extreme weakness in legs and arms

[BADEON]

Hello ,
For the last 6  months I was feeling very bad ... My mayor symptom was some dizziness spells like jerking sensation. I ve seen many doctors , had many test done ( even an MRI ) . Everything came back normal . So the doctors told me that it could be depression . I kept waiting to feel better without any medicine . (  since I ve a 6 months old baby and I am still breastfeeding I can not use medicines ) . But I ve never felt normal again.
10 days ago I ve started feeling weakness on my legs ( both ) . ( something I ve never experienced before ) . Since that they , I feel extreme weakness and tiredness in my legs and arms . It starts in the morning and lasts till I go to bed. I never wake rested . I feel very mild spasm and twitching on my muscles  . I feel better while seating or liying down . I feel like I am going to pass out .
I am really concerned about this weakness .
so here are my questions :
1 ) can this be a different side of anxiety  ?
2 ) Have you ever experienced some jerking sensation ? ( like someone behind you was pushing you forward ? )
I am now worrying about these . I am afraid of having something like ALS , or MS ...
Thank you very much.

[andy4580]

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[sdng]

Some symptoms similar to b12 deficiency...try b12 injections

[andy4580]

Hello...I realize this is an old post however I am looking for answers.  I have similar symptoms to yours.  I have had depression and anxiety issues in the past....and currently due to this.  Any feedback would be greatly appreciated

[andy4580]

I was reading through old posts and came across this one...if still on this forum i would really like to know how you are...I have had the same symptoms for 12 days now....thank you

[andy4580]

hello....realize this is old post however i am experiencing symptoms similar to yours...has it gotten any better?

[Kelz72312]

I have had extreme weakness in my legs it'slike my feet get cold first then my llegs get weak and then i get pain in them and get dizzy and then my arms start to feel weak I wake up with weakness and feeling really dizzy I was diagnosed with anxiety in 2012 after my daughter was born. It went away with therapy and everything but just recently came back. It started like 8 months ago and has been an everyday thing ever since then

[Undefeated]

How many of you have had Botox? The symptoms you describe - jerking,etc.are known side effects of the popular drug.

[EMC1]

It might be Spastic Paraplegia.  You need to see a specialized neurologist, a neurologist that specializes in rare disorders.

[Susan2210]

Hi I am also facing same problem even I did all tests and I also had two abilations for heart still the situation becomes worst than before . Any solution for this? I am taking too much rest but the problem is there.....I don't know what should I do.,,,,

[gypsyflyer]

They don't check the levels right, those "drs" are highly ignorant and highly greedy. Suggested book by Kathryn R Simpson "The MS Solution" and yes it's Endocrine, all of it. I have Hypothyroid with MS - or - is it the same thing??? I'm on the therapy (it's cheap too) mentioned in the book and I feel better after 3 weeks. But am in progressive so if it just freezes the symptoms without getting worse I'll be okay.

[Hollydare4]

Strongly recommend researching "candida."  Crazy symptoms brought on by sugar consumption or antiobiotic use.

[LoveBirdxo]

I am exactly you wow. Going through the exact same thing. For the last 10 years, I have diagnosed myself with everything imaginable. Recently had a uti which triggered my high anxiety and panic disorder, had two nervous break downs because of it in the last week. Past 3 weeks googling my symptoms. Uti is gone they said but feel shaky weak, I think I have cancer. I have the same symptoms. A few years ago I believed I has HIV even though it couldn't be possible but read symptoms and I started getting them. Now I can't breathe I shake always cold can't breathe so I feel I have leukemia or lung cancer. Have gone crazy. I feel I may also have MS started a couple weeks ago, weakness shaking, twitching. No energy, hopeless, crying daily. Sweating. You name it. :(

[scassidy77]

Brother, if I didn't know better, I would swear I wrote this.  It is always nice and reassuring to see that there is someone else who goes through the exact same things I do.  So far in the last 4 weeks I have had severe muscle crawling and weekness all over body,  ringing in the ears, headaches, diarrhea, nausea extreme fatigue.  I've been to 3 different doctors including the emergency room 3 times in the last 10 days. ( I try not to go to the same one each time so they don't think I'm crazy lol)  I've been tested and tested and they cannot find anything wrong, and trust me I've been on the internet diagnosing myself multiple hours a day, because the doctors don't know what they are talking about right?  They are not looking deep enough or not caring to look or incompetent.  I have to have answers and have to have them now cause my own mind will drive me to insanity otherwise.    
     My problem is that I do not feel anxious or anxiety.  I just have physical symptoms without cause.  It seems that once I'm convinced that my new symptom must be caused by anxiety it goes away.  But then in a short amount of time a new symptom manifests itself.  They are as real as real gets but no explanation?  so must be anxiety.  

[philip123456789987654321]

I too have the same problem.it all started after a heavy drinking house party.the next day I woke up with this dizziness an headache.I thought it was jus hangover bt I never got better.

[carlacupcake888]

Hi Serina,

I realise this post is 3 years old now, but I came across it during one of many internet searches, as I am experiencing the same. Was wondering how you are getting on now and any advice on managing anxiety?  

[lisag316]

Yes , all this could by Lyme ... but know that the Western Blot test is not very accurate!  Many people's cases are missed ... you must fine a Lyme literate doc (often they are naturopaths) and have the IGenex test, plus tests for co-infections.  Watch "Under Our Skin" on Netflix or Hulu - very important info about Lyme and people's stories, and the link between Lyme and MS, Lou Gherigs, Parkinsons.

[prettypuhleeze]

i have been having similar issues and i don't think there is necessarily a mental cause for postpartum depression i think it is hormones being out of whack and a sensitivity to it. Mine is not depression but more of an anxiety. My physical symptoms have been crazy. first this weird pressure headache. a strange falling sensation. then i finally got the never to take celexa that was prescribed to me, big mistake for me, my heart was racing, skipping, thudding, i felt electric shock sensations, was puking and couldn't sleep for three days in a row. i quit taking it and slowly started feeling a little better. still have weird symptoms like chest pain, headaches, muscles feeling sore and weak. feeling like tight bands around skin in different patches, and the most recent disturbing symptom was a burning sensation in both arms that felt like a sunburn being slapped. that lasted for two days and my arms have been so tired and sore ever sense. i'm not always convinced it's an anxiety disorder, and i have a appointment in may to discuss my various symptoms but i've looked on anxiety forums and lots of people have experienced similar symptoms so maybe it is

[rockdiver]

You need to get an x-ray of the hand,   I just had the same thing happen to me and they say I have kienback disease look it up My lunase bone is dead in my hand I have no strength in it  It hurts so bad.

[med12345]

hi am going through asimilar situation i can nor stand neither hold a pen in my hand.which exercise did you do to get back to normal.Mohammed

[nursegirl6572]

This is a really old thread.  It's much better if you start your own, new thread.  The older ones tend to get passed over.

[Lynnxo]

Hey I know what some of you going threw. At first, I would have moments where I had shortness of breath or felt like I didn't no how to breath and force myself to take a breath (mostly happened at night) I was extremely fatigued all the time because I  never got to sleep. Then a couple weeks after that started happening I started noticing twitching and jerking all over my body. Well this made me really concerned so I typed in all my symptoms in and googled them and there popped up ALS. I read the article and got so freaked out. I made an appointment with my doctor and I explained what had happened over the past year and everything that was going on. She did all the blood work and everything came back normal. She said that I have anxiety and a panic disorder and proscribed me two different medications. I have been on these prescripts for about two months now and things do seem a little better. I still have my bad days, and think to myself that is it more then just anxiety? And go back to the whole ALS thing and thinking about that still scares me to death. But I sit back and try and convince and tell myself that the chances of me having that are really rear because I'm really young, ect. (believe me it is hard to do)  Recently I have been experiencing body shakes and weakness. You have to take it a day at a time. Hope you feel better and nothing seriously wrong =)    

[akino]

, hi , ive sufferd anxiety for years in fact probably around 30, ive questioned every symptom , but no matter how hard you try to justify in your own mind its somehing else the likelyhood is it is just anxiety , all the symtoms youve ever suffered from anxiety you will find the same as other sufferes, what does that say , symptoms  like brethlessness, dizziness, weakness, disorientation, sweaty palms , panic , ,,, these are not recognised symtoms for anything else other than anxiety,, although im no doctor ,,, if you suffer these symtoms especially most of them its anxiety , i play tabletennis , i swim i can do 3reps of 10 pull ups followed by the same reps doing dips , then go on a bike for so long and then go for swim , youd think i was an athlete but when the symptoms of anxiety are present , i cant see myself to doing any of those activities, althogh if i push myself realy hard and try to do some activity i find i realy can do them , my advice to an axiety sufferer is to do what you enjoy doing and dont let the symtoms break you down , chances are you are not going to passout , and not die or panic as a result of your efforts,    

[faeyth]

I have the same thing, only it's become much worse.  I used to use a cane just for bad days.  Now it's every time I stand.  I'm going to see my doctor about a wheelchair today.  I've been diagnosed with anxiety, bi-polar, borderline, dissociative idenitity disorder, schizo affect disorder, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, Epstein barr, arthritis, sciatica, degenerative disc disease...blah...blah...blah...and have tried a number of medications.  I now know my condition to be late stage Lyme Disease.  I'm not saying you all do, but it is worth checking out.  There are more than one strain of the bateria so you need all of the tests.  Just..I don't want some of you making the same mistake I did and then wake up at 36 and realize your life is gone as you knew it.  

I just went to ER three days ago because I suddenly dropped.  I wasn't completely unconcious but I could not move or speak.  It was as if a weight was on my whole body and the feeling and strength was completely sucked out.  Now, I can't walk without assistance.  Get checked.  Avoid ticks at all costs.  

[thankfulgirl]

Hi there, these symptoms are all me! The dizziness especially and leg/muscle weakness. In know for sure that my diagnosis is Lymes disease,. however it took many doctors and three years to get diagnosed , and I even had a bullseye rash, however many lyme patients never get any rash. I had two pages of debilitating symptoms, many of which are gone, due to some alternative treatments. I went from being bed ridden to running 10 miles again and teaching aerobics classes three times a day. I did do antibiotics in the beginning but decided to switch to herbs like samento, adrenal cortex (for adrenal fatigue), colloidal silver, olive leaf, etc....ALSO I have done IV vitamin C, IV hydrogen pyroxide from a great alternative doctor in Pocatello, ID who specializes in lymes disease. I was great for two years and my symptoms diminished to only two symptoms, exercise also has helped quite a bit. However I am going back to the clinic because i tore my meniscus in both knees and the dang Lyme bacteria will always travel to injured areas (thus the bacteria is still in my system), my legs are weak like they used to be. The wonderful thing is is that I KNOW why they are weak and how to help my legs get better! I have seen them heal and I will see them heal again!  Lyme disease is a horrible disease and if you are having symptoms that doctors cannot figure out and you have been cleared of other diseases (I had an mri of my brain and it was fine even though i have 24 hour dizziness).....then I strongly urge you to seek out a clinic that knows Lymes disease or find a Lyme Literate doctor. The West Clinic in Pocatello, Idaho is attacking this disease head on.

[Ranher]

That is exactly what happened to me.  I went to a party and probably drank way more than I should have and ended up with this stuff.  Feel like I'm week from not eating or something and get light headed, then when I lay in bed I get these tremors that at one time I thought it was my heart just to find out it's not.  It is just a weard feeling.  It doesn't hurt or anything.  However I have had a couple of unexplained headachs.