Strange Symptoms that plague me

[twitch_city]

About a year ago I had strange visual attack where everything started to spin and I felt very dizzy.  I was rushed to the emergency room and the doctor ordered a CT of the head and a LP of the spine.  They sent me home.  My doctor saw me the next day and felt I should take Celexa because of teh traumatic event.  I proceeded to take the Celexa and about 7 hrs latter my skin felt like it was on fire and my pulse shot through the ceiling and I developed chest pains so again back to the ER.  They performed blood test and EKG.  They sent me home and my doc put me on Paxil.  I was on it for six weeks and felt like a corpse.  No energy and started to develop abdominal pains and twitching.  I was sent of a GI and he performed every many test of my stomach.  They put me on Elvil and I developed an even more severe anxiety reaction.  I was up for four days and felt panic.  I have tried Zoloft only to have the muscle twitching go crazy.  As of date I have had 7 CTs 2 MRI's, 2LP's massive blood work and no one can come up with anything.  Before the origanl attack I had not visited the doc for over 10 years.  I have gone from ailment to ailment.  At first I thought I a brain tumor, then abdominal cancer and the symptoms followed.  Now my body is developing the symptoms of ALS.  Numbness,weakness,twicthing and I can even notice my muscles shrinking.  I have been to several neurologist who cannot figure out what is wrong.  I even paid big money to go an see a specialist for ALS.  The best in the country.  DO you have any ideas for me?  Is this all in my head?  I am very stressed.

[dixie123]

another question for the DR.
I am 65, and have depression/ I am on effexor, zyprexa,and seroquel. My question is, it works so well, I am afraid it will stop working some day, and I am so happy now, that I am afraid of that happening. What is your opinion,thanks.betsy

[Frodo]

Hi Guys,

your stories sound familiar to mine. i'd love to talk or hear what both of your are doing to help yourselves. You can read about my story farther down the post list. Look for a post from Frodo. Love to hear from you.

-Frodo

[twitch_city]

Thank you for anwsering my question.  

[ziros]

Sorry to post before the Doc but after reading your post our stories sound almost Identical. Very similar< I have gone to 6 doctors everything from MRI, which i will repeat in a few days, LP, EEG, EMG, bloodwork. I'm 25 tears old before all this i weigh trained and had 2 girlfriends LOL. Now I Feel like my fun and joy is coming to an end. I still dont have any answers although the fear has subsided somewhat(Adaptation). I still stress at the fact That I may never feel the way I once did. Let me know if you'd wanna e-mail me. I know hat you are going thru.
thanks & Good Luck.

[Roger Gould, M.D.]

You have to consider an organic origin and pursue what you can with the neurologist, but, this could also be a massive anxiety attack with multiple system symptoms.  I have seen enough of these..they mimick every other disease.

Ask your doctor about a simple and direct anti-anxiety drug like klonopin, and try that for a while. The other drugs you have tried work in different ways, and antianxiety is only on of many complicated effects..and they do sometimes make it worse.