Recent content by eightball776

This is the only page I was able to access - most of this forum returns this error when I try: Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 134217728 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 82 bytes) in /home/ptpn/public_html/forum/library/Zend/Db/Statement/Mysqli.php on line 304 I've written in to...

It doesn't feel like it's all that far from over. Probably because of the number of hospitalizations these last 2 years, all of the friends I've lost to much more serious illness, and what my body feels like in general. I'm a 50 year old in an 80 year-old's body. I have plenty of excuses, which...

I went to the TMJ specialist today. $453 for consult & X-rays. I really screwed up. Had I known that basically their only treatment was another appliance, I wouldn't have done it. They want to make me two, each for $1800. I've had so many before, none worked at all, I can't see these...

That is one I actually bought... Over the last couple of years, I have purchased & borrowed dozens of books I never read. I actually donated boxes of them I knew I'd never get to. I just don't read anymore. My vision has declined at least 50% over the last year & I still can't seem to get...

You're right, right, right. I've struggled to get to this obvious mindset ... one I advise others to adopt even ... because I'm stuck in this "all or nothing" mentality where if I can't go back to working out 6 days/week & start conquering mountains in days, it's not worth trying at all. There's...

Funny you mention that book. It's been collecting dust in a drawer for several years now. I am struggling so much to read anything. I just can't seem to focus. All I do is fuel that rage with self-punishment, and the more time that goes by, the more I punish myself for being so far away from...

You could say I've had "TMJ" since adolescence. I started grinding my teeth at a young age, had retainers (that frequently disappeared), and it's never really gotten better. I just sort of got used to my jaw separating & clicking whenever I open my mouth past a certain point. Over the years it's...

Thank you - it was the success stories page that I was looking for.

Maybe I'm remembering it wrong, but I recall a section of this site that included an area organized by diagnosis. I wanted to send someone a link to a discussion forum discussing TMS & Fibromyalgia, but I can no longer find this forum/page. Any help appreciated.

So I had been on a whole bunch of Prednisone for a while to keep the Crohn's flare at bay... really high doses because of several intestinal obstructions, for which I'm likely headed to the operating table for a 3rd resection of my colon. Of course nothing happens quickly, and I'm now waiting to...

Through all of my work with Dr. Sarno, I became pretty comfortable with my ability to treat symptoms with the understanding that finding relief from exercises and other modalities doesn't mean you aren't able to process/treat TMS in a psychological-first way. I was lucky enough to be a patient...

I know TMJ is super common & probably should be on page #1 when compiling symptoms for a TMS diagnosis. I've been dealing the symptoms in varying severity and since adolescence. Stress and clenched jaw muscles of course always exacerbate things, even when I'm not grinding (that's stopped years...