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jaya
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 Posted - 02/25/2011 : 08:22:32
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| i just realized something.. i have had some sort of symptom every day for 5 years now! everyday its something different.(gastro,ibs, headaches, flatulence that could choke a horse, food sensitivity, backache frequent urination, prostate pain etc.. its always something , never a day w/o something and its damn annoying, i just want my life back!! this weeks new one is bursitis in the hip-i havent had that one since i was 12! tms rears its ugly head again! anybody else have symptoms that rove and change all within the same day?? |
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wrldtrv
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Posted - 02/25/2011 : 20:06:26
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| Are you kidding? I could have written your post myself, jaya. Yes, yes, yes! Hardly a day without a symptom of some kind and I am also getting damned tired of them. I guess if there is anything positive in it, it is that I am much more clear that most of these symptoms are purely psychosomatic, not anything serious. Still, one needs to do battle to some degree over and over. |
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susan828
USA
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Posted - 02/25/2011 : 21:20:44
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And I can also echo this. It is extremely rare that a day goes by without a twinge of something that scares the daylights out of me. If it's abdominal, I think it's appendicitis, if it's my jaw, a toothache, if my head, something serious. And in my case because I have had a kidney stone, any flank or back pain terrifies me. There was one day (I keep a log) where I had a heart attack, kidney stone, brain tumor, toothache, spine cancer. It's funny now but it wasn't as I sat there writing in my log and having pangs of anxiety and consequently diarrhea from fear. Yes, it's a drag to have stabbing pains that move around and hold us captive. I look at other people who just live and don't think about all this garbage and wish I could have been born with that temperament.
All I keep thinking is that I am the captain of my ship, my mind, and nobody else is going to shut this ever-present chatter in my head except me. I have all the books. I think I better start putting some serious effort into reading them, not letting them collect dust. I want to say that last week, I went to an event and had a great time until I felt a pain, started focusing on it, stopped smiling, getting progressively more bummed out with every moment and didn't go out with the group afterwards to a restaurant (and it wasn't late). I just kept thinking "Why is this happening?" and went home, crying in the street out of frustration.
Has this happened to you in a social situation where you're fine, even happy and the darn pain and fear happen in a wink and ruin your time? If so, what do you do to abort the feelings and continue with your good time? I don't mind the pain...it's not the pain, it's the fear (in this case, it was my stupid teeth again). And when it's my abdomen, how can I sit with friends thinking I have to go to the ER? If I verbalized this to them, to anyone outside of this board, they'd think I'm crazy. I can't take this anymore either...it is SO draining. |
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wrldtrv
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Posted - 02/26/2011 : 13:22:46
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| Well Susan, you and I are obviously hypochondriacs, not simply suffering from TMS. One can tell from the sheer volume and severity of the symptoms that the problem is probably more hypo than TMS. The question is, how to differentiate, or does it even matter? The rx seems to be much the same, don't you think? That is, thinking psychologically (being clear the symptoms are not caused by pathology, but by the brain) and continuing all normal activity. |
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golden_girl
United Kingdom
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Posted - 02/26/2011 : 20:14:39
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If it's abdominal, I think it's appendicitis
I know that old chestnut! The amount of times I've "had" appendicitis, or a sore throat and headache "was" meningitis - well I've "died" many times! I rarely have hypochondria thesedays, I think in the end I just thought - 'This is ridiculous. Every other time I thought I had appendicitis, I didn't, so why would this time be any different? And if I really actually do this time, well what can I do about it? Go to hospital, have an operation, and that'll be the end of it. What's the point in fretting?!' And as soon as I think that, the pain goes away...
"F.E.A.R.
Forgive Everyone And Remember
For Everything A Reason"
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jaya
USA
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Posted - 02/28/2011 : 04:53:45
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| i am definitely a hypochondriac!! i usually am able to create my own pain if i think hard enough...its just sometimes im not in control of the "cause" |
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susan828
USA
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Posted - 02/28/2011 : 13:47:43
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I think there's a fine line between hypochondriasis and TMS. To be politically correct, not that we have to be here, "health anxiety". For me, I grew up hearing terrible connotations with the word hypochondriac...it was always an insult.
I can also bring on something by focusing on it. Even if there is no twinge to trigger it. if I think about a body part with worry, the pain starts. I really need to take time and work on this. I think I am afraid to confront it because it may be too emotionally painful, not to mention the symptoms that I will feel as I read Sarno, Schubiner and all the other books I have sitting here. I also feel it's worth it though and I am just going to have a tough love approach to myself, feel whatever I feel and look at the goal of it. |
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wrldtrv
666 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2011 : 19:53:37
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| Reading the TMS books, Susan, actually makes me feel better. The more I can drive into my brain the truth that most of my symptoms are a product of my hyper-sensitivity or of the tms process, the better. Reading about symptoms in this context does not generate more symptoms or worry the way researching symptoms on the internet might. |
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Back2-It
USA
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Posted - 02/28/2011 : 20:51:01
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ssan828...
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I think there's a fine line between hypochondriasis and TMS. To be politically correct, not that we have to be here, "health anxiety".
I've heard that the difference between being a hypochondriac and having health anxiety is that a hypochondriac knows that he or she is one and that a person with HA fears that it is real.
For me, it's easier to use HA, because I cannot spell hypochondriac.  |
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Forfeet
USA
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Posted - 03/05/2011 : 15:34:40
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| Count me in as another member of the family here. As has been mentioned reading TMS material helps alleviate the fears for me along with my faith. |
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