headaches and migraines

Long time lurker here and first time poster! You have no idea how many of you have helped me over the last couple of years! Thank you, and especially to the Beloved Grand Eagles :-). I am hoping that sharing some of the progress I have made can help some people. I also hope a kind soul or two...

I have been having a really hard time with reading on computer and phone screens for years. This is probably the number 1 thing preventing me from moving on with life. Despite using fl.ux and turning screen brightness down, it is uncomfortable to look at screens. It is 100 times worse when...

Hi everyone, I’ve been dealing with tight jaw muscles for at least 10 years, also sensitive and painful teeth, crackling sound when I swallow, headaches and face pain,.. I saw an orthodontist and he told me I probably need a surgery to expand my palate in order to correct my crossbite so that my...

HELLO My name is Sandy and I live in New Paltz, NY. I began to experience migraine headaches when I was a teenager, and they got worse as I got older. I am now 67 years old and have spent the better part of every week of my adult life completely bedbound. I met with over 20 neurologists (at the...

Hello! I'm here because I have a lot of symptoms. I don't wanna bother you with a list, but I have symptoms that doctors can see, and other that they cannot see, but I do see. I found myself googling my symptoms especially during panic attacks or moment of peak states of anxiety. Does it happen...

Hello! I started the program because of neck pain and headache, and chest heaviness. Then, it started to disappear , I quit because I thought " ok, now I know how it works", and I started to have anxiety in other forms. More anxiety. Now, I started to have vertigo, dizziness, eyes problems, and...

For six to seven months of my life, I was experiencing disabling pain 24/7. It started out with back/neck pain and a short term case of RSI several years prior. During the latter half of 2019, these symptoms would continue, as well as manifest into many other symptoms like pain in my feet, among...

Hi everyone, I've been reading Sarno's work for a while. I also just read Alan Gordon's new book as well over the past two days. I know that I have TMS, because every once in a while my headaches go away and I feel really good - even though there may be a genetic factor as my mother started...

Hi Everyone, I've been following the Long-Covid story pretty closely, including new findings, and medical treatments. I wanted to make a post of my thoughts on Long Covid, how it relates to TMS. None of what I write is certain, just some ideas. The work you see below may also apply to...

Hi, I have soooo much tension in my face, head, neck and shoulders from years of stress and anxiety. I also tense my pelvic floor, if I bring my mind to it I can "drop" or release the muscle, but as soon as I move my attention or get anxious the muscle tense and that contributes to my main...

Hi all, brand new to this website. So just to start, I have had TMS for a long time and recovered from a long-standing history of back pain 3 years ago after finding out about TMS. Nevertheless, a week ago (9 days ago more specifically) I was outside chasing my dog on a field with moist grass. I...

Hey everyone! I've been lurking for a long time. Like many of you, I've stumbled upon the TMS concept many times in my medical journey, disregarded it as a bunch of hooey, pursued other avenues and somehow I keep coming back. Call it destiny; call it a last chance blueprint. I will say this...

Hi. I have had MANY manifestations of TMS over the last 30+ years. Small / short-term symptoms reoccur several times every year and I can "think" them away. But about once a year I get symptoms that force me to get back into the studying of Dr. Sarno / TMS material and this eventually...

i started working with TMS after reading Dr. Sarno and Fred Amir in the late 90s, early 2000s. Decades of severe low back pain, sometimes laid up for days or occasionally weeks. I’ve had enormous relief with this and using the recommended tools. Now for years I’ve suffered with chronic...

Just wanted to make a post for those who are dealing with fear, skepticism, disbelief, or worry. To me, overcoming TMS = overcoming fear. Understanding the information in the great Dr. Sarno’s books, lectures, movie, videos, etc. are definitely helpful in overcoming TMS symptoms. For me...

I just stumbled on a note I took a while back quoting from Oliver Sacks autobiography. It seems quite supportive of the whole Sarno approach. At the point in the book, Sacks was working at a migraine clinic and had a patient who had recurring migraines every Sunday. Via a pill, Sacks managed to...

I have been free of my chronic tension headache for months!! TMS has tried to sneak back up on me in other "weak" areas of my body, but I'm on to it!! It's hard to believe what a miracle program this is. But it works. I'm reading The Great Pain Deception by Steve Ozanich right now, it has...

I've been doing a little experiment on Monday mornings. Weekends = relaxation and unwinding = no migraines. Going back to work on Mondays = tension = headache/migraine. This is the 3rd Monday where I've had several hours of stress and tension at work followed by a headache at the top of my...

I have an urge to update you all on how things are coming along with me. It's almost been a year since I started the TMS approach. When I started I was having migraines and headaches every day along with anxiety. It completely ruled my life and I was very depressed. My brain controlled me most...