Help?????????

[Sandy]

Hi , i dont really know how to put this question, so i will just do the best i can. I have an anxiety problem with pain and my theropist also says there is some depression as well. My big thing is i will get a pain in my chest and think its a hear attack ect.. any pain almost sets me off. I was put on Zoloft ans Ativan. The Ativan is 1 mg The Zoloft is 100 mg..I was told to take 1/2 a zoloft for one week , 1 the second week , 1 and 1/2 the third week until i reached 2 pills. He wants me on 200 mg. and wanted to work me up to it slowly. Well i am in my third week now, i took a pill and a half last night and the night before. I woke up this morning just fine , but about 2 hours after i was awake i began having tingling sensations on the left side of my head and face. My first thought was that i am having a stroke. But there is nothing elses wrong well ecept for the anxiety. Could this be from upping the dosage of the zoloft? Or could something actualy be wrong with me this time? With my past history of worrying and complaining no one really takes me seriously any more when i say or when i think something is wrong with me. I dont know what to do. I am scared and am alone in this no one wants to hear about sickness or not feeling good from me anymore. please help!

[nancy]

Sandy, I know exactly what you are going through!  I have had trouble with tingling, burning, and pins and needles sensations throughout my body.  Sometimes one arm will fell heavy.  I feel like the doctors have abandoned my too.  My family gets sick to death of listening to me.  They put me on Zoloft and Ativan for now.  Please dont give up.  If you TRULY feel there is something wrong, then definately get another opinion.  You are in charge of your body and your health!  Let me know how things go.

Nancy

[nordica]

What are your doctors thinking?  Ativan is addictive...plain and simple.  We shouldn't be combining Zoloft with Ativan....period!

[CCF Neuro[P] MD, RPS]

Dear Gabrielle:

No, without pain at the tender point the definition of firbromyalgia is not diagnosed.

CCF Neuro MD

[Gabrielle]

Does anyone have nerve irritation without pain with fibromyalgia?  My pelvic and sacral regions shake etc., and I, too, have been put on antidepressants but they don't do a thing.  How is fibromyalgia diagnosed?

[jACK D. LAWSON]

i HAVE ALMOST UNBEARABLE PAIN IN MY FEET AND LEGS,I DESCRIBE IT AS BURNING AND NUMBNESS. PAIN GETS WORST AS I SPEND TIME ON FEET.  I HAVE SEEN NUMERESS NEUROLOGISTS AND PODIATRISTS AND IN 5 YEARS HAVE NOT HAD A FIRM DIAGNOSIS. I HAVE HAD NERVE CONDUCTION STUDYS AND THEY ARE BORDERLINE POSITIVE FOR TTS. DOCTORS SEEM TO GIVE UP ON ME WHEN THEY CANNOT DIAGNOS OR THEY ACCUSE ME OF FAKING FOR A COMP. CLAIM. IFEEL SOME DOCTOR SOMEWHERE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HELP ME,OR AT LEAST HELP ME MANAGE THE PAIN. ANY SUGESTIONS.                                                                                                                     THANK YOU                                                        JACK D. LAWSON

[CCF Neuro[P] MD, RPS]

Dear Dorothy:

UT Southwestern has many good neurologist.

CCF Neuro MD

[dorothy]

HELLO MY NAME IS DOROTHY. I ALSO HAVE SPASMODIC DYSPHONIA. I AN IN SO MUCH PAIN.BOTH MY LEGS.HURT I THING MY LEGS WILL OUT.MY BACK LOWER PART. SORRY I DIDNOT PUT GIVE OUT.I WENT TO THE DOCTOR. I GOT MRI. IT SHOW 2 DISE RUBBING MY NERVE IN MY BACK. WENT TO THE DOCTOR TO DAY .A ORTHOPAEDIC. HE TOLD ME TO GO THE NEUROLOGICAL. I AM SO TIRED TIRED TIRED PLEASE  HELP ME .PLEASE. I CANT HARDLY WALK. PAIN STAR FROM THE ANG. ALL THE WAY UP MY TO MY HIP. PEOPLE DONT UNDERSTAND.WHAT I AN GOING.THROUGHT.MY MY VOI.IS VERY BAD. I NEED TO GO TO A DOCTOR THAT KNOW WHAT I AN TALK ABOUT.SOME ONE SAID DALLAS TEX. HAVE SOME DOCTOR.THERE THAT KNOW. SOME ONE PLEASE WRITE ME .THANK YOU.

[CCF Neuro[P] MD, RPS]

thanks for your comment.

CCF Neuro MD

[nancy]

Sandy, I know exactly what you are going through!  I have had trouble with tingling, burning, and pins and needles sensations throughout my body.  Sometimes one arm will fell heavy.  I feel like the doctors have abandoned my too.  My family gets sick to death of listening to me.  They put me on Zoloft and Ativan for now.  Please dont give up.  If you TRULY feel there is something wrong, then definately get another opinion.  You are in charge of your body and your health!  Let me know how things go.

Nancy

[nancy]

Sandy, I know exactly what you are going through!  I have had trouble with tingling, burning, and pins and needles sensations throughout my body.  Sometimes one arm will fell heavy.  I feel like the doctors have abandoned my too.  My family gets sick to death of listening to me.  They put me on Zoloft and Ativan for now.  Please dont give up.  If you TRULY feel there is something wrong, then definately get another opinion.  You are in charge of your body and your health!  Let me know how things go.

Nancy

[CCF Neuro[P] MD, RPS]

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CCF Neuro MD

[Joy]

I have had persistant tingling as a result of anxiety.

[CCF Neuro[P] MD, RPS]

Thanks for your thoughtful comment.

CCF Neuro MD

[Christine]

Sandy,

Fibromyalgia is characterized by muscle stiffness and muscle pain.  Both inevitably lead to extreme fatigue.  Over 3 million people, including my mother-in-law, suffer from fibromyalgia.  I agree with Linda's observation.  It just might be, so the next time you see a neurologist, ask him/her to consider the possibility... and as for nobody taking you seriously?  The answer is quite simple.  Before the appointment, sit down and make a list of what ails you.  The important thing for you to remember when you make your list, is to list the last ailment first, then go backward in time.  A chonological report aids and assists.  But don't go overboard and start with something that happened a year ago first.  Begin with yesterday's problem followed by the problem before that.  All physicians are detectives and they can't solve the case with haphazard info.  Anxiety has the ability to send a person off on tangients that are irrelevant.  Please calm yourself by making that "much-needed" chonological list.  You'll be amazed at how well it will work for you in your quest to obtain a diagnosis.  Good luck, and hang in there!   Christine

[CCF Neuro[P] MD, RPS]

Thanks for your comment.

CCF Neuro MD

[CCF Neuro[P] MD, RPS]

Dear Sandy:

Most likely you did not have a stroke.  There would be persistent loss of function.  A stroke having just facial and head tingling would be extemely unusual. Since the tingling resolved, that is another indication that you did not have a stroke. What you were experiencing is likely something else.

Sincerely,

CCF Neuro MD

[Linda]

Sandy,
It sounds to me like you may have Fibromyalgia.  There are about 18 tender spots on the body that reflect pain.  One of them may be giving you pain in your chest area.  I have FMS and was very upset at all of the neurologists I had seen in the past year.  I was diagnosed about 4 months ago, although I suspect I have had FMS about 10 years now.  I was on Elavil for about 8 months, then the new neurologist I have been seeing put me on Remeron, which really helps with the pain and getting enough sleep at night.  I have nerve twitches, pain, numbness in my legs, pain almost anywhere in my body at any given day (it moves around from place to place) and sometimes it has a burning sensation expecially in my thighs and back.  I hope this helps you, but please find a neurologist that knows something about Fibromyalgia. Linda