Karll
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TL: DR go to last two paragraphs
I got TMS in my wrists late January 2015 when I was 20 years old.
I've always been gaming a lot and also suffered from a lot of depression, suicidal thoughts, social anxiety and a difficult childhood.
In January I got wrist pain in both my hands at the same time (strong, burning sensation. I was at a very low point and wanted to die at this point) and stopped using them immediately. I waited 6 weeks before I got so mad/depressed that I stopped caring and just started using them while ignoring the pain (I didn't know about TMS at this point). The pain got rly bad but I kept icing my hands while still playing, sometimes I had to stop because it got too bad but I'd just continue the next day. After some time the pain went away, and I had no clue why. My hands were good for 1 month, until my life became difficult again and the pain came back so once again I stopped using them. After some weeks I went to the doctor, and he looked at my hands for two seconds and diagnosed me with tendonitis and gave me anti-inflammatory medicine (I didn't believe him because I was 100% sure I had actual tendon damage, tendinosis, and had read that inflammation couldn't last that long)
I felt helpless and had nowhere to turn, but I kept away from the computer. I then found out about TMS and bought Sarno's book, but I gave up half way through (I believed 100% in TMS) because he said that if you have doubt, it won't work - which I had. I was 50/50 in my self-diagnosis between tendinosis and TMS, so I couldn't make any progress. In early September I had MRI taken of both my hands, and they were analysed by the people who took them and a woman at our main hospital in Norway, they found nothing and told me my hands are fine.
With this I felt 100% certain that my problem was mental, and played through the pain happily. It went away, I still get the burning sensation sometimes, but it goes away once I acknowledge it for what it is.
I've come here because at the moment I still can't play, because I have now gotten a sharp pain (sometimes a bit numbing) in my right click and left click fingers, and I have no idea if this is a physical problem or part of TMS. I stopped almost instantly when it came, and I've been resting since 3 days now. I've had this pain 3 times and the first time it went away by itself, the second time I got mad after one day rest and just played through it and it stopped hurting. (I had played a game where I use my right click a lot more than I've ever done, so I was convinced this was why)
My pain has always been a burning sensation in the wrist, and have never really had any problems with my fingers (apart from the time I ignored it after 6 weeks, making my fingers very numb aswell) Since this pain is sharp and in the fingers, I'm in need of help since I have no idea if this pain could be part of TMS or if I have to avoid all activities till the pain goes away on its own (if it's a physical problem)
TL: DR go to last two paragraphs
I got TMS in my wrists late January 2015 when I was 20 years old.
I've always been gaming a lot and also suffered from a lot of depression, suicidal thoughts, social anxiety and a difficult childhood.
In January I got wrist pain in both my hands at the same time (strong, burning sensation. I was at a very low point and wanted to die at this point) and stopped using them immediately. I waited 6 weeks before I got so mad/depressed that I stopped caring and just started using them while ignoring the pain (I didn't know about TMS at this point). The pain got rly bad but I kept icing my hands while still playing, sometimes I had to stop because it got too bad but I'd just continue the next day. After some time the pain went away, and I had no clue why. My hands were good for 1 month, until my life became difficult again and the pain came back so once again I stopped using them. After some weeks I went to the doctor, and he looked at my hands for two seconds and diagnosed me with tendonitis and gave me anti-inflammatory medicine (I didn't believe him because I was 100% sure I had actual tendon damage, tendinosis, and had read that inflammation couldn't last that long)
I felt helpless and had nowhere to turn, but I kept away from the computer. I then found out about TMS and bought Sarno's book, but I gave up half way through (I believed 100% in TMS) because he said that if you have doubt, it won't work - which I had. I was 50/50 in my self-diagnosis between tendinosis and TMS, so I couldn't make any progress. In early September I had MRI taken of both my hands, and they were analysed by the people who took them and a woman at our main hospital in Norway, they found nothing and told me my hands are fine.
With this I felt 100% certain that my problem was mental, and played through the pain happily. It went away, I still get the burning sensation sometimes, but it goes away once I acknowledge it for what it is.
I've come here because at the moment I still can't play, because I have now gotten a sharp pain (sometimes a bit numbing) in my right click and left click fingers, and I have no idea if this is a physical problem or part of TMS. I stopped almost instantly when it came, and I've been resting since 3 days now. I've had this pain 3 times and the first time it went away by itself, the second time I got mad after one day rest and just played through it and it stopped hurting. (I had played a game where I use my right click a lot more than I've ever done, so I was convinced this was why)
My pain has always been a burning sensation in the wrist, and have never really had any problems with my fingers (apart from the time I ignored it after 6 weeks, making my fingers very numb aswell) Since this pain is sharp and in the fingers, I'm in need of help since I have no idea if this pain could be part of TMS or if I have to avoid all activities till the pain goes away on its own (if it's a physical problem)
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