FWIW, here is my take. I think there are several different categories of TMS conditions. One category involves pain that wouldn't exist but for TMS. My plantar fasciitis was like that. Another category involves a condition that already exists in some form, and TMS works to amplify it. Tinnitus is an example. Everyone has it to some extent, but the TMS gremlins can make it become a huge distraction (which of course is the point). I put acid reflux into that category. Even without TMS, people will have stomach issues -- having a fatty meal, drinking some alcohol, and then going to bed, for example. TMS takes that condition and makes it much worse so that it becomes a distraction. Hence, even though I beat acid reflux as a TMS condition, I still take the pill for acid reflux. I haven't had any real problems with it in years. |