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| stanfr |
Posted - 06/18/2007 : 07:25:20
One of my (what seems to be countless) TMS equivalents is jaw-popping/TMJ, so in my quest for answers i did a quick search on TMJ/psychosomatic and found the following:
http://www.tmj.org/unforgivable.asp
The amazing thing aobut this article is that it complains about how many TMJ sufferors are told the origin is psychological! From my experience, drs are loathe to tell anyone their problems are psychosomatic; the usual thing is looking for structural abnormality.
Also, from the same website, this maddening quote:
"A study conducted by The Lewin Group prepared for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality concluded that many TMJ patients have other health problems. These may include Fibromyalgia, sleep disorders, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, chemical sensitivity, Mitral Valve Prolapse, and Hypermobile Joints. The relationship between these conditions and TMJ diseases and disorders needs further research. Moreover, certain medical conditions such as Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Dystonia, Lyme Disease and Scleroderma also may have an effect on the TMJ."
Geeez, what could the connection be???
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| HilaryN |
Posted - 06/18/2007 : 13:21:59
“Many TMJ patients suffer through years of being told that their medical problems should have been resolved, and because they haven't, their illness is psychosomatic, or imagined. They are made to feel like hypochondriacs and/or are perceived as hypochondriacs. Additionally, professional authors generally relate TMJ pain to stress and frequently treat it as though the sufferer is simply stressed and depressed (depression is secondary to the problem in nearly all cases and, like anger, inevitable after a period of time).”
Sounds similar to people suffering from chronic fatigue.
The problem as I see it is that doctors dismiss something as psychosomatic when they can’t find a cure – but then they leave the patient to fend for themselves. People get angry because they think that they are being told their illness is imaginary. (That’s why TMS is controversial in the RSI (repetitive strain injury) “community”.)
It’s due to lack of knowledge and awareness of the physical effects of repressed emotions. We need more education programmes like Dr Sarno’s!
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