Recent content by JulietBlue

Thanks for answering that for me. I'm not exactly sure it's a goiter per say. I see pictures of others where it's much worse but my glands are certainly big or swollen and are like that pretty consistently now. Hurts when I swallow or when I don't even. I just got lab results back yesterday but...

Thanks Ellen, I really appreciate your response. Can I ask you if you had the swelling in the front of the neck, or I guess what they call a goiter? Sounds weird but I never had this swelling around chin and glands until this new batch of symptoms started last summer. Even with all the pain I...

Thanks Plum, I did read Ellen's post but I think it wouldn't hurt to read again. The insomnia is actually one of the causes of my confusion lately. I've always had some form or another but it usually came and went in spurts and I'd have some nights in between where my sleep was pretty normal...

Plum, I can't thank you enough for your kind and loving response. Your words and assurances provide me much comfort and this sure isn't the first time. I pray that you are right and I can find my way out of all of this. I also wish magic dust was a real thing. I'd be throwing that stuff...

Thank you so much, Nancy. I feel the same way. It seems to me that the people who suffer from TMS are among the very best people you would ever hope to meet in this life. We are so good, loving, kind and compassionate to everyone else I guess but to ourselves and there's where we run into...

Thanks David. That definitely helps to hear. I really suspect mine is TMS too but it's only one of so many symptoms I got hit with around the same time. They match up with both TMS and Thyroid disorder so I'm still pretty confused. I'm trying to treat them all as TMS until I find out otherwise...

Thank you so much for that , Ewok! Great video. I like Nicole's work. Wish I could see her as a client sometime.

Hi lunarlass, I just read this thread and felt compelled to respond. I wanted to tell you you're not alone and no, you're not psychotic or a freak. I think I'm in a similar place to where you are. I had surgery on my thoracic outlet 6 years ago and the pain caused me to lose everything. My life...

Hi everyone, One of my symptoms ( among many) is chronic facial and eye pain. I have been diagnosed with TMJ from my life long habit of grinding my teeth at night. My question concerns facial swelling. I understand the Jaw pain could be TMS but could it also be structural? Has anyone else...

Back for more advice. Feeling so confused. I know a couple people previously advised against this but I decided to see an endocrinologist yesterday to try to get to the bottom of some of my symptoms that might not be TMS related. I've been reading and learning about TMS for two months now and...

Hi Gigi, That's great advice. I was already wondering how I would respond to questions about this and not exactly knowing what I would say to those who ask. Of course I was already getting kind of nervous about how I would handle it. Trying to explain TMS to someone and all the different...

Hi Plumcrazy, Thanks for commenting. I can definitely relate to toxic situations and family. I'm still learning how to deal with that myself. As far as Facebook goes, I realized last year when I was at the height of my disability that it was better for me to try to stay away as much as...

It sounds like you have a reason to be optimistic. Any reduction or cessation of pain, even if it doesn't last is a good sign!

Hi Livinginhope, I'm pretty new to all of this myself but just thought I'd take a crack at it anyway. I could be wrong, but it sounds to me like maybe both the orthotics and/or anxiety or tension might be to blame for the increase in pain. First, using the orthotics could have just...