Starting to Lose It.. Really Need Help Posted: 02-20-07 16:05pm
I really need some help. Im a 25yo male.
On and off for about a year, and
constantly for the past 2.5 months, i have
had the following problems. They started
suddenly.
upper body muscle twitching, mostly in
shoulder muscles
concentration problems
do weird things, completely opposite of
intended goal. i.e opening dish washer
instead of cupboard for food.
running red lights
can't understand what people are saying,
can't follow conversations or
instructions, difficult to follow along in
school.
I feel like i am in a fog or not even
present sometimes.
very poor short term memory
2-5 minute memory the worst
sometimes things that normally seem
familiar are completely foreign
things that were once easy are now
difficult and require more time.
vision problems that seem to be related to
the dizziness.
frequent prescription changes
photo sensitivity
seeing latent images longer than normal in
bright light.
extreme fatigue, not helped by sleep
Ive seen a doctor a few times about this,
but its always the same story. "We don't
know. This is all from anxiety" They put
me on klonopin and was on that for about 6
months. Decided it was making things worse
so i quit that.
Early on, when the problems started, i had
an MRI and an EEG. both came back normal.
Then symptoms seemed to go away and now
came back with a vengeance this year. Ive
had pretty extensive (i think) blood work
and it only found that i had once had mono
and epstein barr virus, but am not
currently infected. Also found to have
herpes simplex type 2, which was a
surprise, because ive never had any kind
of outbreak and I have always been safe
and with the same person for 6 years.
Its ruining my life. My relationships,
educational, personal, and professional
are crumbling before my eyes. It takes a
huge toll every day to feel like this and
I worry that im really starting to lose
it. I have an apt with a psych in april.
but that seems really far away. I have all
but given up on general practitioners.
They dont seem to know what could be wrong
or even really try to understand what I am
explaining to them. They never even offer
a conjecture about what could be wrong.
Maybe I expect too much.
Does any of this sound like anything? Any
suggestions on what to do? I would really
appreciate any help you can offer. I am
really not interested in living like this
forever, but its starting to look like
that may be the reality of the situation.
Thanks so much
|
Stan
Supporter
Joined: 01 Jan 2006 Posts: 1652 Location: ,
Thanks: 1
Thanked:0
Posted: 02-23-07 14:35pm
Man, another one! First thing I want you
to do is when you wake up, don't eat or
drink anything. Fill up a glass of water,
get a good wad of spit and spit in it.
Don't move the glass. If you see web-like
strands coming down from it, floating
particles in the middle or the spit sinks
to the bottom and looks crummy, you have a
problem that's easily fixed. If not,
these symptoms are very consistent with
hypoglycemia, another problem easily
fixed, but with work.
|
AbsentMinded20
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 13 Feb 2007 Posts: 24 Location: Canada
Posted: 02-24-07 19:35pm
Ill have to try that...anyother tests I
can do?
|
Stan
Supporter
Joined: 01 Jan 2006 Posts: 1652 Location: ,
Thanks: 1
Thanked:0
Posted: 02-25-07 10:47am
Well, the test for candida I gave there
and the hypoglycemia self-testing is very
easy. I usually recommend these because
I've found people that come here often
have symptoms that directly relate to one
of these two problems. This is simply
because human beings, especially in
America, think really high carbohydrate
diets are good, but unfortunately though
this may be true in some cases, they like
to do it with white breads, lots of sugar,
Dorriotos and stuff that otherwise your
body was not meant to assimilate. These
two problems surface because of such
things, and you can throw diabetes in
there as well, but usually hypoglycemia
hits you first, around the ages of 18-23
which, what a surprise, is usually the age
when 'mental illness' sets in.
|
san54
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Dec 2003 Posts: 227 Location: Virginia
Re: Starting to Lose It. Posted: 02-25-07 11:26am
It sounds to me like you may have a
medical problem, not a mental problem.
Those symptoms can be associated with
several auto-immune diseases, but you need
to see a doctor to see what is up. Please
don't think you have a mental problem.
Take care and good luck.
|
ocdengineer
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 05 Mar 2007 Posts: 48 Location: SA, TX
Inner Ear Posted: 03-06-07 21:03pm
An inner ear problem can cause every
single symptom you have! I would see and
ENT doctor and see if myabe that is the
problem. That is an easy fix in relation
to the mental side of it which I agree is
a stretch. It sounds like you are
depressed, but just because life is crappy
righ now for you. perfectly
understandable, but don't cash in. Keep
looking. There is probably a phsyical
problem. Hypoglycemia is easily fixed, so
by simply eating small meals all day long
that are lower in Carbs and higher in
proteins you should see some relief almost
immediately. If not, then head to the ENT
and check out the inner ear issue.
