Recent content by Reddi2bbetter

Wow, Laudisco, you summed it up perfectly! I am definitely one of those people that can't say no. Last night I finally gave in and took pain meds so that I could get a good nights sleep. This definitely reaffirms my TMS diagnosis though.

Definitely a wise woman. I guess one of my concerns is that most of my pain happens in the middle of the night, so I don't get much sleep. It makes it harder for me to function during the day. especially when extra cooking and cleaning will be involved, Not to mention entertaining.

I was seeing a definite improvement until last night. The pain got worse, which made it even more difficult to sleep. I also felt a high level of anxiety. The only explanation I could come up with, was that my sister-in-law said that she was coming up with my brother, their 18-year-old...

I had been doing really good up until two days ago. I was surfing and mountain biking again and my pain felt like it was diminishing a lot . I was only getting up twice a night for about 20 minutes each, instead of 3 to 6 hours of sleep a night with level 8 pain. The past two nights have been...

Thanks for your response. It's strange how I'm starting to feel better during the day, but I'm still having pain and insomnia at night. Do you have any advice on this?

I had an epiphany today. I finally allowed myself to go mountain biking again, after being so fearful that it would increase my pain. Anytime I tried to ride, I would feel pain seizing up my back and down my legs. Today when I was riding, I stopped thinking about the pain. I kept repeating...

Thanks so much for responding. I really appreciate the support in this forum. I'm even now starting to realize other times in my life when I've had TMS.

I'm definitely feeling better during the day time. I'm resuming more of my activities and having a better attitude. The problem comes at night time, when the pain increases in severity. I caved in and took my pain medications the other night. I take a low dose of cyclo ben zaprine and trama dol...

I just finished doing the meditation. I sat outside and could hear the birds and wind. I noticed that even after I thought I had completely relaxed parts of my head, I could still feel tension in my jaw and neck. As I went down The rest of my body, I could still feel areas that were tight. It...

I did start the structured educational program, and find it to be very helpful. My pain during the day is getting better, but nights are still very rough. I get up to level eight pain. I have to spend hours stretching and walking because I can't get comfortable in bed. Today I went to the...