diagnosis

Hi, I’ve been working through some TMS stuff for a month and a half or so. Solved some neck pain and hip pain. Think it was related to my TMJ too. For several months I’ve been having what I’m now reading are the symptoms of binocular vision disfunction. Dizziness when looking at my phone...

What’s the most disheartening thing a Dr. ever told me? The first time I went to a doctor for TMS, it was for tingling on the bottom of my foot and all sorts of strange sensations in my back and they told me they didn’t know what it was. This was before the Internet, and way before I found out...

So, you’ve read the books, you’ve researched mind/body pain, you understand the concept of neuroplasticity, you check many of the boxes on how your pain behaves like neuro-plastic pain, you’ve checked many of the boxes of the typical TMS personality and yet…you still doubt. And you’ve heard that...

Here's a new game for us all to play! To highlight the vast array of ridiculous diagnoses out there and also to illustrate the many ways that TMS shows up, post a comment on your most ridiculous diagnosis ever received that was in the end TMS in disguise. I'll go first... I was once told by a...

I am a chocolatier making decorated and filled chocolates, a very mentally demanding but fulfilling job. It fits in well with my perfectionistic tendencies and my nagging desire to please people. A few weeks ago, as I was beginning plans for holiday production (last year I made about 3,000...

My uncle said, "Oh, is that why I had really bad back pain a few years ago?" My producer said, "That makes sense. You always seem upset. You should calm down." My therapist said, "I believe that it could be psychological, but maybe a part of it is physical" Then we argued. But she has chronic...

So this is me trying to help anyone else out there that is struggling with TMS in any way. I first discovered Dr. Sarno back in 2013 after having a year of terrible back pain. I read the books, lived my life and in time I began to heal. three years later I had terrible back pain again and it...

I was going to watch the video in the above section, but there is no video. Was it removed or am I doing something wrong? Thanks...

I've been around here for a while as I sought to deal with what I thought was IBS (constipation, bloating, gas), and, after an endoscopy a few years back that came up clear, this was confirmed by the doctors. I've always been open to the mind/body theories so I have had no resistance to...

How would Dr. Sarno approach a diagnosis with only mild pain associated with it? My husband was experiencing symptoms he wanted checked out (tingling in his shoulder area, mild pain in his neck) to make sure he wasn't suffering from anything heart related of which he has some family history...

How can one be 100% sure that one has TMS and accept the diagnosis? It could always be possible that there is some kind of physical explanation. For instance, some people get fibromyalgia because of some reactions to food, or implants, or some other environmental factors. Even if doctors can't...

Hello all- Forgive me if I post in the wrong place. I am brand new to the forum (to any online forum, really). My name is Ally. I’m a 33 year old mom of 3, married to my post-high school sweet heart for 12 years—-and I have been suffering from chronic low back pain for 10 years. It started when...

Hi All I'm fairly confident that im experiencing past and present TMS however this is without a diagnosis from a qualified TMS specialist. Living in western Australia, there are no TMS doctors that practice (that i'm aware of). So my question is, how does one get better (fully accept TMS)...

Sorry if this is a newbie question or in the wrong place. I've recently discovered TMS and read Sarno's books. I've had bad back pain for over a decade now. I know that I'm supposed to get an appointment with a doctor to rule out a serious physical issue, but there's something I don't...

Hi everyone I changed my name on here in case anyone thinks I'm new! Im not :) I work at a recovery community in Thailand, and I am writing occasionally for the blog. I thought this article might be of interest to people here, and it's my first proper piece, so I wanted to I'd share it. I...

Hello All, First of all, Thank you Dr Sarno. Secondly, thank all of you who make up this community of generous and kind-spirited people. Thirdly, for those of you who are not sure, I would like to tell you from personal experience, you are on the right track. Here's my story in brief: Eight...

I saw Dr. Schubiner today and it was fantastic. What a genuinely nice man. Back pain flared during the 3 hour drive, but improved shortly after I got there. I had mild back pain (2 on a scale of 0 to 10) during the appointment. He said I am healthy and all the symptoms I mentioned are due to...

I was diagnosed with TMS (by a MD) about 2 years ago . I was getting better, but there were some nagging symptoms that just wouldn't let up. TMS set many limits on my life and maybe I wasn't embracing the diagnosis 100 %. So like an idiot I let a surgeon do a fusion on the area that they all...