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Hi. I remember when I first started working on recovery from TMS a few years ago that one day I felt really awful, like I had a bad hang over. I knew I wasn't sick, but it was yet another day that I felt really bad, like it was hard to move and I was achey, brain fog, just felt plain crummy. I had a skype appointment with my TMS therapist and I almost canceled. It just seemed pointless to try and talk when I felt like I could barely get out of bed. I wasn't sure if I would have to pay for the appointment if I canceled last minute so I decided to go ahead with it. Guess what? I felt soooooooo much better after talking to the therapist for an hour! A light bulb went off. After all the reading I thought I understood TMS and what it could potentially cause, but to actually experience within an hour such night and day symptoms in my body was a true revelation. Later on I had similar experiences working with my somatic experiencing therapist where I would walk in feeling really bad and I would walk out feeling 75-80, sometimes 95% better. I do want to add, that this did not happen every time. So you cannot see a therapist and then if you don't have immediate symptom relief deduct the cause is not TMS. But when you are lucky enough to experience a rapid change, it is extremely reassuring. I had some form of brain fog, imbalance, upset stomach, headache for the last 25 years! For many years I investigated and treated perhaps every possible cause of brain fog - I eliminated wheat, did extensive allergy and hormonal testing, elimination diets, raw diets, fasts, had all my mercury fillings removed, thyroid testing, various supplements recommended by various practitioners, accupuncture, chinese herbs, expensive B Vitamins, exercise, yoga... the only thing I did not do that was recommended was a sleep study. I was never able to get to the bottom of the brain fog mystery. I personally have come to believe, at least in my case, that it is TMS. I still have occasional brain fog, but I have felt so much better the last year that I am certain it is TMS.