Katie's TMS Success Story - Trigeminal Neuralgia - Type 1 and 2
Katie developed trigeminal neuralgia (stabbing attacks plus constant facial pain) after years of milder jaw pain, and doctors and forums left her feeling hopeless. After learning about the mind-body approach and using mindfulness with a TMS therapist, her pain dropped to zero within days of a body-scan session and she became pill-free. She reports being about 99.9% pain free, with only brief occasional twinges she no longer fears, for roughly three and a half years. Her account shows that even severe, frightening facial pain described as 'the suicide disease' can resolve once the fear around it drops.