Recent content by jericho163

The last part is identical to my back pain. "However, I can't tell if I'm happy because there's no stiffness/weakness of if there is no stiffness/weakness because I am happy. side note: Mornings usually are worse" I feel you. I thought i was the only one in the world that felt like that.

Ok 1 week of good sleep. Hopes this continues. :)

Back Tension came on in the middle of the night. Most of the time, it will stay for hours. Yesterday night I calm myself down and told myself I am safe (I am really safe! no war in my country). Tension/spasm greatly reduced and I went back to sleep. Amazing, seems like this is the only...

2 weeks into TMS SEP. Seems to have journalled some of my past/current stressors. Seems like my back issues is now the current biggest stressors. Fear of it not improving. Fear of it staying. I have seen some little improvements over these 2 weeks, but as and when, fear creeps in. What if...

Day 14. Sitting getting better and better, or at least not so fearful of the process. Trying not to think about my constant tension at the back in the daytime. Sleep has become affected, somehow TMS will want to appear at night to "remind" me of its presence. Tension shifting around. Most of...

former health anxiety sufferer: Don't google symptoms and don't read about any structural abnormalities. totally agree. I was so well-read and I could "spar" with all the orthopaedic surgeons. They were well.....stunned. And I will read like 50 articles on spine surgeries everyday. I...

spine-health? Read it and you will be in pain in the night.

Post Surgery I could sleep quite well. Then 3 months on, no, will wake up in the middle of the night in pain. Pain location varies in the lower back.But always somewhere around. Started SEP and TMS reading, stopped reading pubmed. Slept quite well. Some stiffness upon waking up. While in...

Oh yea, a mini corner. There are a lot evidence of TMS in action. I used to call it voodoo science until I saw it in myself. I am a worrier by nature, and I thought I can "worry the pain" away by reading everything in PubMed and finding the best surgeon. I got to be frank, before surgery, I...

Started practicising Sarno... had a few good night sleep. I know I was feeling good until I was woke up by my daughter's crying and I could feel a sudden tension that comes on in the lower back although I didnt change position as I woke up. I also realise if I worry too much in the day or...

Thanks TennisTom, Had a great night sleep yesterday. No pain. Then come some days, I didnt do anything special, in pain at night. TMS yes it is. YES.

My surgeon cleared me for all activities, saying i can do yoga or whatever...:)

I saw, over skype. Had alot of symptoms of TMS. No 1 will judge me to be 100% TMS, since my mri was never clean to begin, much less w a surgery now. The only way ahead is believing it. I have seen some improvements in a short span, but still a long way to go