Recent content by cain aven

I had EM like symptoms when everything hit the fan in Feb 2016. Burning pain in the hands and feet, they would flush and get red (but more of a Bier's Spots than traditional EM, patchy red, which actually isn't all that uncommon). Pain was unbearable at times, I thought I was going crazy. I...

I acquired the ringing in the ears last summer, after having TMS freakouts about my inconsistent vision & floaters. It was an ear infection, like yours, and 'floated' between ears though more commonly in the left. Eventually I saw a specialist, and my hearing was mostly fine (very minor loss in...

It sounds like you are stopping TMS all the time. I think a lot of people would kill to have the results you are getting. That said, this is a recent discovery/integration of concept; it may take the brain a while to accept it as truth ("limbic lag"). Keep breathing, meditating, do things that...

The video games can increase the hyperstimulation as well. Trust me, I love 'em, and they helped me get through the 4-5 year part where i really started to think the pain wasn't ever going to go away... but I've really had to start restricting myself on digital stimulaiton, because the tinnitus...

I think it just dwindled. I wasn't using TMS. I'd studied the stuff over at anxietycentre (which is basically identical to Sarno's approach, just a little more detailed in some respects) but the results were not immediate for me to 'give up' my self-medication for getting through work/parenthood...

I had the stabs and burning pain in the hands and feet. It took me over 5 years for the sensations to fade. Even though I was 'convinced' it was stress based (and told the same by a neurologist), the pain was so intense and mentally consuming, I was sure something was 'wrong' with me and I often...

My symptoms weren't exactly like yours, but I'll give my ten cents. In 2016 I was struck by a virus that left me with burning hands and feet, discoloration of the hands (more Bier's Spots than what you have), and sensitivity to certain types of heat (computer heat, blanket heat) and not to...

I used the technique last night when it came in and started pulsing into the nerves of my hands -- 'where is this coming from?' -- and the sensations reduced by half. I think a mixed approach helps. Mantras to keep my thoughts from going into negative avenues. Examining emotions as they arise...

One of my friends told me he experienced this pain last year, and it was tied to his own lower back pain. Sometimes there is referred pain from one point to another.

I had this happen last night. I was reciting mantras to keep calm as I drifted off, when I felt it suddenly squirm in under the mental chant. Wasn't able to sleep and had at least 20-30 of them across the night. Feels like the mind is clawing back at my attempts to supplant the dialogue.

Withdrawal as in, withdrawal from the crutch. It hyped my mind up and distracted me somewhat from the issues. Now I'm in the raw :)

Always been an overthinker. Or letting the mind wander wherever it will. Now I have to control the train, because if I don't, it tumbles all over and off the tracks. It's an interesting experience to modulate your thoughts when symptoms appear, acknowledge and relax, etc. I was just re-reading...

You're 100% right. It's my old scrambling-for-answers. And it's mild today, mostly because I've been refocusing the mind elsewhere continually, whether it comes up or not.

As the title states, I'm avoiding Dr. Google for obvious reasons. I know some people have suffered / resolved tinnitus, and I was wondering if any were out there that could answer just a basic question - how mild or severe my case is. Edit: reading this through after posting, I realize that I'm...