Recent content by Charliekan

So just a follow up... I decided to sleep on the living room floor last night, with legs elevated and a small pillow under the small of my back. After an hour or so barely avoided the mother of all cramps in my calf, but actually settled into a good position on my side and slept a straight 5...

Thanks for the advice and the direction. It's interesting but a lot of what she said is exactly what I tell my patients who are suffering from insomnia. My problem over the last couple of weeks is that after about 1-2 hours I awaken with terrible pain and need to get out of bed, walk around for...

JanAtheCPA, yeah I think we are all in the same boat in a lot of ways. It was so funny for me to see you writing in this thread btw because though you may have forgotten me, 3 years ago you helped me so much with my first post. Good to see you again!

I have been doing really very well with my TMS for several years, essentially pain free for at least 3 years since my first terrible episode, which thankfully led me to Dr. Sarno and actually this forum. For the past 2 weeks or so, my sciatica has come back. I am good at working through it...

I so know what you mean jml19! I do have some snarky patients who when they see me in pain say, " But I thought that book cured you?" While still staying professional, I respond that the personality qualities that made me vulnerable to TMS in the first place are still there. I did not reinvent...

Btw I used to love Weebles!

I have mixed feelings adding to this thread; because after being relatively pain free for like 2-3 years I have recently been having sciatica symptoms again which unfortunately has brought me back to the forums, conversely it is wonderful that this forum not only exists but has kept going...

You know, it's funny but I was thinking about my last post and your most recent reply gave me a bit of an "ah hah" moment. After reading your reply it dawned on me that aside from the feeling of not being alone with TMS, that getting some of my thoughts down also was more helpful than I would...

Well, I guess this is day four. I will admit that I have not been exactly following all the directions, doing the journaling mentally as opposed to writing things down, but reading the exercises and articles daily. I do think that it has really helped! I think I have also been significantly...

Thanks for the suggestions and the reply Jan. I had already been looking into the thread you mentioned. I tried to push myself today, walking around Epcot. Boy did it hurt! But, it didn't hurt more than yesterday! Actually, it was maybe a little better than yesterday. When it was at its worst, I...

Walt, thanks so much for your kind and wise words. You are exactly right in that I am so laser focused on the TMS, that I am most likely doing myself a disservice. I am still looking into discovering more of my repressed emotions. I think anger has been a problem for me for so long, throughout...

Hello all. For whatever reason, fear I guess of sounding stupid is probably near the top, I am finding it difficult to post on this forum. I have decided to try to uncensor myself as much as I can, since I am certain that a lifetime of self censorship has contributed greatly to why I have TMS. I...