Recent content by platypodes

Eight years ago I had a surgical procedure on my jaw and have had chronic pain in the incision site (chin) since then. I’m still on the fence as to whether my pain is structural, TMS, or a combination. It’s pretty clear that my muscles are in spasm when the pain is really bad because they twitch...

Interestingly, my OCD got much better once my physical pain began, so I do think you’re right in believing that it’s a type of/related to TMS. If you use IG, one good resource that I’d recommend looking at is the obsessivelyeverafter account.

Episode 21 of the podcast “The Cure for Chronic Pain” with Nicole Sachs features a guest who had POTS. It might be helpful to check out.

I actually just started reading “The Mind Body Prescription” last night. My OCD used to be so bad I’d often be practically unable to move because of the fear. I was afraid to go on airplanes and avoided many other things for fear I’d have panic attacks or that my OCD fears would come true. I...

I find it very interesting that you also had OCD before you had your physical pain problem. I just wrote a post where I mentioned that I had severe OCD from age 5 on up until I had a surgery that left me with chronic physical pain. Ever since I developed the physical pain, the OCD has been much...

Hi everybody, I’m going to try to keep this succinct although there is a lot going on for me right now. I apologize if my writing sounds disjointed because I’m crying pretty profusely as I write this. Last night I posted on the forums for the first time and asked if my condition sounds like...

Thank you for your response! I’ve heard about people developing TMS after an injury, but never after a surgery, specifically. However, it makes sense that the mechanism would be similar. It just seems almost unbelievable that my brain would be able to mimic muscle pain so perfectly, to the point...

Hello everybody, I am new here and this is my first time posting. I am still trying to figure out if my pain is caused by TMS, because my pain was the direct result of a surgery. Seven years ago I had a cosmetic procedure called a sliding genioplasty where they move your chin forward (I had a...