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Day 6 Doubts about TMS

Lilibet

Lilibet

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One of the Day 6 exercises suggested posting if I have any doubts about a TMS diagnosis. My doubts are really small, but I thought I'd just put them out there.

I can still picture the photocopy of my MRI the neurosurgeon showed me a couple of years ago. It showed that my lumbar spinal canal is extremely narrow in 2 or 3 places. Yes, I do know that many people have stenosis without pain. So I'm mostly convinced that the pain I get in my low back, rear and legs, that comes and goes is TMS. There's just a small niggle of doubt because certain activities make it worse and I don't have good core strength, etc. that PT's want me to strive for.

I think I have slightly bigger doubts regarding the tingling and numbness I get in my hands most of the time, and pain when I write very much. The testing I had last week showed nerve damage and the doctor, of course, said I should have surgery so I won't lose the use of my hands. This is such a new diagnosis that I'm still processing it while I wait for my doctor to call when she gets the report, so the TMS doubt is stronger.

What I'm thinking is that for now I will just act "as if" I believe 100% that both of these are TMS and follow through on the structured educational program. It certainly won't hurt me, and it will help other definite TMS symptoms I get. Does that sound reasonable?
 
I don't think the core strength issue has much to do with anything. Many of us don't do core strength exercises and our back pain is gone.

Tingliness and numbness I had very badly too. It was a bit scary, I'll admit. Surgery was out of the question so I forged ahead with TMS as the issue. All was resolved when I "did the work" on TMS.

I notice that when I have anxiety about something, my hands go numb and get tingly during the night. I can usually quickly figure out where the anxiety is from. This worried me at first until I made a connection with unresolved things going on. So when i go to sleep peacefully with no thoughts of things, I do not get tingling! Pretty incredible.

Keep in mind that we heal according to our belief in TMS. Those who believe 50% may be healed 50%. That's just not enough for me!

Best wishes.
 
Lilibet, I've been on the forum since January and I am 100% sure of TMS, and yet there are still days when my mind starts taking me down the "what if" physical path. The mind is a tricky thing, and TMS is very sneaky. What I do is remind myself that no other treatment worked before I tried TMS treatment. I'm much, much better than I was in January, and I expect to keep getting better. As you improve your belief will increase. Don't let the moments of doubt get you down.
 
Thank you Lori and Gail for your reassuring experiences. :-) Very encouraging. It helps so much to have feedback.
 
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