Recent content by MickeyLou

Jana and Cactusflower, thank you for all the kind advice.

Thank you for the support. This tension and anxiety at night has continued to bother me. Does anyone have a recommendation? Thank you, Michelle

Ann, Thank you for the post, it is exactly what I needed to read right now. I have had some taste of success with the program, but it is early and already I can tell the recovery path will not be linear. I have been up all night, in the guest room I go to when sleep is a lost cause and I don’t...

Thank you, it’s good advice.

Yes, thank you for the reply. I’m really hurting—I recently quit my oxycodone, gabapentin, and muscle relaxers—for a while I had low pain levels but yesterday and today they are sky high. The first anniversary of my Mom’s death comes this week. I’ll just do the work, and I believe I will get...

I would also just add, the pericardial effusion was called idiopathic, no known cause. They say the cause, if it can be determined, is usually viral. But they detected no virus in my blood work and admitted this is common. When I think about that, it does have that quality of many TMS symptoms...

Thank you, that is what I thought. I’m having trouble with losing the fear, because I have so many different symptoms. I used TMS work to get rid of my excruciating nerve pain, but I still have all kinds of muscular neck and back pain. I went to the doctor a few days ago for my IBS, because I...

I was diagnosed about five years ago with interstitial cystitis (IC) after seeing a urogynecologist for urinary frequency and pain. I had terrible symptoms which at first seemed like frequent urinary tract infections, but the bacterial cultures were usually negative. I had a procedure called a...

Oh wow! What an amazing interview, and towards the end I got to hear a very satisfying explanation of how mind-body symptoms can be felt in the stomach and gut. Dr Clarke believes that muscle contractions are causing IBS—an explosive contraction will cause diarrhea, while a spasm, which does not...

Hello, my name is Michelle (or Mickey, Mickey Lou). I am new here, and very much looking forward to interactions and new knowledge about my TMS. My pain started 17 years ago, and I’ve been diagnosed with fibromyalgia, small fiber neuropathy, insomnia, Morton’s neuroma, DeQuervain’s...