Headache, fatigue, muscle pain etc HELP

[eleni777]

I have been suffering with restless legs,headaches predominantly in my forehead and eyes for about 3 and a half months, everyday, I also have had pains and tingling in my legs and arms with burning sensations, dizziness, like a spining in my body and often lose balance and stumble, memory loss and a mental fogginess. At one stage my legs stopped working properly for a couple of days. The tingling and burninghave subsided somewhat to be replaced with cramping in my muscles and an aching tightness that does not go away. I have been getting cramping on the underside of one foot and in the opposite hand. I am constantly fatigued and have spent two full days out of bed since the start of Febuary. All this is accompanied with occasional nights sweats and fevers, nausea, abdominal cramping, constipation intermitting with diarrhoea and a feeling of a lump in my throat especially while swallowing.
I have had blood work, diabetes testing, MRI, CT Scans, Thyroid tests and the only thing the doctors can come up with are "migraine" slight degeneration of the lumbar and sacral vertebrae and "depression".
The severe headaches do not respond to pain medication. Any ideas anyone?? Please help I am over it!!

[BellaLindseyBaron]

It would be to your benefit to see a Neurologist/NeuroSurgeon  in your area.  The continuation of these symptoms leads to nerve damage.  An MRI needs to be specific.  The lumbar-Sacral MRI is not going to show Annular Bulging to the Cervical-Thoracic Spine.  I am not a doctor, however, Brachial Plexis Radiculapathy  could be an issue  along with other issues further down the spine as in the Lumbar Region.  The Neurologist/NeuroSurgeon will work together for a treatment plant and with other symptoms will be able to perform other testing to confirm diagnosis that obviously has gone un-noticed.

[7439]

for restless legs, try stretching your hamstrings for a few minutes several times a day, esp before bed.  otherwise, try a nsaid like meloxicam for the other symptoms in case of swelling around irritated nerve roots in your neck and back.  Your doctor may be able to give you a free sample of a meloxicam, a Celebrex...assuming you've already tried all the weak over-the-counter stuff.

[Anonymouse88]

Have you been checked for MS (multiple sclerosis)?  It's just one possibility, but it could be worth checking out.  Definitely wouldn't hurt to ask your doctors about (ask a neurologist).  

Opiates should not be used in migraine, and can cause rebound headache.  If what your headaches are are really migraines, it's ibuprofen or prescription tryptan drugs.  Sometimes certain foods are triggers for migraines.  You might want to keep a food diary and a migraine diary, and see if there's any correlation.  Trigeminal neuralgia can also cause horrible headaches, and is treatable with certain anticonvulsant drugs.

For the constipation and diarrhea, increase your fiber intake.  Eat any fruits other than bananas and apples, or go get a fiber supplement at the local pharmacy (I use the CVS version of Benefiber, which dissolves very nicely and doesn't taste like anything).