Recent content by Twinny22

Many thanks, I will have a look at what you have mentioned and see what helps to break this endless loop of pain/fear.

Thanks for clarifying. Which TMS book did you find the most helpful for our apparently similar theme as there are lots out there?

Rabscuttle thanks. My twin sister correctly observed that I have a history of identifying an ailment (real or imagined), running to consultants, requesting endoscopies or other procedures then off the back of said procedure developing a fixation - most recently a painful nasal endoscopy which...

Alouqua, that's very reassuring thanks. When I saw doctors and nurses shortly after the incident, they looked really puzzled when I insisted I was in pain as they couldn't see any tissue trauma. I have seen with my tinnitus that reaction to a constant noise can change over time even though the...

Cafe_bustello - so glad you can relate. Because of where the injury was (and how it happened), it's more 'taboo' to discuss openly with people around me. You're spot on, it's hypersensitivity not numbness which argues against nerve damage. Can I ask what your pain was like? Constant or...

Also, I feel there must be an overlap between sensorimotor OCD and TMS as both involve hyper fixation which from my experience takes over your life to such an extent that life stuff is peripheral to what is going on in your head (obsession with pain or sensation or body part).

Thanks so much for those book recommendations. Yes it can't be a coincidence that tinnitus and the globus sensation I developed post endoscopy (it was actually a feeling that something was stuck in my soft palate) are both linked to the nervous system. Challenging as they are, they don't involve...

Sorry you're also experiencing chronic nerve pain. In terms of tests, there doesn't seem to be an option to explore whether the clitoral nerve endings are sensitised or irritated but the quality of the pain has changed over the 11 weeks which suggests it's not a static condition. I do fall into...

Thanks Adam, that's a great analysis. I agree that my rational mind tells me that nerve damage is highly unlikely from rubbing and microbleed. In fact, chat gpt(!) states that nerve damage would much more likely be possible from a surgical procedure or major trauma or accident. I'm in the UK and...

Ah, understood. A major source of anxiety for me is not knowing if the nerve sensitisation/irritation is a medical issue or TMS. I have found chat gpt to be more useful than the gynaecologist in explaining what might have happened to the nerves after the friction injury but obviously it is...