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Matt2364

USA
12 Posts

Posted - 04/28/2009 :  20:10:22  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hello - I am 22 years old and have been diagnosed with the following ailments over the past 4 years:

Herniated Disc
Bulging Disc
Torn Disc
Spinal Osteoarthritis
Transitional vertebrae
Spinal stenosis
Degenerative disc disease
Uneven legs, right leg is a little shorter than the left
Probably missing something here...

Anyways, I have undergone the following courses of treatment over the years:
Ambulatory traction
Back decompression traction
Chiropractor
Massages
Ultrasound
4 x physical therapy
in soles
heel lifts, shoe lifts
acupuncture
steroid injections
anesthetic injections
laser spine discectomy

Anyways, none of these treatments have caused any relief in pain. I typically have pain pretty much all day long in various degrees, the easiest thing to do to ease the pain is laying down. Some treatments have resulted in a brief reduction in pain but only for a week or so at most. I recently came across Dr. Sarnos work and have been considering this as a possibility. I read the first book Healing back pain and saw myself on most of the pages.

Anyways, throughout the past month and half or so I have read 3 of Dr. Sarno's books and have been journaling ecetera. There was about a week period when I saw significant improvement each day. I was ecstatic each day and could not wait to see what the next day would hold. I have discontinued all of medications, percocet, tramadol, and have not even been taking Tylenol for about a month now. I could use some of the medication at times, but I am trying to get along without anything. Basically, I seem to have hit a wall and am starting to doubt that I have TMS. I know I should not doubt it because I have seen significant improvements, but I cannot help but try to contribute my success to other factors. I have even been running and swimming almost every day to try to drive it into my head that I do not have any structural abnormalities. I do not experience any pain while running or anything, usually just sitting trying to study for exams and class. The more I think about it the pain does not make sense, but I keep trying to find other ways to explain it...

Any tips or encouraging stories would be helpful. Thanks.

patils

72 Posts

Posted - 04/28/2009 :  23:41:30  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
If you are not feeling pain in the night when you relaxed and feel pain while working ? Then definately this can be TMS.
Also do you feel pain after exercising or brisk walking ? If you are not feeling pain after brisk walk and feel pain while working then this is also TMS.

Why we are not feeling pain after briskwalk ? Because of increased bloodflow and why we feel pain while working ? because of restricated bloodflow.

So we have to find means that there will be sufficient bloodflow for all muscles for 24 hr. When we get stressful, immediately bloddflow is restricated and when we are calm and peaceful bloodflow is normal and no pain we feel.

So secret for TMS recoevery is be peaceful.

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scd1833

USA
124 Posts

Posted - 04/28/2009 :  23:46:24  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
it's obvious that it's a stress thing if it bothers you when you try to study. don't get caught up in the doubt. you might even stop exercising for a while just to prove to yourself that it's a mental thing not physical one, and that you can think your way our of the pain.
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Matt2364

USA
12 Posts

Posted - 04/29/2009 :  01:03:43  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
sdc1833 - I might end up giving that a try, although exercising seems to really help me reinforce the idea that I do not have a structural problem and it is all caused by TMS.

Patils - I would not say that I have pain at night in bed, but I am usually uncomfortable and it takes me awhile to get situated. After working out I typically do not feel any pain for awhile, that is why I try to do it at least once a day to get me in a good mindset. I would not say that I ever get stressed studying, at least at a conscious level. I never really get stressed about anything actually, I very rarely worry about anything that is out of my control. I will continue to read the books and journal and hopefully I will again start to slowly improve, maybe a little psychotherapy could help too.
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mala

Hong Kong
774 Posts

Posted - 04/29/2009 :  04:36:48  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hey Matt that's quite an impressive list for someone as young as yourself. The good news is that most if not all of the things you mentioned should not according to Sarno produce any pain.

If you go through his book Healing Back Pain, you will see that he mentions them one by one and then dismisses them as being reasons for pain. Read and reread those pages till you absolutely believe it.

The fact that you had a week or so of being pain free is good news too coz if you can be pain free for a week then that means there is nothing seriously wrong with you. Now the next bit of good news is that you have hit a wall. Why might you ask is that good? Well because it has happened to most of us here and more than once I may add. that is simply part of the healing process. It is inevitable.

My advice to you is to stay with the programme, read the posts here regularly, read the success stories, journal, read Sarno, change the way you think about the pain.

Take the painkillers if and when you need them. There is nothing wrong with that.

Any chance of going to see sarno or another TMS expert?

Good Luck & Good Health
Mala
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Stryder

686 Posts

Posted - 05/02/2009 :  21:12:55  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hey Matt,

We've all hit the wall, many many times. Have 100% faith in the TMS diagnosis. You will go forward, backward, relapse, recover, again and again. We have all been there, its normal, expect it. In the long run you will beat it, I did, you will too !

Take care, -Stryder
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