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Shamrock
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 Posted - 04/03/2012 : 10:17:34
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I'm working through the Unlearn Your Pain workbook (on week 3). Back pain started a month ago, and I got right on the TMS work. I feel like I have made some progress in fits and starts, and the back pain is consistently slightly less. I'm having some anxiety, depression, dry mouth/throat, and some headaches, too.
I went to a TMS doctor 3 years ago when I had my last episode (which did resolve). It felt positive getting a TMS diagnosis from an MD (not the fast recovery I hoped for, so I'm unsure if it really made a difference.)
Now I'm thinking about going to a different TMS physician in my area (New Jersey) to reconfirm the diagnosis and help squash TMS-doubt thoughts that are popping up.
Any experience with something like this or thoughts on this approach (going to another TMS doc for a diagnosis)?
Thanks.
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ennio
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Posted - 04/03/2012 : 12:18:19
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Unfortunately, there aren't a lot of TMS doctors around. But the fact that you were diagnosed with TMS 3 years ago by a TMS doctor is a good thing in the sense that you can tell yourself that you do have TMS.
Here is one suggestion:
Make a commitment to take 30 minutes each day and think about those TMS personality traits you have. It helps to write them down. I went through Scott Brady's 6-week program and the writing down of things that are bothering you psychologically is definitely helpful in switching your automatic, conditioned thoughts to think psychological, not physical. But the commitment to do it every day, hard as it is, is very important while you are having symptoms.
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Shamrock
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Posted - 04/04/2012 : 13:39:48
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Thanks, ennio.
I'm doing lots of work (writing, self-talk, meditation) every day with the Unlearn Your Pain Workbook.
Just wondering people's opinion on getting an "updated" diagnosis for my "session" of TMS. |
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Sarnotic-nerve
USA
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Posted - 04/04/2012 : 19:36:19
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It sounds like you KNOW you have TMS. Commit to it 100%!
You want to arm yourself with as many weapons as possible. So talking to a TMS specialist would likely prove beneficial...even if its just for reassurance
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The pain is real! The cause...well, that's complicated. ;) |
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forestfortrees
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Posted - 04/06/2012 : 08:54:40
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Having someone diagnose you with TMS can really help you gain confidence in this approach and help you accept the diagnosis. But unlike having a broken arm, where the doctor actually fixes it with surgery, TMS treatment begins with us. You have to do the work yourself and you have to commit to the approach.
There is nothing wrong with having doubts about the diagnosis. If you think that there may be something else going on, and don't mind paying for a doctors visit, then seeing another TMS doctor sounds like it might be beneficial. If this second doctor says you have TMS that may be the push you need, but at the end of the day accepting the diagnosis is still something you need to figure our on your own.
Continue to work through Unlearn Your Pain. It is a wonderful book and journaling like that will help you pinpoint some of the reasons why you may be having these doubts. You are not the only person to have doubts and fears about TMS and their symptoms. I think everyone does at some point. It's just a matter of examining our emotions and understanding why we have these doubts and doing something about it.
Forest
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art
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Posted - 04/06/2012 : 11:56:31
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Ask yourself how high your fear level is concerning your symptoms. If it's on the high side, that's what's holding you back. Seeing a TMS doc is fine, but it's generally inconvenient, expensive, and unnecessary.
As Forest says, you have to do the work. But that's a good thing. If I had to run to a TMS doc every time I have a symptom, I'd not have time for anything else. :-) |
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Wavy Soul
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Posted - 04/07/2012 : 18:56:46
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Art said,
If I had to run to a TMS doc every time I have a symptom, I'd not have time for anything else. :-)
but - wouldn't that be a good distraction? No time for symptoms?
I don't think there exists a doc who would dare tell me that all my stuff is TMS. I wish there were, and yet if they are a TMS doc, isn't it a bit like going to a Lyme Disease doc? - i.e. you know which diagnosis they favor. I don't think my cleverclever mind would buy it.
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Edited by - Wavy Soul on 04/07/2012 19:44:03 |
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Should I see a TMS doctor...again?
