Hello! I am a 33 year old stay at home mom of 2 and have been experiencing a wide variety of neurological oddities in the past 6 months including lightheadedness, imbalance, vertigo, pins & needles in my legs and head, lots of tingles that shoot down my extremities, numbness in my toes, memory problems, muscle cramps in my legs (ouch), hand pain (arthritis??) and sharp shooting pains through my eyes and temples and general eye pain.
I have found that I also have double vision when I am tracking a moving object that is far away. Does everyone do that or is it just me? It happens when I am watching birds soar through the sky and it really got my attention yesterday as I was watching a waterskier (or what I thought were two waterskiers, but when they got closer they merged into one. I felt kinda silly excitedly pointing out to my kids - look!! That boat is pulling TWO people - WOW! Oh... wait... my bad.
I've had a clean MRI, and a normal blood work up for the usual deficiencies and autoimmune problems, next week I have an evaluation scheduled with a Neuropsychologist to assess my sanity and memory skills (i assume). Should I add an exam by a ophthalmologist in there? I hate to have another doctor look at me and tell me everything's normal. Is it normal to have double vision when looking really far away at something moving? My vision is blurry anyway because wearing my glasses makes me extra dizzy. But its not too bad.
Any suggestions on where I should go from here? My doctor has offered to send me off somewhere for a second opinion, but his opinion is that I am just stressed out. Which is odd since all I do is stay at home, clean house, cook dinner and watch the kids.... you really can't get a less stressful life than that! I seriously have it easy. (and I am very thankful) I do feel guilty though for plowing through our savings accounts with all these tests and doctors visits and I hate to add an eye doctor on top of all that. Of coarse though if I should, I will. What do you guys think?
Thanks a lot!