Thanks all.
Jane D.
Hello Ken and Jane & Happy Anniversary Doc although belated. I have
often wondered if stress was a factor in contributing to the onset of
TM also. Although I did not "think" I was under stress, when I look
back I have a clearer view of my life. Or perhaps if I were listening
to someone else talk as if they were me, I would say "What a stressful
life this person leads."
I too have always had back problems, fractured coccyx, and slight
curvature of the spine. Now I have been an epileptic since I was 6
weeks old and it went undetected until I was 21. Can you say STRESS! I
have been a single mother now for over 9 years but rarely thought of
it as stress, just thought of it as life. Prior to the onset of TM, I
had brain surgery to detect the exact location of the seizures.
Everyone around me was scared & stressed. But not I, or so I thought.
Then my Father died in February of this year and I got hit in March of
this year. I had been having ymptoms since July of 97 though. But now
that I look at it, I think that the final blow was my Father's death.
I say this because when I got back from Florida, (step-family
invlolved here folks), I did not have a "normal" reaction to his death
and all that was going on, because I had to be the strong one, until a
month later. Then wham it all hit me and then wham I got hit with TM.
I guess my point is I don't feel stress until much later, like a
delayed reaction. I don't even recognize when I am under stress until
I am totally stressed out. So now that it is on the table and made me
think, I do believe that stress is a HUGE factor. It made me look back
at the last year and even further back and I can see the stress
contribution. Even when I had my second small onset, at
the time I was very stressed out. HMMMM!
Maria in Tonawanda where it was a lovely day!