29 M CHRONIC ONGOING LEG PAIN

[brittany61]

I am posting regarding my son who is 29 years old. He has had pain in both legs for the past two years along with some balance issues, nothing I've noticed; he said his legs seem so heavy and on occasion, one gives out for a second. He hasn't had any injuries or accidents.


He has saw his regular doctor and was given tramandol, which does not help with the pain. He has tried several things including narcotics from the doctor, but nothing gets rid of his pain.

The pain is pretty much non stop, no matter if he's active, sitting, standing, or laying down.

The pain was so bad that he did go to the ER and a EMG has been scheduled, it's just the waiting . The pain he describes is chronic and nonstop. He does have some leg tremor at times when he applies pressure a certain way on his legs. He has also had had tremors off and on for about 10 years. Two doctors said it was too much  caffeine.

He says the pain is hard to describe. The last couple weeks it seems to have started to affect his arms. His arms and legs both feel heavy to him.

He is 6' tall and only weighs about 130 pounds. He's always been thin. He has not been active much for the last couple years. I'm not sure if this is a contributing factor or a symptom from being tired all the time.

His eye sight and skin color seem to be good. Occasionally he gets a really sharp pain in his chest.

Originally I thought he was suffering from depression and social anxiety disorder.

The doctor did say that he had hypersensitive reflexes and wasn't sure if that was a symptom. He has been treated for RLS with requip, which did not help.  I am freaking out some I guess and looking not for a diagnosis, possibly some thoughts as to what could be causing the ongoing pain in both legs, which is possibly affecting his arms now

I would appreciate any thoughts.

Thank you for your time.

[brittany61]

Thank you so much; I spoke to a neurologist, he wants him to have a EMG first. I will ask the doctor about an MRI or CAT. He says his pain is non-stop and unbearable at times along with being heavy and as I stated previously it is starting to affect his arms. I did not realize herniated disks would cause this kind of pain. Your info was very helpful; I am glad you were finally diagnosed, but as I have seen many times, especially my mom in the case of a brain tumor....doctors tend to dismiss certain complaints and wait and in your case caused unnecessary damage to your spinal cord and my mom her tumor was end stage after 3 years of complaining.

I am so glad you responded, now I can make sure the he lets the doctor know to do an MRI or CAT scan.

[texaspharmacist]

Absolutely get your son an MRI first

[bigsissie]

He needs a MRI or  CAT scan. It sounds to me like he is having problems with the disk or vertebrae in his back. I started out having severe low back pain and the dr kept diagnosing me with urinary tract infections. I also had leg pain, spasms and numbness ( like my legs fell asleep and they woke up slowly) two years later I found out that I had three herniated  disk in my back and it damaged my spinal cord. I had surgery but will forever live with only 22% of the feeling from my waist down. If the doctor is doing no test I would have him go to a neurologist, or request his doctor do a MRI, CAT scan. Hope my info was helpful. Best of luck to you and your son.