Should I have a spinal tap done and what could it tell me about my brain?
Hi Melissa:
I have been diagnosed with brain conversion disorder for over 2 1/2 years. It essentially makes me have manifestations such as muscle twitching, nerve spasms, rapid eye blinking, photic stimulation--bright lights / blinking causes me to have "seizures" as well as loud noises, gibberish speech, and now smelling smoke and shortness of breath.
They have concluded after multiple tests with neurologists (5 total --as far as Rhode Island) that I had this "psychological disorder". The nervous system and the brain reek havock with another. Anxiety and stress pushes one over the limit and the somatic events occur. No antianxiety meds have helped, nor antiseizure meds, nor antispasm meds. I am on celexa for depression/ anxiety. Cognitive therapy has been my only saving grace. I tried suicide several times, and they finally located a cognitive therapist to help me. it could help you too with not taking drugs/ alcohol to numb yourself. You need help. I would certainly try to see a neurologist and ask to have a MRI done or spinal tap, to make sure nothing neurological is going on.
Best of luck and hang in there...MFB
I know first hand about some of the feelings you are having. One thing about stress is that sometimes a person is unaware of it. In your mind as well as mine there is always that little voice telling you something is wrong. No matter how hard you try to tell yourself otherwise, it will always be there as long as there are abnormal feelings physically. I had to quit all caffeine and get plenty of sleep as well as avoid all artificial sweeteners (gum included). However I have muscle twitching that seems to stay there. It comes and goes as far as severity goes.
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When I get these I put a cold pack in the back of my neck and it seems help. Keep me posted on how you feel okay. I'm here if you need me, and if you find out anything that helps let me know okay, I'll do the same. I hope we both feel better, I'm so scared of these episodes, they are really scary to get out of no wheres.
Wow, let me share with you guys what I've been through in the past 4 years. I'm 36 and I've had the same conditions as your discribing now. I've been to the emergency room many time because of this condition and with many test done over and over again with not success in finding the problem. It all start with a little dizziness and tingling in my neck and it shoots down my spine, my legs feel tingling and my arms and shoulders have this tingling burning feeling. I sometimes get a metalic taste in my mouth and sometimes into foam but not much. This just happened to me today, I haven't had it in about one year and a half. In the past it sometimes gets so bad that my whole body starts to heat up inside, I know for a fact this is not anxiety in any way shape or form because I'm not in any state of panic when it happens. You see the doctor's I've been to are puzzled by my condition so they quickly give it a name to ease there concience and to make you feel they found the problem and they call it anxiety, not so. This condition I feel has to be address and I wish it was brought up in the show Doctor's. I'm going to write them a letter and see if they respond. Until then I truly wish you guys the best and and when I find out what's happening to us I will let you guys know, okay. Feel free to write to me and share anymore information, I'm willing to talk to you guys okay. God bless you.
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Damn, I've been having these same symptoms, I'm 19..I wish this would just go away