plateau

This is a long post, but if you need it, you’re going to love it! It’s from a book written by a forum member @TG957 – who recovered from a debilitating medical diagnosis of complex regional pain syndrome. But really she had TMS. I read her book often for inspiration, because many of my...

One of the most valuable tibits of wisdom that @TG957 imparts in her book (and there are MANY) Defying the Verdict (which is a great TMS read for anyone!) is plateau's. This is how she describes being at point in her healing where she felt that she was not "progressing" but not "regressing" -...

My symptoms (ulnar nerve pain) started in 2019. I went through the usual process - OT, PT, various medications, all the scans they could think of, an actual surgery. There were minor changes here and there but nothing consistent, and in 2021 I hit rock bottom - the pain got so bad I couldn't use...

In my recovery (oh, how long it has been!), I experienced several plateaus, when progress would stop and I would feel stuck. It seems like every couple weeks of palpable improvements were followed by at least a month of being stuck. Being on one hand stubborn, but on the other hand having no...