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alan
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 01/18/2006 : 06:20:21
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Hi All,
I know this sounds bizarre, but I seem to live my life with TMS, it seems to fluctuate between several conditons or equivalents.
Mostly I have RSI symptoms, or headaches, or stomach problems, extreme anxiety, but now a weird on where it feels like I have a blockage in my oesophagus or wind pipe, and aches and makes me feel tight chested. Now much of this could be stress or anxiety, its odd though.
I have had this before and evetually it goes.... I know nothing is medically wrong as such because I have had a chest xray as I had a chest infection over xmas, and it checked out fine... it could be as a result of getting over that. However, it comes and goes, and I have had similar things over the last couple of years.
Odd, It's a shame I havent been able to eliminate the equivalents as well as my main TMS issue. It has worked wonders to some extents but still TMS fights back.
Anyone else had a similar issue as I know Sarno covers this in MBP.
Or am I just a hypochondriac crackpot as my doc seems to think so? Okay don't answer that one :-)
Thanks
Alan.
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jilly_girl
USA
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Posted - 01/18/2006 : 07:01:05
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Alan hi. I've also had this symptom. At times I can eat food fine but have trouble swallowing liquids! I am totally unable to swallow pills. I dont even tell my doctors about it, I've had this for so many years. I think my entire body is high strung! Hope this helps a bit.
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alan
United Kingdom
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Posted - 01/18/2006 : 08:01:53
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Thanks, yes it is just odd that it can be quite painful like either a restriction or inflamed somehow..... I am sure its stress/anxiety related :-(
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miehnesor
USA
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Posted - 01/18/2006 : 11:00:36
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| Alan- I've had what I think is the same thing as you for over 10 years and I just try to ignore it and chock it up to another bizarre TMS equivalent. For me it feels like the food gets stuck and I need to drink something to get it down. My mom also has this and I think it is at times annoying but I just live with it since I never believed there was a serious problem there. |
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Stryder
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Posted - 01/18/2006 : 16:33:09
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Hi alan,
I have theory that goes along with my TMS and maybe it applies to the situation you described.
This is called Stryder's Pain Memory Theory.
At some point in time you have pain, from whatever, let's say its your foot. You've really injured your foot (ouch), it has a lot of pain (OUCH), but it heals over time and the pain is gone.
Day / weeks / months later, you get an event or trigger that causes your OCD / TMS mind to kick in. So what does TMS do? It replays the foot pain movie. Your brain, to keep whatever hurtful emotion repressed, acts upon your autonomic nervous system in a way to re-cause the foot pain, since you brain also remembers that you recently had bad foot pain so that would be a good pain to replay since it is still also in your recent memory.
My thinking here is that TMS preys upon your OCD traits and recent memory to construct TMS-related pain, that you will then obsess about, vicious cycle repeats.
So, maybe your recent chest pain is a TMS-replay. What do you think?
Take care, -Stryder
P.S. Standard disclaimer - I am not a doctor and do not make medical advice. If you have chest pain its your responsibility to have it checked out by a doctor. |
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wrldtrv
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Posted - 01/18/2006 : 23:26:17
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| Alan--The others are probably right about the esophagus symptom, but I would have a doctor check it out just for peace of mind. Though it is probably just stress-related it can also be a symptom of something very serious. You say you had a chest x-ray. Did you mention the esophagus symptom too? |
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alan
United Kingdom
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Posted - 01/19/2006 : 08:02:18
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Thanks for the replies, its an odd 'equivalent' my damn brain is conjuring up. I am sure if I can get a handle on my anxiety levels and stress many of these equivalent will go.
My doctor does not help. He is an old school, "pull yourself together", "get a grip", "sort yourself out" kind of a guy.
Thanks
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elise8
USA
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Posted - 01/22/2006 : 12:34:30
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I have also had this problem. First I thought I had a piece of food stuck in my esophagus. I went to the doc, they did a barium swallow x-ray and all was normal. He did say I had a osteophyte on one of my cervical vertebrae and that could be pressing on the back of my esophagus, but not to worry. I still get it, it comes and goes, gets worse when I am stressed. Sometimes it is hard to swallow bread. I have to eat small bites... I think it is related to stress and anxiety but also there could be a structural component. Have a barium swallow with x-ray. You drink dye and they watch it go down your esophagus as they snap picutres. I really do not think it is anything serious. I kind of wish they would not have told me about the bone osteophyte on my cervical spine, now I think there is something physical to cause it..!!
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