I also saw a Neurosurgeon during the beginning of my TM. He told me that he
knew about TM, performed more testing on me to give his "second opinion" to
make certain of the diagnosis. However, when I started questioning him about
other problems, such as the bowel/bladder situation, he admitted that he was
an "upstairs man", did not know about "downstairs problems", which told me he
didn't know "everything" about TM.
Anyway, as you can probably see by the postings here, improvement varies from
person to person, my present doctor told me that most of the improvement
occurs over a two-year period of time, then begins to slow down, or
improvement is more gradual. And he said that is in a MAJORITY of the
patients. And there are exceptions to that rule, of course.
Please don't give up on improving, if you feel that you are progressing too
slowly. If you give up, then you won't improve. You must keep a positive
attitude all the time. I have had TM for ten months, and still have bad
days, but most of my days are getting better to handle. And I feel that is
because I won't let TM take control over my life. My life is taking control
over my TM.
Debbie
dcapen(AT)ivic.net