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Posted - 08/30/2004 : 14:27:52
I am just getting over a flare up of new symptoms with my TMS. I am having alot of stress right now as I had mentioned in a previous post. About 1 week ago, I started having pain with urination that is not responding to the antibiotics and the doctor has referred me to a urologist. To me it sounds like it may be a TMS equivalent surfacing. Has anyone elso had this and have you been successful with Sarno's approach?
Renee |
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| Carolyn |
Posted - 08/31/2004 : 13:16:27
About a year ago, when my TMS pelvic and lower back pain was at its worst, I had several bouts of cystitis. Pain with urination, a sensation of having to go all the time and very painful bladder spasms that would wake me up at night. I am absolutely sure it was related to my pelvic pain and my doctor confirmed that it often occurs with people with muscular dysfunction and pelvic pain (thought he didn't know about TMS). I have now almost completely eliminated my pelvic pain and lower back pain since dicovering it was TMS a few months ago. I have not had another bout of cystitis either. I feel for you because cystitis is really anawful feeling and it does a really good job of holding your attention which is after all what TMS is all about. Keep doing the work and I'll bet it will clear up.
Carolyn |
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Posted - 08/31/2004 : 11:28:46
Hi Renee
I suffered from cystitis for around two years. I did have a nasty urinary tract infection that needed hospital treatment for dehydration. Following that, I just couldn't shake the symptoms off; I had every test and scan going and was prescribed low dose antibiotics for six months. I even had my urethra stretched under general anaesthetic. Nothing worked! After the initial (real) infection, they could never identify anything wrong, but suggested it could be a low grade infection that didn't show up in tests.
Round about five years ago, I started to suffer really bad lower back pain and the cystitis type symptoms disappeared completely and have never returned; so, looking back, I believe that those UTI symptoms (apart from the initial infection) were definitely TMS.
In fact, it was the replacement of one set of symptoms by another (I had every test and scan for back pain as well - nothing sinister was ever found) that appeared to have no real physical explanation, that made me begin to research psychological causes for pain conditions. Fortunately, this put me on to TMS.
So, in answer to your question, I'm certain that cystitis can be a TMS equivalent. If your urology tests are clear, it's worth a go treating it as TMS.
Best wishes
Anne |
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