marline

A quick recap of all my symptoms in the last year...

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Well it all started this one night May 1, 2006, when I was at a party and got hit in the head with those huge excercise balls (medicine ball). Since I had a little too much to drink that night I didn't really feel the pain. The next morning my neck was in very bad pain. Few days later I was on my way to feeling better.

Then came this one night I was unable to sleep, I started to get this electrical shock feeling on my body, all over, of course got really scared and went to the er. At this point my symptoms were: tingling, pins and needles, headache, very weak.

1st ER visit- docs said it was use of flagly and alcohol
2nd ER visit- stress
3rd ER visit- stress, it was 2 months before my wedding
4th ER visit- migraines
Neuro said- stress

Of course I was starting to convince myself that stress could my problem. I was this way for exactly 6 weeks, in this time I had...

Brain mri w/o contrast normal
C-spine mri w/o contrast- 3 bulging disks ( probably from getting hit in the head?

Slowly within the 2 months all my symptoms were gone.

Feb 14, 2007

Started with tingling and vertigo...

Since feb, 14, 2007 all my symptoms...

Tingling- has not gone away 9 weeks
pins and needles- a bit milder, still there
weakness- comes and goes, mostly there in the mornings
numbess- only my hands when I'm asleep and feeling is back when I wake
twitches- really bad for a few days, still there but less
eye pain- had it for a few days and it was gone
itching- had it for a few days and it was gone
fatigue- comes and goes
swallowing- feels like i'm swallowing a lump everytime I swallow and much harder when I'm laying down -still have it
headaches- comes and goes
speech- my speech has gotten much thicker, all my "th" words are very thick and I slurr a lot
Floaters- oh these tiny things are annoying, but their there all day long
back pain- right between my shoulder blades, hurts so freaking bad for no reason
legs- feel like I have ran a marathon
face pain- happened for a few days and it was gone
ear ringing- happened 3 times to my left ear for a few secs and gone
burning feet- had it for some time and its gone
cold feet- had it for some time and its gone

this one is kind of new and I want to know if anybody else gets this.

When I am right about to fall asleep, I suddenly snap out of it and wake myself up, for about 5 secs my head is spinning, my eyes are blurry and my heart is beating way too fast, it almost feels like I shake for a second and wake myself up, but my husband says no.

Did another brain mri w/o contrast- normal
lupus-negative
lyme- negative
fibyro- negative
all blood work- normal

My neuro says its not anything neurological, he wants to send me to the Rheumo again, I have no idea why. He also ordered a mri of my l spine because I was complaining of back pain, thats next week.

The only symptoms I have at this second are tingling, twitches, weakness and very bad back pain

For all you pros out there, can I have some input and advice, what do you all think? Is this ususally how it comes at first, in this order? What should I ask of my neuro now, he is basically saying there is nothing wrong with me, can I ask him to send me to an ms specialist?

Sorry so long, just want some advice.

Marline
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25/F
Symptoms started May 2006
Brain Mri 2006 Normal
Cervical Spine Mri 2006 Normal
Symptoms vanish July 2006
Symptoms back Feb 2007
Brain Mri Normal
Bloodwork Normal