weird symptoms

[VAgirrrrrl]

I've waited so long to post a question and now I don't even know where to begin.  I have SO MANY weird symptoms.  I will try to remember them all.  Sometimes I have them at the same time and sometimes not.  I will go weeks with the symptoms and then weeks without them, but they ALWAYS return.  I don't know if they are related; hopefully, you can help me with that.  I think it's best for me to just list them.  Here goes:  Sharp pains in my head, burning and tingling in my head, pain in the upper neck/bottom of head, constant dizziness even when sitting or lying down, sometimes my lips feel as though they are drawing up, my hands are numb EVERY MORNING when I wake up and seem to feel 3 times their size(goes away after a few minutes), have had numbing/tingling in all parts of my body at one time or another (including my tongue), I have a head tremor, sometimes my legs feel very heavy as if they were filled up with cement.  I'm sure there's more I'm forgetting and I'll be mad when I remember.  I HAVE been to Neurologists and I can't seem to get ANY of them to do ANY test on me.  They ALL say it's just anxiety.  I have a cousin with MS.  Could these be MS symptoms.  I also have a great grandmother with Parkinsons Disease, although, I don't think I have any of those symptoms other than the head tremor which I'm told is usually the last symptom to appear.  I realize you can't diagnose without examining me and I realize I have many crazy things going on, but I would love to get your opinion on what this could be.  Sorry this is so long.  Thank you in advance.

[smokeater]

Hi everyone, I know that none of you know me yet cause I am new to the site but I wa reviewing your comments reguarding this particular subject and I do have  Fibromialgia and it is not a hoax diagnosis and it does have alot of the symptoms of what you guys are describing.  My neurologist prescribed me a medication called BACLOFEN anf it has worked wonders.  I still have problems but thats only because I have other medical issues.  You guys might try that medication.  It really works and it does not make you feel drugged like most other meds.  If that is what you have it will work.
    There is also another condition out there known as LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS and it also has simialr symptoms.  You might check into that but usually that only affects middle age to older people but can affect younger people as well.  I am no0t a medical proffessional I have just done alot of research because I have alot of health problems.  There is another sight called www.mic.ki.se/Diseases/askdoc.html#askneuro which allows you to ask a proffessor from harvard medical school neurology department any medical question you want and they will email you back at your personal email address the anwser in detail.  Hope that helps you some.  Good Luck.

[Naomi44]

Hi All,
I share your frustration!
I DO have a very very stressful job - project manager in the IT business at a Fortune 500 company and  I also tend to wait and go to a doctor when things are broken. But I tell you I don't appreciate the way my doc brushed me aside with my symptoms. It took me a year to go in for my tendinitis in my hip- I walked around w/ a limp for months. So I am definately no hypochondriac! In fact quite the opposite, I haven't even been in for my "annual" in over 3 years which I know is bad bad. But medicine seems more like "witch doctory" to me these days.

Anyway here are my symptoms:
pins/needles in arms & fingers
slight hand tremors
dizziness
pins/needles on bottom of feet
Now pins/needles feel stronger on just the left side of body  
   with numb toe
Muscle twitches upper/lower limbs
EXTREME fatigue
Hyperreflexia including Clonus

My PCP just told me it was probably all psychological and due to stress. Said not to worry unless something goes completely numb with no feeling or I became paralyzed. How refreshing! :>
He did refer me to a Neurologist - appt. in 6 weeks. If it is just "stress" and "anxiety" then the medical community better come up with a better and more PROFESSIONAL way of helping their patients manage these distressing symptoms!

[VAgirrrrrl]

I have the answer for ALL of you, including myself....GIVE IT ALL TO GOD and we will be ok  :o)

[sherald]

I hope you found some thing that helps you... I have found a few sites that are easy to understand, some of them are only for Doctors or people that understand the words they use..If it is any help to you try www.shingles.mgh.harvard.edu/biopsy/smallfiber.htm
Maybe you can look there and take it from there, like i say it seems easy to understand... The Doctors have started to treat mt Mam and so far so good she feels a bit better, they said it will take 3 week for the drugs to really kick in... So i am praying hard...
Take care and i hope you find what you are looking for..
sherald

[Mutley]

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[VAgirrrrrl]

You know what?  I haven't ever injured my neck BUT it pops all the time.  Anytime I roll my head around, it pops loud enough for everyone to hear.  It's not a CRACK like when people purposely crack their necks, it's a POP!  Also, I have back pain all the time.  I never know which symptom to tell the doctor about when I go in because I have so many.  I usually pick the one that bothers me the most, which is my face going numb.  It's only ONE side, when it happens.  It started again yesterday and when I woke up this morning, it's still there!  Oh...yes, I do have pain in the upper arm.  It used to really scare me b/c my father died from heart disease and his arm always hurt during a heart attack.  So far, my sister and I have checked out fine with the heart.  My Dad was born with a rare, hereditary, heart disease so we get checked every few years or so per my Dad's Cardiologist. Also, I think I might have some TMJ going on.  I don't know if that can cause facial numbness or not.  I haven't really looked into it.  I'm glad I have you guys to talk to or I'd truly be going insane.  It helps to know you're not the only one feeling this way!  Please, e-mail me...if you want....just put something in the subject that lets me know who you are or I'll delete it, thinking I don't know who it is:  ***@****  (That's 5 r's)  Take Care!