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| Kullab |
Posted - 05/17/2011 : 16:02:17
Hello everyone,
I am a 31 years old man from France (excuse my bad english  ), suffering from lower back pain for something like 10 years now, with sciatica for one year.
I was diagnosed with a spondylosisthesis L5-S1 and an herniation of that disc.
I've just read "Healing back pain", and I'm quite convinced that I have TMS : I fit the profile and I've been doing panic attacks for a long period before having back pain. I've seen a psychoterapist during 5 years to get rid of the panic attacks (successfully) but it seems that the manifestation has just moved to my lower back.
It looks like I'm starting to feel better since I've read te book : these last few days, my sciatica is less present and my back pain too.
Here is my question : I'm used to have a diffuse back pain, that can be very strong, but sooner today, as I got up from a chair, I felt a sharp pain in my lower back, right at the place where my spondylosisthesis and my herniated disc is. Do u think this can still be a manifestation of TMS ?
I've read that spondylosisthesis can create pain, even with no TMS, so I don't know what to think...
Sorry for thinking physical instead of psychological, but I'm still not sure. Thanks for your help |
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| Kullab |
Posted - 05/19/2011 : 16:36:37
Thanks Tom for the link, my concern about spondylolisthesis is that the studies mentioned in Sarno's "Healing back pain" state that in some cases, it can be the source of pain. But as Sarno wrote that in his own experience he had never seen someone with a spondylosisthesis whose pain was not due to TMS, I'm gonna try to focus on his statement instead.
Skizzik, thank u very much for your answer ! It makes me quite confident that this sharp pain may be due to TMS too. By the way, it happened twice yesterday evening but didn't last long, and didn't happen today.
I really want to believe that I have TMS. I fit the profile, I've had panic attacks in the past, last week I had an argument with my wife and my back pain increased for a few minutes. These are signs I guess. |
| skizzik |
Posted - 05/17/2011 : 20:22:14
My most intense sharpest pains came directly in the area of my "Large Central Diffuse Herniation" which were words that scared the crap outta me at the time. Hell, for years.
Anyways, since I'm not in pain now it's easy to see it was TMS. Funny thing is, whenever it chooses to act up the mind quickly looks for the physical reasons. Even after all my years of TMS experience, the physical thought reflex is still there and potent. Hmph |
| tennis tom |
Posted - 05/17/2011 : 18:49:00
see this:
http://tmswiki.wetpaint.com/page/Spondylolisthesis
DR. SARNO'S 12 DAILY REMINDERS:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0dKBFwGR0g
TAKE THE HOLMES-RAHE STRESS TEST
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holmes_and_Rahe_stress_scale
Some of my favorite excerpts from _THE DIVIDED MIND_ :
http://www.tmshelp.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2605
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"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society." Jiddu Krishnamurti
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