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| chicago |
Posted - 12/11/2004 : 08:01:35
This is my first time posting, so I will give a little background. In 1997 I started having burning pain in both my feet at the exact same time as I was becoming a new dad. I really didn't put two and two together at the time. Instead I blamed it on a bad pair of orthodics. I saw many docs and finally settled on a neurologist who said I had peripheral neuropathy. Anyone familar with PN? I stuck with this doc for 3 years and I was on some very heavy medications. No improvement, so I saw a top researcher in PN and he basically said get out of here you do not have PN, he said it might be coming from your back. I didn't buy that but I did have an MRI that didn't show any problems. At that point I became more and more confused, I went through many more docs and started to have pain all over my body. My wife suggested I go to the Mayo which I did and they DX me from my reported symptoms and some tests that I had PN. Back on drugs again for two years until I said the hell with it after reading Dr. Sarno's
book. It also helped that the new neurologist I saw did not see signs of PN but she had no explanation as to why I was better. Does anyone have a similar experience with any type of burning pain? At this point I am 90 to 95% better but the little speed bumps seem get to me (ex. last night at a X-mas work party) even though I know exactly what is going on. I know what to do but when I am in a social situation its hard to think psychologically. Thanks and happy holidays! |
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| menvert |
Posted - 12/12/2004 : 19:48:19
It must be a fairly common TMS personality quality.
Social anxiety type triggers.
For me, I believe it is my primary set of 'issues' I would describe myself as having above-average social anxiety, you might even stereotype me as a nerd :) yet I don't believe my true personality is that introverted... in many ways my pain and injuries act as a perfectly logical and effective excuse/barrier to having to deal with all those social situations .
It was kind of convenient 'no, I cannot go out my arms are hurting' So one and so forth .
And then after being totally isolated/lonely/bored/yearning for social interaction for several years and finding TMS . I now pretty much realise until I tackle social anxiety I am not going to receive a cure. Even though I've tried to avoid that conclusion for many years, as it is very confronting and frightening.
Social anxiety on its own is probably not a big issue but when mixed with the TMS Type personality it can be that much more troublesome.
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| Logan |
Posted - 12/12/2004 : 15:06:46
Yep, I used to have these stinging electrified sensations in my neck and down my arms. The ones in my arms were a semi-regular sort of muted throbbing and the ones in my neck were sudden and brutal, almost like being tazered.
I got Sarno's books in October of 2002 and got rid of the arm throbbing almost immediately and was feeling about 60% better by that December. I hadn't had the neck "shocks," since November and I was feeling pretty good. Then I went to a friend's birthday at a trendy nightclub. I am not a trendy club kind of person, I was feeling insecure about my appearance and feeling neglected by the friend I'd schlepped myself all the way across town to see and WHAM the tazer feeling hit me.
It shook me at first, I was seriously afraid that the pain was all coming back and that I wouldn't heal completely but I tried to stay calm and to think about what I was feeling when it happend. Thinking about my resentment towards this friend and my own insecurities worked, the pain went away. In similar social situations (like office xmas parties or family reunions) I'll still occasionally feel a ghostly twinge of these old pains, like they're testing me to see if they can come back, but I acknowledge them for what they are and they fade away immediately.
It's always interesting to hear another person's TMS saga. I'm glad that this board has helped you, and I hope you feel welcome to keep coming back. |
| moose1 |
Posted - 12/11/2004 : 17:18:37
yup, had the burning/stinging thing in my arms and hands really bad when i lost my job and had to go work for my dad...something i totally dreaded and was miserable over. as soon as i landed a new job and got out of the family business, it all went away. unless your spine was cracked in half in some horrific accident, it's TMS.
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| pault |
Posted - 12/11/2004 : 17:05:32
Chicago,remember the unconcious brain in illogical.Most times things don't make sence.Sounds like you are on the right track! You will beat it with time. |
| chicago |
Posted - 12/11/2004 : 09:37:14
baseball 65,
Thanks for your response. I started to have burning pain Jan of 1997 and my wife bought me Sarno's book Spring of 2002. It took me awhile to accept that my emotions had anything to do with my pain, but once I did I improved. I still have my bad days and I still get frustrated. I ask myself why isn't this gone and why do I have to put up with this. However that thinking just makes it worse. I wish sometimes I could just turn my thoughts off. In response to the X-mas party I never thought that I might have some anger towards some of the people there. Thanks for the insight, I guess thats why I had decided to participate in this forum. I have never responded to any kind of forum in the past. I think this experience will help me. |
| Baseball65 |
Posted - 12/11/2004 : 08:28:29
Hi Chicago.
I was trying to do the math and figure out how long since you did the book/recovered.(I started at '97 and than added time...I came out with 3 years?)
My main deal was sciatica.I had a complete resolution in about 3-4 weeks except when driving home from work and on the first day of a new job
It wasn't scary anymore,but it was a bother,no doubt.
The driving home one left first...about 6-8 months...I wondered why it would bug AFTER work,when all my 'responsibility' had apparently subsided...
so...finally frustrated,I turned OFF the radio and had a talk with myself.It was one of these things..
A.Fear of driving (my father died in a car accident..at night)
B.Frustration at traffic (there's none in the morning but lots in the PM)
C.Fear of going home....I know this sounds silly,but all my co-workers got to go home and crack a beer and watch TV..I had to go home to watching the kids...perhaps more stressful than my job???
I never figured out which one it was...I just assumed they were all to blame,and after a week or so of intensive thinking..it too went away.
The 'first day of a job' sciatica went away as soon as I recognized the pattern.
Both of them buuuuurned down my leg.I know burn really well.
The fact that you're becoming aware of it being a speed bump is probably a sign that you're right on the threshhold of dealing with it/making it go away.
We are so complex,and the conditioning so clever that sometimes it takes a while for the last little dirt to get vacuumed out of the sofa.
My best friend recovered completly except for mystry jaw pain that comes periodically.It's clear to me why he has it,but I wouldn't dare tell him..he has to figure it out himself.It's the thinking,not the finding out that makes it go away.
I am always on "mental guard" in certain situations that I know used to be my triggers..I can't avoid them all,but I switch into detective mode whenever I must face them.I imagine going to an Xmas party and having to make nice (moral imperative) with a bunch of people you might have some subtle beef with would be a fertile field for TMS.
I wouldn't want to hang out with my Boss on MY free time....he's an ignorant weeny,a slob and a glory hog.....He'd have to Pay me to go to a party with him!!
I think you're on to something
peace
Baseball65 |
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