Recent content by Larkspur

Thank you so much!! Progress!!

I'm hoping that I'm having extinction bursts and that it's a sign of progress! Any positive feedback would be appreciated to give my brain that little bit of extra assurance! So all my symptoms seem to be on the move. The last two migraines I've had I've been able to keep at bay using...

I'm a runner as well and I liked those books too. I've also been getting into ultrarunning documentaries (I'm not an ultrarunner and will never be, I just watch it on tv!) but I find them really inspirational and the lessons apply directly to TMS, at least for me. It's all about resilience...

Oh and a postscript...I finally found my backbone when he "prescribed" a $300 "cleanse" to get rid of the "toxins." I said no and never went back. Victory!

My dumbest expense was getting acupuncture every week for 6 months...but that's not the dumb part. The dumb part was that the acupuncturist kept "prescribing" me herbal medicines and I knew he was just fleecing me. He would give me a bottle of probiotics for $40 or $50 along with the warning to...

Yesterday I woke up with my usual symptoms of an impending migraine. I did progressive muscle relaxation and it went away! This was kind of a massive big deal because it never goes away...it always gets worse. So I'm feeling hopeful. If anyone is interested this is the video I used, although...

The other thing I do is that while exercising I take the opportunity to send positive thoughts to my brain. "I feel good," "I am healthy," "I am taking care of my body and my mind," etc. It sounds cheesy but I figure I've spent years sending negative thoughts to my brain, and now I have to...

I have this as well. I get severe muscle aches after heavy exercise, followed by a migraine. What has helped me personally is realizing that this is TMS--and it's important to not catastrophize it (there is nothing wrong with you, your brain is just being overprotective!) Personally, my brain...

Yes to everything you said, Jan! I also have a lot of trouble with meditation--I just don't really enjoy it the way I enjoy exercise or being in nature. I love exercising, and going for hikes and I do those things all the time. But meditation is something I have to force myself to do and I wish...

I thought I'd post here just to get this out of my head. I have been experiencing heart palpitations on and off for years now. I've had an EKG and they say everything is normal. I mostly believe that, except when it gets really bad, and my heart starts beating wildly and irregularly--doing flips...

I love this idea! I'm going to try this as well. Today I'm picking the word "tootings" just so that I can use my favorite poem by Wallace Stevens: One's grand flights, one's Sunday baths, One's tootings at the weddings of the soul Occur as they occur. So bluish clouds Occurred above the empty...

This is an interesting podcast about the placebo effect: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dramatic-cure/id1028908750?i=1000474272483 (‎Hidden Brain: The Dramatic Cure on Apple Podcasts)