Physical symptoms of grief

Curious to hear from people who have experienced physical symptoms of grief. I've had an increase in muscle pain (an old shoulder injury flared up), plus extreme fatigue--I almost feel like I'm walking more slowly because I just feel so tired out. Is this common?

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Permalink Reply by dream moon JO B on February 24, 2013 at 3:12pm
yes my sholder went realy mad last yr i hirt my arm in 2011 in carzed frozen sholder probs last yr after my dad died it went realy crazy yhe pain it drove me mad
Permalink Reply by Joe Andersen on March 3, 2013 at 6:34pm
Interesting question. Let's see, my migraines have been more fragrant, I ended up with a staph infection that kind of freaked me out. Thank God that went away. I now have capital tunnel syndrome in both wrists. That might be due to the increased physical stress of taking over Dads business (at least long enough to fulfill his contracts). He never quit or left anything unfinished so I am doing my best to continue on. Ok sorry I'm rambling but I believe many of my aches and pains are worse than the would be if he wad still with us.
Permalink Reply by dream moon JO B on March 4, 2013 at 3:09pm

my atrm and sholder fled up again ths yr as well but so did my leg wish didnt help doing ths to my self i did it abot 4 wks ago and its stil not rht

Permalink Reply by Danny on July 18, 2014 at 3:09pm

I have had this increase in muscle and nerve pain now for a while.  Extreme fatigue has lessened but still tired, especially with the heat in the summer I can't take it anymore.

Permalink Reply by bluebird on July 18, 2014 at 6:15pm

My sleep is all messed up -- I can't sleep at all at night unless I take sleeping pills or Benadryl, but I end up napping at odd times and staying asleep for a long time.  I either eat barely anything, or I eat way too much and mostly junk. My body aches, my stomach gets upset, I get headaches, I have absolutely no energy and am extremely fatigued all the time. I walk and in general move very slowly now. Each step is like dragging weights.

Also, my brain doesn't work as it should.  I'm an intelligent person -- I am a published poet, I have a BA and an MFA, I was an immigration paralegal for about ten years.  But now, my intelligence is in remission or something -- I have no focus, I have a really bad short-term memory (well, I always did, but it's worse now), I don't have the ability for critical or creative thinking that I have always had in the past. So both my body and my brain are broken, along with my soul.

I think having physical symptoms of grief is pretty common, yes.  I'm assuming that mine will last the rest of my life, as I know my grief will.

Permalink Reply by dream moon JO B on July 19, 2014 at 3:47pm

frozen sholder pain is drivng me nuts pain wont go way painkillers dont evn hlp if i tk a duble dose it hlps for a bit thn pain is so bad again

Permalink Reply by Iris Kuhn on July 24, 2014 at 12:09pm
I have numbness and extreme fatigue where I just want to sleep all the time. My muscles ache but the stabbing gnawing pain into stomach is the worst.
Permalink Reply by Jean on August 1, 2014 at 12:24am

Oh yes the wonderful world of misery. I know it all to well.

I have cried a river of tears and I think possibly drained myself of my soul.

My mother was my rock. My father died young and she and I were a team.

I now have no team even though I am married for a long time. He has been distant.

I am hoping for a reunion of sorts but if we cannot reconnect I just don't know what to do. 

I am very alone even though I am married. It just sucks.

My mother and my husband were very close so I guess I am the odd man out.

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