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Hi yesman, and welcome! I totally agree with AC45 - it is absolutely awesome that you've already taken this huge step to look at your symptoms from the mind-body perspective.

I want to tell you that I see this every day here, which is new members who say the exact same thing: "but my symptoms are different from anyone else!"
Let me assure you, that's your slippery tricksy negative brain at work. Your brain is in charge of all physical sensations, and if there's one thing it seems to do really well, it's to create a symptom that is custom-designed just for you - one that you will be unable to compare to someone else's!

Dr. David Clarke, MD, even titled his book to acknowledge this syndrome: They Can't Find Anything Wrong. Seriously, this is the GOOD news!

So now that you've been thoroughly checked out by the appropriate medical professionals, you can either go on a search for a TMS doctor who will diagnose you with TMS - or do what many of us (myself included) have done, which is simply accept that you have TMS, and proceed accordingly.

Many of us have had neuro symptoms. My only really significant pain symptom was muscle spasms in my neck, at the site of an old whiplash injury - I'd been managing that pain for decades, but the symptoms that were really scaring the beejeezus out of me back in 2011 were shaky legs, brain-fog, dizziness, sudden weight loss due to digestive issues, debilitating anxiety, and emerging depression. They were all TMS. I still struggle with the brain fog when I'm stressed, but it doesn't freak me out, and I truly don't have the other issues anymore. That includes no more neck pain, and I don't even get the bad headaches I used to get (my "5-ibuprofen" headaches). I haven't needed to take more than 1 ibuprofen for an occasional headache in more than six years.

I would recommend starting the free Structured Educational Program - it's an easy day-by-day progression of readings and exercises designed to access the unconscious emotions that your brain is trying to repress.

Good luck!

~Jan