Recent content by Paxalot

I've been following the program and doing all the daily exercises. I have had many insights about my past and my personality, far more than I ever had while in therapy. The problem is my pain scores have not budged. Some are worse. Also the advice to reclaim your life by slowly doing more daily...

I agree that my response may not be a good indicator. Like I said I've been in therapy before so I'm not crazy about reliving past traumas yet again. This time I am focusing more on drawing the line between my symptoms and my deep seated need to present the appearance of control. I will ease up...

It has been a whopper of a week. I threw myself into this work with my usual dedication. But things quickly started spiraling. By day three the pain was very bad and I was crying on my wife's shoulder about not wanting to live. What was really not helping was the high levels of anxiety this work...

Thanks for the encouragement. There really is a tendency among doctors make patients feel hopeless. I suspect many people go into medicine for the money and the status and that they have no real passion for helping people. I've consistently been made to feel I was on my own and the whole medical...

Hey Deepster, I'm no expert cuz I'm only on day four but I also have GERD and functional dyspepsia in my arsenal of woes. I'm also discovering a lot of connections between my past and my symptoms. I figure this is a no lose situation. Either we get better or we don't but either way we profit...

I recently had the opportunity to talk with the head of anesthesiology at he biggest hospital in town. For over an hour he shot down every idea I had about treating my worsening pains. He obviously didn't believe in treating chronic pain on any level except to say I should try to meditate...

Hello all, I've been accumulating symptoms since 1989. I did the questionnaire "so you think you have TMS' and I have or have had a full 15 of 32 possible symptoms. This year I accumulated two more. I am writing this from my bed where I spend far too much time. I've travelled the USA and Canada...