Where should I go now??

[Andrea`s_mommy]

Hi, I`ve posted in the past and have had some more tests done since, so I wanted to ask your opinion on where I should go from here. I started having numbness, tingling, mild intermittent eye pain in the right eye, fasiculations, and tendon tightness in the extremities 9 1/2 months ago, after my 1st baby was born. I seen a neurologist a month after it began. He performed a brain and c-spine MRI which were normal and a nerve conduction test and blood test which were normal, that was 7 mos. ago. I seen a 2nd neurologist after the first one. He did a heavy metal blood test which I think came back normal. He said he would call if anything came up w/ it, and he didn`t. He did a Somatosensory Evoked Potentials lowers test on me, which came back normal also. My symptoms are still w/ me, but slightly better. He said he wanted to monitor me for a while. What do you think I should do now? How would you diagnose me? Thanks....

[JCT]

HI EVERYONE, I HAVE TALKED WITH ANDREAS MOMMY BEFORE, BUT I HAVENT BEEN BACK ON THIS WEBSITE IN MANY MONTHS. I TOO ALSO EXPERIENCE MANY OF YOUR PROBLEMS. 5 WEEKS AFTER MY SON WAS BORN IN MAY OF 2002, IS WHEN EVERYTHING STARTED.MY SYMPTOMS ARE TRANSIENT TINGLING, CONSTANT MUSCLE TWITCHING THAT HAS BAD DAYS AND GOOD DAYS.AN ALMOST COOL FEELING IN MY SHOULDER BLADE WHEN BENDING OVER ALSO FEEL THOSE SENSATIONS ALL OVER AT TIMES.HOT SHOWERS SEEM TO IRRITATE MY NERVES.I ALSO EXPERIENCE NUMBNESS ALONG MY EYE BROW AREA AND IN THE SIDE OF MY FACE DOWN INTO MY NECK AT TIMES AND HAVE FELT IT IN PATCHES ALONG MY LIPS.ALONG WITH THESE PROBLEMS I ALSO DEVELOPED EYE FLOATERS AROUND THE SAME TIME THIS ALL STARTED, IM NOT SHURE IF ANYONE ELSE ALSO DEVELOPED THIS. I AM A 24 YR OLD/WHITE FEMALE/RECIEVED EPIDURAL/2ND CHILD/FANTASTIC HEALTH HISTORY UNTILL AFTER THE BIRTH OF MY 2ND SON.I HAVE HAD ALL BLOODWORK IMAGINABLE TO GOD, MRI, AND MANY FOLLOW UP APT. AND ABSOLUTELY NO ANSWER.THE ONLY ANSWER I GET IS ITS PROBABLY ANXIETY RELATED AND THATS WHY THIS IS HAPPENING.I THINK THEY EXPECT US TO LEAVE WITH A SMILE AND GO ON WITH OUR LIFE , BUT THESE SYMPTOMS MAKE THAT VERY HARD TO DO.I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR ANYONES COMMENT, WE MUST ALL HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON TO ALL BE EXPERIENCING VERY SIMALAR THINGS!

[Andrea`s_mommy]

Hi, this is my 4th post! Sorry, I keep forgetting to write stuff and remembering later! I also had a baby girl in August named Andrea! I had her Aug. 15th. This will be my last post till you guys reply....

[Andrea`s_mommy]

I get that same tingling feeling in my upper left shoulder blade when I bend over too! It`s weird. It feels like a cold/burning tingling sensation. My epidural had to be placed 3 times! I think we all may be getting closer to an answer w/ all of this...

[Andrea`s_mommy]

I live in southwest, Virginia. I delivered at a local community hospital. I would give them a 6 on a scale of 1-10, 10 being best. The lady that emailed me whose symptoms went away in 2 yrs, didn`t go into much detail. She just said that she had extensive testing which came back normal, and she got better in 2 yrs.

[Andrea`s_mommy]

Hi klv8602. I was wondering if you could email me so we could compare notes. Anyone else who wants to email me over this may also. My email is: ***@****

[LMar6282]

I feel for you, it is frustrating.  My only hope is that this will eventually go away.  Here are my thoughts on what I think may be happening:
1) Chemical imbalance in body- caused by hormone fluctuation from pregnancy (ie. not enough serotonin causes increase in sensitivity to pain???)
2) Neuro Toxicity- caused by the environment or meds possibly triggered after pregnancy since immune system is all out of whack
3)Viral Infection- triggered by pregnancy.
I am not a doctor so I'm not sure if I'm even on the right page here but I do know there are many people who get these strange neuro symptom with no diagnosis.

Here is my email- ***@****- email me and maybe we can compare info.