I have been experiencing various problems
mostly with memory. I have been having
what I call random access bad sectors. It
strikes randomly and I never know if I
will recover what I just forgot. This
started a year a ago I think to start it
was diabetes related as my sugars went up
cognitive function went down. In Sep 06 I
was an A student by Nov 06 I was getting
C’s and D’s. The following peeked in
Jan 07 and continued until June 07 then
steadly got better with the exception of
muscle weakness.: I was rather confused at
times. I had problems accessing what I
know. I would draw blanks on words and
sometimes sentences. Some days were worse
than others, some days it was all day.
Sometimes in a few minutes to an hour
later I could access the thought or word
again. People would speak and I would
hear bla, bla, bla, bla. I would talk and
forget what I was saying, even what the
subject was. People would call and I
would forget they called and I would
forget the contents of whole
conversations. In the summer around August
I think, I also experienced weakness on my
left side. Had trouble with muscle
strength in leg and arm.
As my blood sugar regulated this all got
better for the most part. I was still
experiencing random bad sectors. Though
now they were not quite so bad nor quite
so often.
Then last week Feb 1st and 2nd, I had two
days of real bad random bad sectors and my
blood sugars were low 81 -130, I was not
sick. But man I was dingy and I knew it. I
was afraid to drive. I was confused, had
trouble finding words and accessing what I
know I know, sometimes understanding,
people would talk to me and it would take
minutes to an hour or more for it to
register, it seemed at times I was looking
and moving through a fog. My eye sight
was fuzzy, foggy. Early the first day my
legs were a little wobbly. I was dingy
and I knew it. Following this I had two
days where I was just blah. Feb 4 and 5,
Did not feel like doing anything, was also
emotionally numb.
Now I am back to hmm more normal, though I
am still having trouble finding words at
times, it is random when and how it
strikes. And my memory is messed up no
matter how I focus I can not be sure what
I will remeberr. I can’t always
remember what I know I know. I call all
this random short circuiting. Since the
episode last week this is occurring
frequently during the day. It seems to
get worse as the day progresses.
What could be the cause of all of this?
TIA’s, Stroke, something else?
List of food or medicine allergies: Sulfa,
Erythromycin, Tetracycline, eye drop
antibiotics(gentamicin ?), Metformin,
Lantus, Cocaine, local anestics (Like
procaine, zylocaine Novocain. not sure
about the new ones, Lidocaine is safe in
small doses.), Chromatic sutures,
adhesives (cloth is ok, paper better),
Horse serum (anti venom, snake.), pecodon,
percosett, darvon, davacett, Bismoth,
Brain wave electrode conctor jell, Metals
(known safe: Surgical steel, silver,
sterling silver, gold at least 14 carat),
can not take mood elevators (all classes),
Nasonex. Pyrethrum and the other one like
it, pepto bismal, qwell, almost all
treatments for lice, sulfates are suspect,
Menthol-Paraben (a common preservative and
it is in tons of drugs).
List of family related illnesses: Capral
tunnel, high colesterol, dysthymia
List of pre-existing conditions: Diabetic,
stage 1 Kidney Failure, Fibromyalgia,
Asthma, Allergies (Drug, Food,
Environmental), Hiatle hernia,
Multinodular goiter disease, Dysthymia,
Perimenopausal, Dry eye syndrome, CHEMICLY
Sensitive (all categories, some extreme),
prone to nasal polyps, spondolo? (L5 is
slipped forward), low good colesterol.
List of other diseases, conditions, or
injuries and their treatment: High
colesterol, Surgeries:Tonsils, adenoids,
systiscopic, systiscope, Bilateral carpal
tunnel twice (the last time both at same
time), left side thyroid ectomy 10 -12
nasal polupectomys with lining strip,
tubal legation, 2 cesareans, culdwell luc
with a L anterior window and sinus cavity
restructure and lastly a fix for deviated
septum.
Current medical status: controled
diabetic, asmatic. Fibro is asymptomatic.
All drugs I am on I started by it's self
only one in a months time so that any
reactions could be gauged. I am that
allergic at times. I am awaiting results
for 3 month labs for TSH, Colesterol,
Creatin, A1C, CBC, and a comprihensive
panel.
Current medical treatment: Advair Diskus
500/50 twice a day. Albuterol Rescue, I
also have a SVN. Humulin NPH 7U am, 4-5Upm
Lipitor 10mg 1 a day Lisinopril 2.5 mg 1 a
day For Kidneys blood sugars range from 79
- 140 I am fairly well controled. A1C 5.6
diagnoced a year ago. creatin clearance
100 down from 365 a year ago. I get sick
often now so I see my regular doc very
often. no more than 2 months go by.
Memory loss, attention disorder,
difficulties speaking, muscle weakness,
vision difficulties, etc. are a;;
neurological symptoms. They can be due to
a neurological disorder such as an episode
of multiple sclerosis , dementia of any
type, a TIA ,etc. Sometimes some types of
systemic disorders can affect the brain
including hypertension, hypo- or
hyper-glycemia, hyper-uremia etc. You can
request a neurological examination and
perform brain imaging procedures: either
a MRI or CT-scan. You can consult some
neurologist for more advice and to request
the diagnostics.
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