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| renee |
Posted - 08/16/2007 : 23:32:45
Has anyone had symptoms move several times within a day or week? My TMS is on the run. I am 100% sure that I have TMS. I have had a TMS equivelent since age 19. I am now 38 years old and had chronic fatique, back pain, pelvic pain, ocd, dizziness, anxiety and phobia. I recently was able to overcome anxiety after seven years but developed all sorts of tms equivelents within days including depression, weekness, confusion, night sweats, back pain etc. I feel like the TMS is looking for somewhere to land. Does anyone have advise how to overcome and stop cycle? I know the TMS is real but I have only been able to move tms not cure it. |
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| Benjamin |
Posted - 08/18/2007 : 00:50:52
Hi cfhunter,
Glad to hear that chimed with you. Funny you should mention your teeth in this respect. About 2 weeks ago I had a filling replaced. Afterwards it felt weird, like my bite wasn't quite right. For the next 24 hours I was constantly testing, checking, and obsessing over it, thinking, 'Man I got to go back and have the guy fix it.' Then I decided to just ignore it for a day and see if I don't get used to it, wondering how much of it was in my mind. Two days later I completely forgot about it. It may not be 'exactly' right, but in no way does it interfere with any of my dental needs. In fact, I hadn't thought about the filling in a few days until I read your post.
I think 'body checks' or 'pain inventories' are a major hindrance to getting better. I have cut mine in half, but still perform too many during the day. It's funny because I may be feeling nothing wrong for a few hours when a little voice says, "Hey, you've been feeling pretty good. Are you sure there's nothing going on?" Umm, yeah, I think... Hold on, let's check... Mental scan. Mental scan... Hmm, well, there is a little pain here, and something wacky there... If I don't turn it off immediately, I can sit there and watch the pain grow before my eyes. What's hilarious is that there was nothing until I went looking for it. Seek and ye shall always find, I guess.
I believe that when the time comes when I don't initiate a single pain inventory or check for an entire day, then that will be the sign that my TMS troubles are nearly over.
Good luck to you! |
| cfhunter |
Posted - 08/17/2007 : 20:04:56
Benjamin~
The Mental Body checks...wow..I have been doing that again with yet another health issue regarding my teeth.
This statement below that you made hit home for me for some reason. I have already used the theory to conquer a neuroma...thanks for the reminder.
"I'm learning that whatever you do, don't obsess. This includes the habit of mental body checks, as if conducting pain inventories throughout the day. I did that a lot the first couple of weeks. Doing so only served to keep me focussed on the physical. I find that the more cavalier I am to it all, the better and faster my progess." |
| armchairlinguist |
Posted - 08/17/2007 : 09:39:03
Moving often comes before curing. During a couple of weeks I had my symptoms regularly moving between back, shoulder, and knees (none of which were my primary TMS site). It was kind of funny. I recommend if you can laugh at it, do! It's really kind of funny how desperate it is, to be moving around like that.
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Wherever you go, there you are. |
| Webdan65 |
Posted - 08/17/2007 : 06:39:48
Yes, I had TMS move from the lower right to the lower left side of my back. Then as I felt I was making progress, all of a sudden my knees would start hurting - first one, then the other. Then my wrist for a day or two.
I've been feeling particularly good in my lower back lately (where most of my TMS symptoms are) and as of yesterday I'm getting a little tightness in my upper back and neck. Now I just laugh at it. Feeble attempts to keep me distracted.
My suggestion is to keep doing what you are doing. It's working! You've got TMS on the run as you put it. Stay focused on the fundamentals.
* Read and re-read Sarno's book/books.
* Do the TMS "work" every day.
* Take control of your thoughts
* Refute the physical
* Think psychological
* Journaling - on a daily basis. Explore anger, tensions, annoyances, frustrations, daily pressures, irritations, personality traits, etc.
* Resume physical activities
Rinse, lather, repeat.
Personally journaling was a way to get my inner "junk" out of the basement and somewhere else. It seems less able to hurt me when I take those thoughts out of my mind and put them in a notebook. Some people actually find release by writing it all down and then crumpling up the paper and throwing it away.
You're on the right track Renee. Stick with it - because moving TMS symptoms is the first signal that you are winning the fight!
Dan |
| Benjamin |
Posted - 08/17/2007 : 02:28:57
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Has anyone had symptoms move several times within a day or week?
I experienced a few shifts in a single hour. I saw it as clear evidence that what I was dealing with was surely TMS and, moreover, that the bugger was getting desperate. I also noticed that each time the duration was shorter. In retrospect the phenomenon helped to teach me how to better control it, to develop a kind of 'knack' for sending it on its way.
I think you just hammer, ignore, forget; hammer, ignore, forget... A few times during the day I also send a stern message to my brain that I will not be worn down; that I will never surrender.
I'm learning that whatever you do, don't obsess. This includes the habit of mental body checks, as if conducting pain inventories throughout the day. I did that a lot the first couple of weeks. Doing so only served to keep me focussed on the physical. I find that the more cavalier I am to it all, the better and faster my progess. |
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