplifying everything?
oh the other thing to mention, part of my school involves me being in a hospital in direct contact with patients two days a week. a couple of times i have come home from the hospital and gotten a very sudden high fever and sweats/lightheadedness, which quickly subsided after an hour. im pretty anal about hand hygiene and taking appropriate precautions when working with patients, but i think being in a hospital environment is a bit taxing on my currently quite sensitive system.
thoughts?