Thank you Dr Christensen and Dan for one the best explained success stories. I'm a retired Physical Therapist who tore off totally the medial hamstrings. It was not operated on even though there was 3 cm distance. I have had severe pain until this summer where it seemed to move forward. Although now November I still have a great deal of pain most all of the time. I am now trying to get my head more around the TMS process.This video helped me a bit to be again patient and self compassionate. I listen to most of your videos Dan and still believe I will get better but it has been a difficult journey.
When this gentleman mentioned the music concert, I thought immediately of my Dad who complained of illnesses all my childhood from stomach issues to body pain, we went for a day out to a museum and he loved it so much, he didn’t complain about his health for the whole day and a few days afterwards. I have always thought that he had TMS as his symptoms would constantly change and the doctors never found anything wrong with him. He lived a lot of time in his thoughts.
Thank you. These never get old. Love that doxtirs, dentists, practitioners & regular folks like Dan are spreading their message. Dan was one of my first i found & listened to that helped me heal. Sometimes other people's message will resonate & it all clicks. Forever grateful. And just to add a story of mine, Saturday my husband's energy was stressing me out. his son has cancer & scary times. I got a shooting pain in my left arm, horrible pain. I didn't get scared. I walked away from my husband, self soothe myself & watched the pain. It subsided quickly.
Dan, I would like to add that for those who have had car accidents (I see this at my law firm job) the pain lasts long after the body has healed due to 2 things: psychological trauma from the accident itself, and then the medical label and the docs telling them they need surgery and will have to go to pain management for life! It’s such a shame….
I think we look for the symptoms and the thoughts. Mine has become a habit. The memories get stored and it becomes automatic. That's the hard part to overcome. It takes time to change thought patterns. I'm guilty of labeling myself as anxious. My husband has told me to stop saying some of this stuff because what you say and believe is what you believe. We're all better!!!
Interesting to hear that females present 4:1 in his experience. Women are much more likely to present with autoimmune problems statistically, and there's a definite correlation between autoimmune and TMS.
Thank you for sharing your story Dr Christensen and for what you are doing with young people.. that’s truly wonderful.. Btw.. that fish analogy is awesome!! 😆😂😂🐠🌊 Thank you Dan for always sharing these stories with us.. congratulations on your book release!!!🥳🥳🥳
Yep diagnosed with pvs many years ago...thankfully beautiful humans like you Dan & Dr. C are spreading the truth & correcting the cultural conditioning. Healing is cyclical. Bless you both for your service to humanity.💜
The book will be available though Amazon, so if you can buy books from Amazon in your country, you can get it. There will be a Kindle / digital version and an Audio version too.
Such an inspirational conversation! Thank you!! But Dan, what about asthma, continuesly being out of breath and hyperventilating? I know it’s TMS, I feel my scared self behind the symptoms. Do have any conversation/information about the lungs being TMS?🙏🏻
lol I guess I too am a TMSer cuz I cured myself of daily headaches pelvic pain issues, dizziness all very scary, breast or underarm pain, back pain hip pain, it hurts at pucks a new thing once u heal it but it’s the same don’t fear it tell your body to stop being foolish that u r ok your doing your best to manage your stress. It’s all anxiety. It’s a state of mind.
"Are you calm? Do you feel safe?" No. Apparently, I'm like the fish you spoke of. I'm accustomed to this water (fear). I've been swimming in it for most, if not all, of my life. 😢🤦🏼♀️
Thanks so much for this interview! I'm also trying to disconnect from the "Long Covid" label. I definitely don't identify myself in my head anymore as having LC. And when other people ask me about it (some coworkers asked me about it today on Zoom), I try to take a moment to explain what's going on. "Well, Covid was the trigger, but what I'm recovering from now is all related to healing my nervous system..."
😊thank you for sharing yes it's amazing how this starts early in childhood I'm 57 and my eyes were just open to this PDP starting in childhood all the way up until adulthood now that I'm aware of it I can do something about it
Yes, so true. I'm older, brought up by single mother postwar Britain, and life not easy. I remember a schoolmate having to have what you in the US would call an emergency appendectomy. I was around 11 I think, and really I had no idea what was involved, only that it was dangerous and she might have died. I started to have pains in my side!
Keeping an evidence journal sounds like a great idea. I think I’ll add moments of joy. I haven’t done specific journals , but I’ve make running lists of “what would I do today if I wasn’t afraid”. I use my phone ‘Notes’ app for it. I go back to the list at end of day and do a thumbs up on those things I’ve managed to do. (I make sure to set reasonable expectations with a little challenge thrown in and typically I’ve managed to do it all) It’s not like I do something once and then it’s suddenly easy to do. But just going through the list over time does give me a reminder of all the things I was afraid of that I’ve managed to do and some have become very easy. Others I know are achievable. I suppose that’s my evidence list. :) I don’t do this every day but feel I should get back to doing it more and maybe make a consistent practice of a couple times a week at least.
Dr Ellen Langer of Harvard says there is not a mind/ body connection but a mind/body unity. In others words, it is one system as Dan says in the middle of this interview. I can relate to alot of this interview as its reflects directly to alot of my experiences with this TMS/PDP challenge
The media sells fear. They have admitted that.The pharmaceutical companies are there to fix the symptoms with their drugs. It boils down to what we believe.
So nice to see someone in the health care/dental field going into mind/body. And feel free doc to disparage any and all “health” agencies! They are all controlled and corrupt.
Amazing interview, by 2 persons who really gets it. So often, on these kind of channels, when a doctor comes on, you hear them talk for a minute and they are immediately a huge red flag, completely full of brown stuff, and also they aren't really recovered. But this one is different, much better!
My next success story had a concussion and has recovered. She doesn't go deep into that as she had many other symptoms. Regardless, the brain heals from a concussion. Fear and attention given to the concussion symptoms can "teach" the brain to keep them going. I believe the concepts I teach will help post concussion syndrome just like any other learned symptoms.
Regarding back pain, I was able to make an evidence list years ago and that was helpful. My symptoms imperative for a while now has been anxiety and I'm not sure what a list of successes would be for anxiety because it's not something that's 24/7 so exceptions just mean I'm not anxious that day so I'm not sure what a success would be.
being from utah and growing up mormon- the coffee and beer comment at the beginning made me laugh a little. in utah we bond over syrupy soda😆 great interview! i’m in the search of a new dentist so i’ll have to see if he’s in my area
Looking back, the pandemic was definitely my scare event that set me reeling on a downward spiral. I can see now how my poor brain responded 😮 I'm doing better now. Thank you Dr Christensen❤ Thank you Dan❤
I sure wish this Dr was in my area because I would pay To go see him even if it’s just for 15 minutes. I have a typical trigeminal neuralgia, told by a holistic doctor I could get better from my CFS fibromyalgia and interstitial cystitis if he took out a root canal tooth. I ended up with trigeminal neuralgia trumps all the pain I had put together. Got rid of everything else can’t get rid of this. How do I get to an A, Everybody’s telling me it’s nerve damage no one has any proof. But it’s a pain that you really can’t humanly describe it’s like someone’s drilling on my tooth 24 seven with no Novocain. There aren’t a lot of success stories for this I’ve read maybe five and they had it two to three years max. I’ve had at 20 seems like just yesterday. It’s been a long tough road, sleep is difficult without sleep meds I’d be up all night. When I first got it I was up till 3 to 5 in the morning every night For a very long time. Just praying I can get from a B- to an A. You have to believe it isn’t nerve damage when everyone has told you it is. These young kids seeing this Dentist are so lucky they have no idea parents should be very grateful. Awesome interview, If only we could have him teaching other dentists to stop the suffering.
I’m so sorry you’re suffering. I just wanted to come here & offer some hope. In my 20s, I was diagnosed with atypical TN & it was the vilest pain imaginable- exactly as you described it- a drill. I was suicidal. The upshot here is that it did go away and it was TMS. You can apply these principles & recover. I was told all sorts by docs- they even injected my nerves with Botox!! But it was TMS. And it did go away. I’m not out of the woods yet- I am still recovering from back pain, but I’m getting there. And please know- I don’t have any facial pain any more. I remember my mum peeling me off the doctors floor because I was so distraught. I recovered and you will too. Please go easy on yourself while you take this journey. Sending lots of love xx
Ps- I had at least 4 teeth removed out of desperation. It was never my teeth. Once I had one tooth out, it would move to the next one. Soul destroying. But also curable. I hear you so loud. But please don’t despair! You are going to be ok!
I am convinced my IC is TMS as I have bladder pains after drinking coffee and was up several times last night. My problem is I can't decide if I should sell my AZ home and live up north again. This not knowing what to do is bringing on symptoms. I am going to be 80 and lost my husband a few years back and just worried I'll make the wrong decision. This keeping up two places is getting to be too much but can I put up with the cold again. Am I right that this is TMS?
How about stopping the coffee and drinking something else for a start? I'm an older woman, and my body won't tolerate foods and drinks that I was able to consume with impunity when I was younger. This isn't TMS, it's a fact of life that an ageing body and an ageing gut, bowel and bladder is simply not as robust. And for those who say it is, and it's TMS, I recommend they wait until they too reach 80 and then say it. Do you want to move from where you are, and leave your network and community and friends?
Speaking from someone who lived in Illinois around the great lakes suburbs freezing cold and move to California after college I say stay where you are. The risk of falling on ice alone is a reality not just a fear. Stay where you can get around easily, but of course do what you feel your heart is calling you to do. I had interstitial cystitis for a decade, I developed it after getting the flu that lasted forever it seems very similar to Covid but this was the 90s mid 90s, diagnosed with Epstein-Barr too many antibiotics that killed my gut, eventually got interstitial cystitis fibromyalgia TMJ. I then had A holistic dentist tell me if he took out my root canal tooth and cavitated the bone which equals bone surgery all my symptoms would probably go away. I was hyper sensitive quite sick, did it out of fear, woke up with the worst pain you could possibly imagine. His partner was in a panic because I think he knew what happened, my Dentist went out of town for a few days. The partner sent in every pain drug he could think of, nothing touched the pain. A week later I went in to see my Dentist And he said you were one of the unlucky ones you must have a Myelin sheath problem, you now have trigeminal neuralgia and you will have this the rest of your life and you will need to be on very strong pain meds forever. This is a tough pill for a 40-year-old to handle. On top of interstitial cystitis you gotta be kidding me. I’m still in pain 20 years later, I never went for the pain meds took me 15 years and a nervous breakdown to to start treating the pain but it just takes the edge off doesn’t help much.I wish I could talk to this dentist for 15 minutes what a beautiful man. I knew I didn’t have any Milan sheath problems but there was no TH-cam back then just yahoo support groups that were all depressing. But here’s the bottom line, I ran out of money I spent my IRA all my savings almost 200,000 on holistic doctors and everybody you could think of all kinds of therapy internal external, lost my insurance, left my partner of 15 yrs, Who was not supportive and had an affair. Stayed with a friend started doing a little traveling short little trips in Southern California because I knew I had to move back to the cold and live with my mom who smokes ugh. I can tell you the exact day I got interstitial cystitis, diagnosed with cystoscopy under anesthesia my bladder was bleeding they videotaped it. Again said it was. I’d say within 3 to 4 weeks After stopping all treatment, I’m just trying to enjoy myself and soak in California cause I knew I would have to leave the paint dropped 80% I’d say within two months it was gone. I still have spasms muscles not as bad, No pain. Occasional flareups they don’t scare me because I know it’s gone I don’t panic. I had it over a decade. It’s curable, same with cfs. Still have tight muscles I don’t and identified as having Fibromyalgia doesn’t scare me, but the same tactics did not work for my TMJ and trigeminal neuralgia. So here I am a little late because I don’t Google pain conditions that’s how I got better and I missed out on all this good stuff I’m learning now. I thought it was at an A, In reality I think I’m at a B minus if someone could get me to an A that would be awesome but I’m happier I’m hopeful and I’m grateful to all the beautiful people who are helping me like Dan. I get up to pee at night just wants that used to be 30 times, I don’t let it get me down it’s just the way it is I used to have burning nerve pain couldn’t sit for years and years and years had to sit on ice packs. All gone almost immediately. But why not the trigeminal neuralgia I don’t know. Is it nerve damage everybody tells me it is neurologists dentists. Feeling a little stuck but I’m going to keep moving forward toward the cure. And by the way 80 is the new 60. Do what you feel in your gut you need to do but don’t try to take care of two places take care of yourself. Good luck to you❤❤❤❤❤
I live in Phoenix AZ and this summer was brutal heat. It must be great to go up north for the summer, however, you need to do what you feel is best for you. I am close to 80, so I understand. Blessings
I'm not professionally a mechanic, but I do fix my cars myself at home. Changing a car battery isn't that difficult. Yes, it's heavy, but not enough to hurt your back. As he explained, something else was going on, or this was only a trigger.
I had covid in early April 2020. Lost taste, smell, heart damage, blood vessel damage. There was no discussion of long covid at that point, it wasn't a thing in Britain at all. And we don't have the pharmaceutical stuff in UK that you have in the US. I'm a total believer in TMS, but I also don't like to hear dismissal of actual heart muscle damage, as 'perceived danger'. It's like saying a heart attack is perceived danger! There may be many aspects of long covid that are TMS, and I agree that mind and body are one unit. But please also accept Dan that blood clots in blood vessels and heart muscle failure are real things.
@@ReneeB-mz9cx Fortunately the cardiology consultant I saw in a major hospital was not confused! And I have a background in medicine, so neither was I. The medical facts are that heart muscle can repair itself to an extent, but the heart will always be weakened as a result, because it's not able to process the same amount of oxygen as a fully functional heart. Heart muscle function is tested by echocardiogram and cardiac perfusion scanning. A significant number of people contracting the first covid, which as Dr Christensen points out, was tougher than later variants, went on to develop cardiac problems. There have been a lot of cardiology papers written in reputable journals like the Lancet about it. I do have heart anomalies that I didn't have before. I'm not worried about them, I don't regard them as a problem. They're not an issue in my life, either from a medical or a TMS perspective. I just wanted to clarify that many long covid issues may be TMS. Some are not. Getting checked to be sure rather than self-diagnosing is sensible.
@@kateking3953 thanks for answering. I'm not sure I buy the "will always be weak" or "muscular damage" as the reasons. I do believe those tests show accurately how well the heart functions currently, but not exactly why. A heart biopsy might show tissue damage, but tissue damage can have the effect of muscles being stronger rather than weaker. It could be electrical, which would point to TMS/nervous system. These external tests also can't say when symptoms will/won't improve. I hope this doesn't come off dismissive or give you agitation - it is only my beliefs and I respect your beliefs too.
@@ReneeB-mz9cx It's not electrical. I had autonomic nervous system dysregulation which I learned to manage and reverse. I have conviction as to the effect of neuroplastic management of physical ailments. Because whatever each 'teacher' calls it, that's what we're talking about. But I'm not a fanatical enthusiastic who believes nothing is 'real'. Tumours, heart attacks, strokes, sepsis, are real medical emergencies. And it's dangerous for people without expertise or experience on a TH-cam thread to advise strangers about their symptoms. I am open minded, but I also try to be a voice of common sense.
@@kateking3953 I can tell you're upset by my comments, I tried to not disturb you but it seems impossible. It seems you are saying that I give advice? I didn't give advice...
Ok but real symptoms you can see.....my toes are blue then feet red. Horrible pain. This can be anything including clots so this is dangerous 😢 13 weeks trying to rule out the big stuff
We have a couple of CRPS success stories and CRPS has characteristics of swelling and discoloration. Not saying you have CRPS, but similar symptoms as you describe. There is ZERO downside in beginning to think this is temporary and that you WILL be okay. th-cam.com/video/m9AXDUJud9A/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/bgr4pMs7RDM/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/gLT-E2QEhV4/w-d-xo.html
Thank you Dr Christensen and Dan for one the best explained success stories. I'm a retired Physical Therapist who tore off totally the medial hamstrings. It was not operated on even though there was 3 cm distance. I have had severe pain until this summer where it seemed to move forward. Although now November I still have a great deal of pain most all of the time. I am now trying to get my head more around the TMS process.This video helped me a bit to be again patient and self compassionate. I listen to most of your videos Dan and still believe I will get better but it has been a difficult journey.
I forgot to put in the commentary that the injury was over 1 1/2 years ago!
Two mature guys, with lots of knowledge, heart and common sense. Great interview❤
When this gentleman mentioned the music concert, I thought immediately of my Dad who complained of illnesses all my childhood from stomach issues to body pain, we went for a day out to a museum and he loved it so much, he didn’t complain about his health for the whole day and a few days afterwards. I have always thought that he had TMS as his symptoms would constantly change and the doctors never found anything wrong with him. He lived a lot of time in his thoughts.
Great success story 🎉 thank you Dr. Christensen for spreading the word in your practice. You explain everything so accurately and clearly
Thank you. These never get old. Love that doxtirs, dentists, practitioners & regular folks like Dan are spreading their message. Dan was one of my first i found & listened to that helped me heal. Sometimes other people's message will resonate & it all clicks. Forever grateful. And just to add a story of mine, Saturday my husband's energy was stressing me out. his son has cancer & scary times. I got a shooting pain in my left arm, horrible pain. I didn't get scared. I walked away from my husband, self soothe myself & watched the pain. It subsided quickly.
Dan, I would like to add that for those who have had car accidents (I see this at my law firm job) the pain lasts long after the body has healed due to 2 things: psychological trauma from the accident itself, and then the medical label and the docs telling them they need surgery and will have to go to pain management for life! It’s such a shame….
Great interview.....Dr christensen really layed things out....coming from a doc was really powerful
As he says himself, he's a paediatric dentist, not a physician.
This guy is brilliant. Such an inspiration. Thank you Dan for helping so many people. ❤
I think we look for the symptoms and the thoughts. Mine has become a habit. The memories get stored and it becomes automatic. That's the hard part to overcome. It takes time to change thought patterns. I'm guilty of labeling myself as anxious. My husband has told me to stop saying some of this stuff because what you say and believe is what you believe. We're all better!!!
Thank you for sharing your experience and thoughts about TMS, Dr. Christensen. It's very helpful!
Interesting to hear that females present 4:1 in his experience. Women are much more likely to present with autoimmune problems statistically, and there's a definite correlation between autoimmune and TMS.
Thank you for sharing your story Dr Christensen and for what you are doing with young people.. that’s truly wonderful..
Btw.. that fish analogy is awesome!! 😆😂😂🐠🌊
Thank you Dan for always sharing these stories with us.. congratulations on your book release!!!🥳🥳🥳
Great interview! Thank you!!!
I like the A, B, C idea.
Yes me too
Yep diagnosed with pvs many years ago...thankfully beautiful humans like you Dan & Dr. C are spreading the truth & correcting the cultural conditioning. Healing is cyclical. Bless you both for your service to humanity.💜
This is the best l have heard thank you both let us
know when your book will be out and would l be able to get it in Cyprus ❤
The book will be available though Amazon, so if you can buy books from Amazon in your country, you can get it. There will be a Kindle / digital version and an Audio version too.
Such a powerful interview!
Such an inspirational conversation! Thank you!!
But Dan, what about asthma, continuesly being out of breath and hyperventilating?
I know it’s TMS, I feel my scared self behind the symptoms. Do have any conversation/information about the lungs being TMS?🙏🏻
Such a wonderful story/interview!
Well done❤
Another great success story. Inspiring and hopeful. Thank you both. 🤗
lots of insights, thank you! 🙏🏽
Loved this interview! Love that he is a doctor and is sharing TMS with patients and colleagues. ❤️
Great information today, healing is not linear!!!❤
Just to say the "big stuff" is also emotionally driven
lol I guess I too am a TMSer cuz I cured myself of daily headaches pelvic pain issues, dizziness all very scary, breast or underarm pain, back pain hip pain, it hurts at pucks a new thing once u heal it but it’s the same don’t fear it tell your body to stop being foolish that u r ok your doing your best to manage your stress. It’s all anxiety. It’s a state of mind.
Underarm pain!! Yes! And it runs around the back and ribs at the front.
No ur pain followers ur fear. My fear is breast cancer like my mom who died so mine sat in my arm only. But it’s gone now,
"Are you calm? Do you feel safe?" No. Apparently, I'm like the fish you spoke of. I'm accustomed to this water (fear). I've been swimming in it for most, if not all, of my life. 😢🤦🏼♀️
Thanks so much for this interview! I'm also trying to disconnect from the "Long Covid" label. I definitely don't identify myself in my head anymore as having LC. And when other people ask me about it (some coworkers asked me about it today on Zoom), I try to take a moment to explain what's going on. "Well, Covid was the trigger, but what I'm recovering from now is all related to healing my nervous system..."
Just WOW!
beautiful thank you
😊thank you for sharing yes it's amazing how this starts early in childhood I'm 57 and my eyes were just open to this PDP starting in childhood all the way up until adulthood now that I'm aware of it I can do something about it
Yes, so true. I'm older, brought up by single mother postwar Britain, and life not easy. I remember a schoolmate having to have what you in the US would call an emergency appendectomy. I was around 11 I think, and really I had no idea what was involved, only that it was dangerous and she might have died. I started to have pains in my side!
Keeping an evidence journal sounds like a great idea. I think I’ll add moments of joy.
I haven’t done specific journals , but I’ve make running lists of “what would I do today if I wasn’t afraid”. I use my phone ‘Notes’ app for it. I go back to the list at end of day and do a thumbs up on those things I’ve managed to do. (I make sure to set reasonable expectations with a little challenge thrown in and typically I’ve managed to do it all)
It’s not like I do something once and then it’s suddenly easy to do. But just going through the list over time does give me a reminder of all the things I was afraid of that I’ve managed to do and some have become very easy. Others I know are achievable. I suppose that’s my evidence list. :) I don’t do this every day but feel I should get back to doing it more and maybe make a consistent practice of a couple times a week at least.
Dr Ellen Langer of Harvard says there is not a mind/ body connection but a mind/body unity. In others words, it is one system as Dan says in the middle of this interview. I can relate to alot of this interview as its reflects directly to alot of my experiences with this TMS/PDP challenge
Great vid great men
I visited family in NY from another country in 1998 and pretty much every tv ad was a pharmaceutical even back then.
The media sells fear. They have admitted that.The pharmaceutical companies are there to fix the symptoms with their drugs. It boils down to what we believe.
So nice to see someone in the health care/dental field going into mind/body. And feel free doc to disparage any and all “health” agencies! They are all controlled and corrupt.
AND now treating some post dental surgery “issue” as tms. 😍
Amazing interview, by 2 persons who really gets it. So often, on these kind of channels, when a doctor comes on, you hear them talk for a minute and they are immediately a huge red flag, completely full of brown stuff, and also they aren't really recovered. But this one is different, much better!
Hi from Denmark Dan. Do you have any examples with people who have had a concussion and have "Post Concussion Symptoms" BR René
My next success story had a concussion and has recovered. She doesn't go deep into that as she had many other symptoms. Regardless, the brain heals from a concussion. Fear and attention given to the concussion symptoms can "teach" the brain to keep them going. I believe the concepts I teach will help post concussion syndrome just like any other learned symptoms.
Hi Dan. Thanks for your reply 🙏 I’m looking forward to watch that success story 😊 Have a great day 🙋♂️
Regarding back pain, I was able to make an evidence list years ago and that was helpful. My symptoms imperative for a while now has been anxiety and I'm not sure what a list of successes would be for anxiety because it's not something that's 24/7 so exceptions just mean I'm not anxious that day so I'm not sure what a success would be.
being from utah and growing up mormon- the coffee and beer comment at the beginning made me laugh a little. in utah we bond over syrupy soda😆 great interview! i’m in the search of a new dentist so i’ll have to see if he’s in my area
Looking back, the pandemic was definitely my scare event that set me reeling on a downward spiral. I can see now how my poor brain responded 😮
I'm doing better now.
Thank you Dr Christensen❤
Thank you Dan❤
They intentionally scare everyone. The whole system is about labels and fear! Period.
I sure wish this Dr was in my area because I would pay To go see him even if it’s just for 15 minutes. I have a typical trigeminal neuralgia, told by a holistic doctor I could get better from my CFS fibromyalgia and interstitial cystitis if he took out a root canal tooth. I ended up with trigeminal neuralgia trumps all the pain I had put together. Got rid of everything else can’t get rid of this. How do I get to an A, Everybody’s telling me it’s nerve damage no one has any proof. But it’s a pain that you really can’t humanly describe it’s like someone’s drilling on my tooth 24 seven with no Novocain. There aren’t a lot of success stories for this I’ve read maybe five and they had it two to three years max. I’ve had at 20 seems like just yesterday. It’s been a long tough road, sleep is difficult without sleep meds I’d be up all night. When I first got it I was up till 3 to 5 in the morning every night For a very long time. Just praying I can get from a B- to an A. You have to believe it isn’t nerve damage when everyone has told you it is. These young kids seeing this Dentist are so lucky they have no idea parents should be very grateful. Awesome interview, If only we could have him teaching other dentists to stop the suffering.
I’m so sorry you’re suffering. I just wanted to come here & offer some hope. In my 20s, I was diagnosed with atypical TN & it was the vilest pain imaginable- exactly as you described it- a drill. I was suicidal. The upshot here is that it did go away and it was TMS. You can apply these principles & recover. I was told all sorts by docs- they even injected my nerves with Botox!! But it was TMS. And it did go away. I’m not out of the woods yet- I am still recovering from back pain, but I’m getting there. And please know- I don’t have any facial pain any more. I remember my mum peeling me off the doctors floor because I was so distraught. I recovered and you will too. Please go easy on yourself while you take this journey. Sending lots of love xx
Ps- I had at least 4 teeth removed out of desperation. It was never my teeth. Once I had one tooth out, it would move to the next one. Soul destroying. But also curable. I hear you so loud. But please don’t despair! You are going to be ok!
One of your best interviews.! Dr. C should speak at medical and dental seminars!
I am convinced my IC is TMS as I have bladder pains after drinking coffee and was up several times last night. My problem is I can't decide if I should sell my AZ home and live up north again. This not knowing what to do is bringing on symptoms. I am going to be 80 and lost my husband a few years back and just worried I'll make the wrong decision. This keeping up two places is getting to be too much but can I put up with the cold again. Am I right that this is TMS?
How about stopping the coffee and drinking something else for a start? I'm an older woman, and my body won't tolerate foods and drinks that I was able to consume with impunity when I was younger. This isn't TMS, it's a fact of life that an ageing body and an ageing gut, bowel and bladder is simply not as robust. And for those who say it is, and it's TMS, I recommend they wait until they too reach 80 and then say it. Do you want to move from where you are, and leave your network and community and friends?
Speaking from someone who lived in Illinois around the great lakes suburbs freezing cold and move to California after college I say stay where you are. The risk of falling on ice alone is a reality not just a fear. Stay where you can get around easily, but of course do what you feel your heart is calling you to do. I had interstitial cystitis for a decade, I developed it after getting the flu that lasted forever it seems very similar to Covid but this was the 90s mid 90s, diagnosed with Epstein-Barr too many antibiotics that killed my gut, eventually got interstitial cystitis fibromyalgia TMJ. I then had A holistic dentist tell me if he took out my root canal tooth and cavitated the bone which equals bone surgery all my symptoms would probably go away. I was hyper sensitive quite sick, did it out of fear, woke up with the worst pain you could possibly imagine.
His partner was in a panic because I think he knew what happened, my Dentist went out of town for a few days. The partner sent in every pain drug he could think of, nothing touched the pain. A week later I went in to see my Dentist And he said you were one of the unlucky ones you must have a Myelin sheath problem, you now have trigeminal neuralgia and you will have this the rest of your life and you will need to be on very strong pain meds forever. This is a tough pill for a 40-year-old to handle. On top of interstitial cystitis you gotta be kidding me. I’m still in pain 20 years later, I never went for the pain meds took me 15 years and a nervous breakdown to to start treating the pain but it just takes the edge off doesn’t help much.I wish I could talk to this dentist for 15 minutes what a beautiful man. I knew I didn’t have any Milan sheath problems but there was no TH-cam back then just yahoo support groups that were all depressing.
But here’s the bottom line, I ran out of money I spent my IRA all my savings almost 200,000 on holistic doctors and everybody you could think of all kinds of therapy internal external, lost my insurance, left my partner of 15 yrs, Who was not supportive and had an affair. Stayed with a friend started doing a little traveling short little trips in Southern California because I knew I had to move back to the cold and live with my mom who smokes ugh. I can tell you the exact day I got interstitial cystitis, diagnosed with cystoscopy under anesthesia my bladder was bleeding they videotaped it. Again said it was. I’d say within 3 to 4 weeks After stopping all treatment, I’m just trying to enjoy myself and soak in California cause I knew I would have to leave the paint dropped 80% I’d say within two months it was gone. I still have spasms muscles not as bad, No pain. Occasional flareups they don’t scare me because I know it’s gone I don’t panic. I had it over a decade. It’s curable, same with cfs. Still have tight muscles I don’t and identified as having Fibromyalgia doesn’t scare me, but the same tactics did not work for my TMJ and trigeminal neuralgia. So here I am a little late because I don’t Google pain conditions that’s how I got better and I missed out on all this good stuff I’m learning now. I thought it was at an A, In reality I think I’m at a B minus if someone could get me to an A that would be awesome but I’m happier I’m hopeful and I’m grateful to all the beautiful people who are helping me like Dan.
I get up to pee at night just wants that used to be 30 times, I don’t let it get me down it’s just the way it is I used to have burning nerve pain couldn’t sit for years and years and years had to sit on ice packs. All gone almost immediately. But why not the trigeminal neuralgia I don’t know. Is it nerve damage everybody tells me it is neurologists dentists. Feeling a little stuck but I’m going to keep moving forward toward the cure. And by the way 80 is the new 60. Do what you feel in your gut you need to do but don’t try to take care of two places take care of yourself. Good luck to you❤❤❤❤❤
I live in Phoenix AZ and this summer was brutal heat. It must be great to go up north for the summer, however, you need to do what you feel is best for you. I am close to 80, so I understand. Blessings
I wonder how he felt about changing the car battery?
That's not a fun job.
I'm not professionally a mechanic, but I do fix my cars myself at home. Changing a car battery isn't that difficult. Yes, it's heavy, but not enough to hurt your back. As he explained, something else was going on, or this was only a trigger.
It's actually one of the easiest jobs to do on a car outside of changing your cabin or air filter.
Long Covid is psychological. Ive always thought this was the case. Turn off the TV...
I had covid in early April 2020. Lost taste, smell, heart damage, blood vessel damage. There was no discussion of long covid at that point, it wasn't a thing in Britain at all. And we don't have the pharmaceutical stuff in UK that you have in the US. I'm a total believer in TMS, but I also don't like to hear dismissal of actual heart muscle damage, as 'perceived danger'. It's like saying a heart attack is perceived danger! There may be many aspects of long covid that are TMS, and I agree that mind and body are one unit. But please also accept Dan that blood clots in blood vessels and heart muscle failure are real things.
I get that but I also wonder how you know you have actual heart muscular damage? Muscles repair so I'm confused how that works
@@ReneeB-mz9cx Fortunately the cardiology consultant I saw in a major hospital was not confused! And I have a background in medicine, so neither was I. The medical facts are that heart muscle can repair itself to an extent, but the heart will always be weakened as a result, because it's not able to process the same amount of oxygen as a fully functional heart. Heart muscle function is tested by echocardiogram and cardiac perfusion scanning. A significant number of people contracting the first covid, which as Dr Christensen points out, was tougher than later variants, went on to develop cardiac problems. There have been a lot of cardiology papers written in reputable journals like the Lancet about it. I do have heart anomalies that I didn't have before. I'm not worried about them, I don't regard them as a problem. They're not an issue in my life, either from a medical or a TMS perspective. I just wanted to clarify that many long covid issues may be TMS. Some are not. Getting checked to be sure rather than self-diagnosing is sensible.
@@kateking3953 thanks for answering. I'm not sure I buy the "will always be weak" or "muscular damage" as the reasons. I do believe those tests show accurately how well the heart functions currently, but not exactly why. A heart biopsy might show tissue damage, but tissue damage can have the effect of muscles being stronger rather than weaker. It could be electrical, which would point to TMS/nervous system. These external tests also can't say when symptoms will/won't improve. I hope this doesn't come off dismissive or give you agitation - it is only my beliefs and I respect your beliefs too.
@@ReneeB-mz9cx It's not electrical. I had autonomic nervous system dysregulation which I learned to manage and reverse. I have conviction as to the effect of neuroplastic management of physical ailments. Because whatever each 'teacher' calls it, that's what we're talking about. But I'm not a fanatical enthusiastic who believes nothing is 'real'. Tumours, heart attacks, strokes, sepsis, are real medical emergencies. And it's dangerous for people without expertise or experience on a TH-cam thread to advise strangers about their symptoms. I am open minded, but I also try to be a voice of common sense.
@@kateking3953 I can tell you're upset by my comments, I tried to not disturb you but it seems impossible. It seems you are saying that I give advice? I didn't give advice...
Ok but real symptoms you can see.....my toes are blue then feet red. Horrible pain. This can be anything including clots so this is dangerous 😢
13 weeks trying to rule out the big stuff
We have a couple of CRPS success stories and CRPS has characteristics of swelling and discoloration. Not saying you have CRPS, but similar symptoms as you describe. There is ZERO downside in beginning to think this is temporary and that you WILL be okay.
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Long Covid is the biggest tms thing ever lol I wish they would call it for what it is
I’m wondering how many sufferers are on Federal SS Disability?😅