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I too hope to address this health problem which also can exacerbate asthma in addition to affecting esophageal tissues. I am in my last week of this SEP and have been able to reduce the medications I was taking for this significantly as well as increase many activities that formerly provoked...

Positive changes from baseline include the ability to perform moderate intensity exercise for 30 minutes 5 times a week and reduction in the medications taken by 80%. Qualitative changes include a better understanding of somatization thereby avoiding panic over new symptoms, better understanding...

My own experience may not apply to you or your situation mentioned in your last question, but the difference for me between "involving" activities like biking, swimming, hiking and "drone" activities like driving and typing, derives from where my mind is at the time. The former activities have...

I am not likely to give up, perfectionists are that way :) Doubts are a constant companion though, especially for someone paid to be skeptical. But some relief means something good is happening and I have noticed dream fragments are now occurring regularly for the first time in 25 years. The...

Only recently realized that my life has been a game of medical whack-a-mole. A long list of issues most of which may very well fit under the TMS and associated conditions umbrella. It's a stunning realization, but explains the poor results from medical treatments and unending health problems. I...

Since your symptoms are induced by your brain and are not causing permanent damage, you can safely proceed to walk and engage in other activities in spite of them. However, you are still subject to all the normal parameters any human would encounter who has not been active and fit for a long...

The worry you will be unlovable, abandoned, disliked by others if you don't take on these things is a great insight. My own experience with being "over-responsible" in the home, workplace, community, is that not only does it bring up internal anger issues, but others often actually resented me...

Thanks Marian, it is comforting to know what your husband went through and overcame.

Most experiences described on this website and in related readings address chronic pain. While I have had a number of conditions over the years involving chronic pain, my current health concerns involve asthma-like and gastric symptoms. I have seen a series of specialists that have done a number...