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Q: Brain injury
asked by: DoctorQuestion on May 1st, 2008
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I have been having multiple symptoms for about a year now and have seen various doctors but no luck on an official diagnosis. I originally started with having difficulty concentrating, constant fatigue and sleepiness, forgetting things and "brain fog". I went to a neuropsychologist who tested for ADHD (results were negative) and a battery of neuropsychological tests. She found that I have brain injury on both sides. The symptoms continued and began getting worse. I've had muscle spasms, easily tired just walking a short distance, dropping things, tingling in legs, pain, "sleep" attacks where I get so sleepy all of the sudden that my eyes burn and I have a "whooshing" noise in my ears, and my hands/legs falling asleep. I've also had some shakiness, typically in my hands when trying to grab something, and a "vibration" in my leg (usually just right leg). I went to a pulmonary doctor who did 2 sleep studies and an MSLT. The test was negative for narcolepsy and he said I was on the border


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DoctorAnswer replied on May 7th, 2008
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All these symptoms (difficulty concentrating, sleepiness, memory loss, muscle spasms, shakiness, hard walking…) could indicate a brain disorder. If a “brain injury” has been found on both sides of your brain then your symptoms could be due to it. It is likely that those “brain injuries” were detected by an MRI or CT-scan.


Further diagnostic procedures should be concentrated on these “brain injuries” in order to find out what caused them. For example, multiple sclerosis, brain infection, brain tumor, etc. can cause a brain injury that can be manifested with such symptoms.
You can consult some neurologist about this.





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