Hi, I am trying to figure out what happend to me and when the effects will go away, if they ever will.
I have been taking the ADD medicine Cylert for approx 8 years, closely monitoring liver functions< normal function> and had no side effects until recently. I switched to generic in December and no problems for Dec and January.
Middle of Feb..The first day I had a strange visual effect. Rapid "stars" shooting outward while driving. Next day I started having preassure under my ribs, One of my friends is a surgeon and he felt it might be gallstones. Very uncomfortable by next day, when I had a normal GB US. Saturday I did about 15 minutes of yard work,became overly fatigued, went inside to rest and wound up taking a nap. Awoke 4 or 5 hours later with extreme numbness and tingling, tremor and visible muscle spasms, mainly focused on my left side all the way down to my foot. I did a walk in appt at an interninst Monday and by thursday I had gotten so much worse, I could only shuffle walk, could hardly speak complete sentances. No strength, spasms and tremor continued to increase. Had EKG EEG EMG, CT's and corotid doppler all OK. Cannnot have MRI due to metal implant from Trauma.
I have seen 6 docs from eye to psych dr. Only working diag is that the generic was just different enough to cause a long term overdose?? 37.5mg once a day on a 185 pound guy? Anyway, still have left side tremor, tics<eyelid and lip> left side. Now I have lost my vocabulary when speaking. I forget common words..Whats left to test? Seeking 2nd opinion Neuro next week. Will this clear up?