Dear Becky,
Sorry to hear about your symptoms. Radiating pain is usually a sign of nerve problems. A normal MRI of the brain is good, but your problems sound like they are cervical spine related (by symptom location). I might suggest a MRI of the cervical spine. If your short of breath with feelings of heart beat changes then you might need a holter monitor of your heart to make sure that you do not have a rhythm disturbance. One symptoms I do not understand is the pain that moves upward into the shoulder. Neuropathic pain or nerve root pain travels down the nerve into the extremity not upward. So, I cannot explain why this is happening to you. Headaches can be from a variety of sources such as migraine, cluster, tension, menses-related, cervical cord related, etc. Usually these are easily diagnosed so I am not sure what to make out of them. They could be anything from a transformed migraine to just daily headache from tension.
I am sorry that I could not be more specific. I do not know your history in more detail nor was an exam performed. Sorry, I wish I could have helped more.
Sincerely,
CCF Neuro MD
This is very strange and I have found limited information on this. As I am falling asleep at night, I suddenly get what feels like a vibrating sensation througout my body. It seems as if it gets worse with stress. I then sit up and try to relax and it goes away only to happen again as I am drifting off. This is very annoying and a little bit scary. I really can't find much on this problem and was wondering if anyone knows what this may be? Thanks ScottB
Look through the posts here. I believe someone mentions something similar when falling asleep and Neuro said it was benign.
I took a quick look, but couldn't spot it. I believe it was in the last 30 days.