I have been pain-free for nearly two years and my success story is posted here:
http://www.tmswiki.org/forum/threads/tms-healing-worked-for-me
For a about a year, I have been working a high-stress job in community mental health. I also teach two online classes, am the father of a young child, and have a wife who also has a demanding career. This November, I had my first ever psoriasis flare-up. A few months of healthy eating and positive thinking, and the psoriasis disappeared.
Shortly after the psoriasis cleared, my sciatica came back. The intensity was moderate. I knew right away this was TMS, but I made an appointment to see my physician to get it checked out. She agreed my sciatica was likely just stress and referred me for massage therapy and acupuncture. I delayed a while, and continued to journal and meditate. The sciatica seemed to be slowly improving. Then, I
figured massage and acupuncture can't hurt, since I know there is nothing wrong with my body. So I make appointments for both.
Three days ago, my low back feels a little stiff getting up off the table after my second acupuncture session. The next morning, my low back is so tense, I cannot move without tremendous pain. The tension and pain is more intense than any previously experienced.
I have a hard time making it to the bathroom, and call in sick to work. So, I drag myself to the car and go back to see the acupuncturist, and she thinks my back spasm is unrelated. I go see my physician, she checks me out, says it just a muscle spasm. She has never heard of Sarno, but says the back is mysterious, and tells me a few ancedotes about back pain coming from nowhere and disappearing just as mysteriously. She writes me up an rx for pain pills and muscle relaxers, and orders blood work to rule out anything serious. The
labs came back clean.
So, here I am three days later, with the worse back pain I've ever had. I can't even move. I'm well aware of past and current stressors. And while work is the worst if it, work has been getting less stressful recently, and should continue to be that way for several months. Missing work is actually more stressful than going to work at this point.
I know there is nothing wrong with my back, and do not understand how acupuncture could have have brought this on.
I'm at a loss on what to do, and would love to hear from anyone with some insights or who has gone through a relapse or something similar...
