What is the theory behind more unusual symptoms?

I understand mild oxygen deprivation is theorised to be the cause behind the common symptoms such as back pain etc. However, what are the theories behind other symptoms? For example, I have chronic fatigue, dizziness, double vision, anxiety, migraines and psoriasis. Can mild oxygen deprivation explain these?

 

Oxygen deprivation is an old theory that is no longer considered to be accurate. Current theory is that the brain, through the autonomic nervous system, creates symptoms which can account for all the symptoms you list.

 

As Ellen pointed out, oxygen deprivation was Dr. Sarno's guess 60 years ago, before modern neuroscience existed. Your anxiety is likely the underlying cause of your other symptoms, as it is a major debilitating factor for the nervous system. If you start focusing on reducing your anxiety, all other symptoms will likely to subside. Find books by Dr. Claire Weekes.

 

Thank you both. I've been trying to reduce the anxiety for years (Incl reading Claire Weekes).

In terms of the double vision, how do I know for sure if it's tms? No one can give me an answer medically other than saying it's caused by age and one of my eyes has always naturally turned out and now with age I'm finding it harder to control.

It started all of a sudden though 10 years ago during a very stressful time when everything else kicked off implying I guess that tms may indeed be the culprit.

 

Medical doctors generally rule out the bad stuff.
All of the things that you mention: chronic fatigue, dizziness, double vision, anxiety, migraines and psoriasis.
As unfathomable as it seems, they all can be a results of the suppressed rage/emotions.
I think it's a blend of our bodies being more sensitive (in the physical sense) that they react (unconsciously) more strongly to the perceived threats -- whether they be histamines release causing fatigue and dizziness or cytokine release or any of a number of things.

 

Have you tried meditation? It worked exceptionally well for my anxiety and chronic fatigue, and I continue to meditate (less frequently) even now after I fully recovered 6 years ago. As for double vision, I doubt anybody can give you a solid medical answer, as doctors don't know everything. However, if you set it aside for now and get rid of all other symptoms that are TMS, you will see a significant improvement in your life quality anyway. 5 out of 6 would be an outstanding achievement!

 

Yes I do a lot of meditation and it has helped a lot

 

@Booble thanks for the input. Apparently my psoriasis (which isn't too bad) began suddenly when I was 6 months old. Can that still fit in with tms?

 

I don't know but I had chicken pox at that age head to toe. My brother had one pox and the doctor told my mother it wasn't chicken pox. My sister had a normal amount and poor infant me covered from head to toe, in my mouth, up my butt. My mother said it was the most disgusting thing.

So was my body sensitive because of something genetic I was born with? Or was my body on HIGH ALERT because it was during the "let them cry" generation -- or because my mother was saddled with a 5 year old and 2 year old in addition to baby me and maybe couldn't give me the attention I needed to feel safe?
We will never know the answer for sure.

Likewise for your psoriasis. Babies have trauma too, even if they don't have the words to put to it so --- maybe TMS-ish?????

 

Gabor Mate attributes infantile and birth stress symptoms as the possibility that the fetus can sense the mother's stress, and absorb this stress response.
This makes absolute sense, in that stress has a physical chemical reaction within the body.

 

From reading your book, I understand that meditation was the main thing that got you recovered, so it's interesting that you don't have to keep it up as much to remain fully recovered.

 

It is quite logical. Now that I stabilized my nervous system, it takes less effort to bring it back in balance. Sometimes, my meditation is only 5 minutes, sometimes it is only once in few weeks for 1 hour. I probably should continue doing it daily, but I get lazy :=).

 

Interesting. Thanks for sharing. My parents, especially mother, had severe trauma a few years before I was born. Does that point to tms?

 

I'm not sure about TMS, but we know now that trauma can be inherited due to the science of epigenetics. There have been studies that show the children of holocaust survivors have all the signs of trauma even though their own childhoods were trauma free.