It not only sound possible, it sounds plausible and likely!
When us old(er) people recover from TMS we look back over our lives and see that we actually have had it our whole lives, in various manifestations.
My first attack was when I was 6. I was shooting hoops in the backyard and my neck went into the most painful spasms... they had to knock me out with something to calm down, put a neck brace on me, ... I was freaking out. Never mind that my Mom was about to leave on a trip BACK to Europe where we had just moved from to the states.... My Father was dead and now Mom was going off on tour, leaving me with a baby-sitter..... I was already damaged goods and needed to be careful.
I had a Gnarly attack when I was 19. I fell from the tiles at the DelMar skatepark (the symptoms didn't start for 3 days)....woke up screaming because I couldn't feel the whole left half of my body(or move it). I had just dropped out of college and realized that the only 'career' I had was being a dope dealer/criminal type. All my friends and peers were starting their lives and I was still stuck as a Looo-zer. (I had been visiting my friends at college that weekend...)
My 19 year old son actually just had his first reeeally bad back pain this week. He also blamed it on skateboarding... However, I found out from his brother that he had just spoken with his ex-girlfriend of 3 years for the first time since they broke up....2 hours before the symptoms started..her life is a disaster and she has blamed it on him leaving her. He's very conscientious so the guilt must be unbearable. His Brother instantly suspected TMS. I was surprised at how intuitive the older one is... he had a few bouts with it when he was uber-stressed at Vanderbilt U. In the math and science dept when he was 16. (yes , he's one of those)...trying to balance being a high achiever with baseball, girls and his rock band
TMS is no respecter of age. You are very lucky to be dialed in this young for you are saving yourself a lifetime of misery in the medieval medical world
Besides the decision, is there also a financial burden e.g. are you going to owe them money at the end? Is there a lifestyle change/moving issue for housing? Pressure from your family? Significant other?
All of these things need your attention,awareness... nowadays unless you have a STEM type degree there is no guarantee of work out there...at least here in the states. Do you really like STEM or is it just about the money? 'Settling' for chemistry could be an expensive regret if you really have no love for it.
The cool thing about TMS is you don't necessarily have to do or not do anything to get rid of it....just learning about it suffices in 99.9% of cases
