CHampstead
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Hi everyone, I'm new to this forum and would like to post a list of symptoms that I've experienced recently. Thanks to anyone in advance who could help shed some light on this
Okay, in the last 3 months I've had a wide range of sensory and seemingly neurological symptoms. This list is complete as far as I can tell:
Frequent headaches, normally isolated to just the left side of my head.
Visual disturbances (floaters, flashes of light, etc), accompanied by pain in/behind the affected eye (left).
Pain in both ears, normally starting from where the jaw connects.
Occasional stumbling or mispronunciation of words.
Tiredness/aching in jaw and throat after talking or chewing for long periods of time.
Difficulty in swallowing saliva (food and drink is fine), accompanied by a lump sensation in throat.
Excessive mucus/saliva gathering in throat, often needing to be coughed up (sometimes coloured, sometimes clear).
Occasional breathing difficulties.
Twitching tongue - not entirely sure if it twitches enough to be worried about.
Neck/back pains.
Slight weakness (possibly perceived?) in left arm, often accompanied by sensory symptoms such as coldness, numbness or tingling.
Tremor in left arm and hand, made worse by exercise.
Twitching/buzzing in both hands (more so left), occasionally visible. I can also often see the veins in my left hand pulsating and throbbing, sometimes to the point of pain.
Excessive sweating for no reason - to the point where beads of sweat actually run down my arms.
Tension in left side of stomach - almost as if the muscles are tensing automatically.
Frequent urination.
Weakness in left leg (perceived?) around knee joint, often accompanied by cold, numbness and burning sensations.
Occasional numb patches in left foot.
Pain/sensitivity to touch in certain muscles and joints - including shoulders, right thumb muscle and index/middle finger on left hand.
Frequently feeling nauseous, feverish and generally unwell, sometimes caused/aggravated by heat.
Fatigue, and incredibly deep sleep, often with very vivid or lucid dreams.
Some loss in short-term memory, attention span and thinking of words.
Night sweats and restless leg syndrome - I've always had these, but they've got worse lately.
Frequent depression and angry/aggressive thoughts - I seem to be much easier to anger or upset lately.
Sorry for the long list, but I would like to know from anyone with any degree of experience whether these could be caused by a neurological condition? I have been to the doctor's (a few times), and in their opinion there are too many sensory symptoms and too fast a progression (leg, arm and throat were all affected within 2 weeks) for this to be ALS/MND. I just feel that because I have suffered from panic/anxiety in the past that my problems are automatically being attributed to that.
I should also add that I'm 19, male and fairly healthy (no fast food, mostly vegan diet). I drink, don't smoke and have used drugs in the past but not any more.
Thanks for any help, and sorry to waste your time if it's apparent to you that this isn't ALS or an MND
Okay, in the last 3 months I've had a wide range of sensory and seemingly neurological symptoms. This list is complete as far as I can tell:
Frequent headaches, normally isolated to just the left side of my head.
Visual disturbances (floaters, flashes of light, etc), accompanied by pain in/behind the affected eye (left).
Pain in both ears, normally starting from where the jaw connects.
Occasional stumbling or mispronunciation of words.
Tiredness/aching in jaw and throat after talking or chewing for long periods of time.
Difficulty in swallowing saliva (food and drink is fine), accompanied by a lump sensation in throat.
Excessive mucus/saliva gathering in throat, often needing to be coughed up (sometimes coloured, sometimes clear).
Occasional breathing difficulties.
Twitching tongue - not entirely sure if it twitches enough to be worried about.
Neck/back pains.
Slight weakness (possibly perceived?) in left arm, often accompanied by sensory symptoms such as coldness, numbness or tingling.
Tremor in left arm and hand, made worse by exercise.
Twitching/buzzing in both hands (more so left), occasionally visible. I can also often see the veins in my left hand pulsating and throbbing, sometimes to the point of pain.
Excessive sweating for no reason - to the point where beads of sweat actually run down my arms.
Tension in left side of stomach - almost as if the muscles are tensing automatically.
Frequent urination.
Weakness in left leg (perceived?) around knee joint, often accompanied by cold, numbness and burning sensations.
Occasional numb patches in left foot.
Pain/sensitivity to touch in certain muscles and joints - including shoulders, right thumb muscle and index/middle finger on left hand.
Frequently feeling nauseous, feverish and generally unwell, sometimes caused/aggravated by heat.
Fatigue, and incredibly deep sleep, often with very vivid or lucid dreams.
Some loss in short-term memory, attention span and thinking of words.
Night sweats and restless leg syndrome - I've always had these, but they've got worse lately.
Frequent depression and angry/aggressive thoughts - I seem to be much easier to anger or upset lately.
Sorry for the long list, but I would like to know from anyone with any degree of experience whether these could be caused by a neurological condition? I have been to the doctor's (a few times), and in their opinion there are too many sensory symptoms and too fast a progression (leg, arm and throat were all affected within 2 weeks) for this to be ALS/MND. I just feel that because I have suffered from panic/anxiety in the past that my problems are automatically being attributed to that.
I should also add that I'm 19, male and fairly healthy (no fast food, mostly vegan diet). I drink, don't smoke and have used drugs in the past but not any more.
Thanks for any help, and sorry to waste your time if it's apparent to you that this isn't ALS or an MND