One of the best tools that I have used in talking to my doctors is
repeating something that I learned from someone in TMIC, my "online
support group". I quote some of you. I ask my doctors about the meds
some of you are taking. I Show the combinations that are working and
let my doctor that I'm not the only TM patient with such and such a
symptom. I asked my doctor about Lyrica after reading about it from
people on TMIC. The same thing happened when some of you had success
with Cymbalta. My doctor's have been impressed with the knowledge of
our group.
My personality was effected by TM. TM was a humbling experience. My
brain was clouded and fuzzy. I stumbled and bumped into walls. My
income was cut in half. I became a "housewife" instead of having the
prestige of my 35 year career. There were times I had a hard time
thinking of words or forming a complete sentence. I felt lke a zombie.
I've come a long, long way in my eight years with TM, but when I first
had TM and Barbara Harper told me she was still getting better after
eight I was appalled. I had been a goal oriented person and I was
seeking a quick-fix answer. The oldies on TMIC know there is no
quick-fix for TM. We have found happiness in something besides
ourselves.
It isn't mind over matter. It isn't "getting over yourself" as one
friend said to me. It's accepting who you are right now and hoping it
will get better. I have improved year after year after year. My life
changed, but I appreciate much more now than I did eight years ago when
I thought I was on top of the world.
HOPE!
Patti - Michigan
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