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Suz
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 Posted - 07/21/2005 : 13:59:44
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I think my brain is playing tricks with my body again. For the last few weeks, I have been experiencing terrible exhaustion. The doctor thinks its my adrenal glands. Apparently, adrenal glands can stop functioning due to stress. Isn't that another way of saying it's a TMS equivalent? My other symptoms have gone away - I am not even bloated which is great as I no longer obssess over food any more. I eat whatever I want - wheat, coffee, milk etc. Consequently, my digestive problems have gone which is unbelievable.
But now it is replaced with terrible tiredness. I guess this could be what people call Chronic fatigue.
I really think this could be TMS. I had a whole bunch of blood work done (check up after steroids a year ago) and the tests came back perfect. My cholestrol is 175 and everything is in amazing range.
The tests for the adrenal glands takes another week. In the meantime, the doctor has put me on more supplements to help the adrenals - like B5 and DHEA.
I wonder if my fatigue will go away and something else will take its place. I wouldn't be surprised!
Or Alternatively, the steroids really did affect my adrenal glands.
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Posted - 07/21/2005 : 15:08:49
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I went through a stage when I had to have something wrong with me. For a time the back pain only eased when something else bothered me enough to take my mind off the pain in my back. When I first began to deal successfully with TMS the symptoms veered wildly from one thing to another.
The tiredness could well be TMS - stress and worry are in themselves exhausting.
Things will settle down for you, Suz - in the meantime congratulate yourself on each success - a job well done. It's not unbelievable that your digestive problems have gone - you alone did it - that's success in my book.
Best wishes
Anne
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Suz
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Posted - 07/21/2005 : 20:38:04
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Yes, Anne. That definitely sounds like me. Everything else is getting so much better that now I am running out of locations in my body to focus on!! This is tough. My fatigue has been unbelievable. I am sleeping 8 hours a night now as my back spasms have gone and I am so exhausted, I can barely lift an arm. Since I have been eating off my strict "blood type diet", a little voice in the back of my head keeps whispering - "you are tired because you have been eating off that diet - too many carbs etc. " Could this be feeding into the tiredness. After all, the brain will use anything - it is very clever.
It doesn't help that my very well meaning doctor has me on about 25 vitamins a day - a yeast free diet and now thinks my adrenal glands might be off. It definitely feeds into it. He thinks the "blood type diet" is ridiculous but does think I have a yeast problem.
Phew! I can see how much this physical stuff still occupies my mind. Do I dare ignore it all, throw obssessive caution to the wind and focus on the emotional stuff. After all, it is a long list
Impending marriage in November.
What if marriage doesn't work? I am catholic now (converted a year ago) and as far as I am concerned, this is my last chance. There is no option of divorce.
Inability to find somewhere to live as my fiance has a dog and we can only afford to rent right now. Nobody rents nice places to people with dogs in this area. I love my little apartment and cannot face moving out. It will be weird to live someone else.
Money worries with the wedding and honeymoon. I am the bread winner right now and it means dipping into my hard earned savings put aside for a house. I am angry and worried that my fiance doesn't earn more.
I have to stay in this job and cannot have a baby yet as I am earning the money.
My job is very stressful.I am assistant to the President of the investment company - Hedge Fund. We now have 100 employees for me to deal with.
My sister is moving back to England in approx 6 months so I will no longer have any family over here.
I realize that my mother is a ridiculous person - have dug up lots of anger towards her in therapy.
Quite a list! Lots of big things happening. I am exhausted even reading about them!
To summize - it all seems to be lots and lots of Fear.
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marytabby
USA
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Posted - 07/22/2005 : 06:35:21
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| I recently had bloodwork done and was positive for Epstein-Barr virus, which almost everyone gets at some point in their life. It's another way of saying chronic fatigue syndrome. It can come out when you're under stress. Bloodwork will show it. But there's nothing to do about it, just live healthily and get plenty of rest. |
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murdo_2002
United Kingdom
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Posted - 07/22/2005 : 14:09:09
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I have read that chronic fatique syndrome is a form of TMS. I cannot find the link to a document where one person wrote how he cured himself of CFS by taking the same approach as Sarno. He wrote a paper how the repressed emotions; a connection with the Amylgada (?), caused the fatigue.
I had fatigue in the early 90s. It came on in my final year at University, especially at exam time. Yep you guessed it stress time. Then when I split from my partner in '91, it came on full flow. Again a stressful time. |
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Kajsa
Denmark
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Posted - 07/24/2005 : 05:18:42
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When my fibromyalgia eased (with Sarnos methods)fatigue came along.
It is TMS ! But hard to deal with.
IT came to me when the fibromyalgiapain went away.
My advice is - do not rest to much. IF you rest you get conditioned.
You have to ignore the fatigue a bit and deal with the emotions.
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Kajsa
Denmark
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Posted - 07/25/2005 : 10:06:10
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Impending marriage in November.
What if marriage doesn't work? I am catholic now (converted a year ago) and as far as I am concerned, this is my last chance. There is no option of divorce.
You have a lot to deal with. A lot of things that you can not control -that it what creates the fatigue !
I have been quite helped by “reverse therapy”.
http://www.reverse-therapy.com/
It is “Sarno” - even though they havn´t heard of him (It´s in London). But it is Sarnos thoughts -you just get
A bit moore tools to use. But I am sure a lot of you found those tools by you own (I just needed some more help…). So I do not recomend it if you are able to see a TMS doctor - as a lot of you living in USA can do that.
Perhaps this is a very silly remark but Suz -remember that you do not have to marry ! It is your own choice.
I sureley understand that the choice can be tough - but do not do anything that you really do not want.
Reverse therapy is a lot about “listen to your body” - not to be a victim under the symptoms but more like
“listen to the message “underneath” the symptoms” so to speak. My English isn´t great but I hope you get my point.
All the best.
Kajsa
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Suz
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Posted - 07/25/2005 : 13:00:45
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Kasja,
Thank you for your help. The wedding is off as of the weekend. Can you tell me more about reverse therapy? Does it focus on the emotions?
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Fatigue - now sciatic and back pain have gone?
