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White spots on mri, pain, numbness
by kdhott, Nov 27, 2007 01:56PM
Hello,
Thanks for reading this. I am a 36 year old female. For the past 4 years I've been having problems off and on. It started out with neck, upper back pain with tingling sensations in my fingers and toes. At that time I had a c-spine mri which showed mild bulging discs and mild degenerative changes. My brain MRI showed approx. 5 "UBO's" per the radiologist...not characteristic of MS. These white spots were not in the classic locations or shapes for MS and were small. Sometimes I feel great and sometimes I feel lousy, with lots of numbnesses and tinglings everywhere. I have since had 2 more brain MRI's which showed no changes in these white spots (no gadollinium enhancement) and there have been no changes in my c-spine MRI either. I have seen 2 neurologists which have said "no MS" but I cannot shake the thought. This year I have suffered from chronic headaches and was hospitalized twice. I really did not have bad headaches like this before this year. With these headaches I have felt a little off balance. My tongue burns almost constantly and now I am battling low back pain/burning/tingling that goes down into my left foot. I have also been very tired off and on. I have been given the fibromyalgia dx but it's hard for me to believe that I can feel THIS bad and have so many "neurological" symptoms with fibro. I am VERY scared and when I start feeling bad I get the WORST anxiety which only makes my symptoms worse. Also, off and on I will get muscle twitches. The most recent being in my lower lip. It fasciculated constantly for about 2 months. This is all very scary. I don't think I mentioned that I have had 2 lumbar punctures (one this year, one 4 years ago) and they both were normal. I do not have the L'hermitte's sign or babinski reflex and my neuro exams have been normal. No loss of bladder function, no eyesight problems. Like I said, I do suffer from chronic anxiety and depression but when I'm feeling well I have nothing to be anxious about and don't seem to have any problems. I am currently taking: Lexapro, Depakote, Neurontin (200 mg at bedtime) and a steroid pack now for "sciatica". Can you shed any light on all this? I am about to drive myself and my poor family crazy!
Thanks for reading this. I am a 36 year old female. For the past 4 years I've been having problems off and on. It started out with neck, upper back pain with tingling sensations in my fingers and toes. At that time I had a c-spine mri which showed mild bulging discs and mild degenerative changes. My brain MRI showed approx. 5 "UBO's" per the radiologist...not characteristic of MS. These white spots were not in the classic locations or shapes for MS and were small. Sometimes I feel great and sometimes I feel lousy, with lots of numbnesses and tinglings everywhere. I have since had 2 more brain MRI's which showed no changes in these white spots (no gadollinium enhancement) and there have been no changes in my c-spine MRI either. I have seen 2 neurologists which have said "no MS" but I cannot shake the thought. This year I have suffered from chronic headaches and was hospitalized twice. I really did not have bad headaches like this before this year. With these headaches I have felt a little off balance. My tongue burns almost constantly and now I am battling low back pain/burning/tingling that goes down into my left foot. I have also been very tired off and on. I have been given the fibromyalgia dx but it's hard for me to believe that I can feel THIS bad and have so many "neurological" symptoms with fibro. I am VERY scared and when I start feeling bad I get the WORST anxiety which only makes my symptoms worse. Also, off and on I will get muscle twitches. The most recent being in my lower lip. It fasciculated constantly for about 2 months. This is all very scary. I don't think I mentioned that I have had 2 lumbar punctures (one this year, one 4 years ago) and they both were normal. I do not have the L'hermitte's sign or babinski reflex and my neuro exams have been normal. No loss of bladder function, no eyesight problems. Like I said, I do suffer from chronic anxiety and depression but when I'm feeling well I have nothing to be anxious about and don't seem to have any problems. I am currently taking: Lexapro, Depakote, Neurontin (200 mg at bedtime) and a steroid pack now for "sciatica". Can you shed any light on all this? I am about to drive myself and my poor family crazy!
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by kdhott, Nov 27, 2007 02:06PM
To: kdhott
I also forgot to mention that I have had every kind of bloodwork known to man including thyroid, B-12, sedrate, ACE, several Lyme titers, cbc's, etc, etc. Also, my tongue twitches occasionally, just like the rest of me.
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