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Pupil symptoms and other probs

I recently put a post on here with regards to my pupils.  They seem to be getting more and more uneven.  This morning when I got up and went to the bathroom - in light - they were both very large, then a few hours later one was normal size and the other was large.  Yesterday the right pupil was large and the left was smaller, today the left pupil is large and the right is smaller.  I have had increasing trouble with typing/co-ordination, I also keep waking up with pins and needles down both arms, weakness in my hands and feet.  The other night I fell asleep and when I woke up I couldn't feel my left leg, then I got pins and needles in it and it returned to normal.  I'm also getting carpal tunnel in my right hand which hurts when I type and is numb on and off through the day.  I carried some shopping yesterday and today I have had shaking and twitching in the back of my neck and arms and twitching in my toes, but I'm also getting pain in the back of my neck, radiating down my shoulders.  I'm getting brain fog and depersonalisation at times too during the day.  

My I called the GP yesterday and he gave me a neuro exam - basic one - (follow his finger with my eyes, touch my nose etc...) he also checked my eyes in light and dark and said they were reacting fine to light.  But when there is not much daylight or when in false light they are uneven.  Worse after I have been asleep.  The GP said that he had no cause for concern and said to come back in a couple of weeks and tell him how I am getting on with my new meds (Zoloft).

I have had severe anxiety about my health since before the birth of my son, and I am wondering if it is trapped nerves (as the head twitch has happened before in the past over the past few years, like if I am tense, then I get the head/neck twitch just once but at the moment I get it lots during the day).

Are these symptoms muscle/spine tension related or neurological?  
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Thanks for your message.  I can't get recommendations because I have already asked more than one GP at the same practice to help me and they are refusing to refer me.  They strongly believe my problems are tension and anxiety related, whereas I don't believe that for a minute.  Being in the UK, your GP has to refer you to see a neurologist.  I have seen an opthalmologist in January when I started getting spots in front of my eyes and they said my eyes were fine.  I had my eyes checked yesterday too and was told that they were reacting normally to light and that there was no pressure in there.  Is that a good sign?

I have seriously considered (thought I would not) lying about having an accident or something just to get a scan, I even enquired about a private MRI centre and they said I had to have a referral, but I can't get a referral.  I don't know what to do.

I'm scared because I was told I couldn't have kids, my husband and I had tried for kids for a long time, and by miracle, my son happened, now I feel like God is trying to take me away from my son.  It sounds ridiculous, but, I waited all this time for a baby, and now, I am terrified that i may have a tumor.
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If I were you I would do two things a regular GP doesnt have the trainig for this.  You need a Neurogiist and an opthomogist.  Please get recommendations and let them do further studies.  best wishes
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