ScaredArkansan
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- little rock
Hello all,
Thank you in advance for taking time to look at my post. I am 22 about to turn 23 and recently found out I am going to be a father. Seven years ago I was diagnosed with central sleep apnea. A massive battery of tests were performed of every variety, all of which turned up clean. About three months ago I was hospitalized with atrial fibrillation, echoes and stress echoes were done showing that structurally my heart was very sound. The only theory that sounded reasonable was that I may have had a mild shock reaction to a food additive combined with gastrointestinal irritation which I have always had, irritated my vagus nerve causing the A-Fib.
I was put on atenolol and asprin as well as prilosec and sent home. Fast foward a month or so I began to notice that I was having more minor muscle spasms then I normally have. Then about two weeks ago I had a twenty minute long episode of my left arm trembling and jerking at the wrist. Ever since then I have noticed that sometimes it feels like I am vibrating from my chest up even though I can see no particular movement, I have also had some minor tingling in my hands and I continue to have muscle spasms everywhere from my legs, stomach, and arms, those being the main areas I notice them. I have also noticed a great deal of fatigue as of late. I have also notice some muscle cramping in my legs and pain in my back, though I have had pain in my back for a long time. I attribute the back pain to the fact that I have been overweight for quite a while and recently lost 50 pounds.
Last week I saw an internist/pulminologist who seemed interested in my symptoms but did not seem to think they were anything particularly serious. This morning I saw my pcp, he ran a full blood panel (results still out) and had me do all sorts of things from following his finger with my eyes to squeezing his fingers and walking heel to toe forward and reverse, as well as testing my reflexes at the knees. He said that all of these tests were passed with flying colors. He said that my symptoms pointed towards no one thing in particular and seemed rather perplexed. I have an MRI and EEG scheduled next month and should here back on my blood work by Friday. The only thing he could think of off the top of his head was that I may be severely vitamin deficient, he speculated this beacuse I revealed that in the past three months I have eaten only turkey sandwiches, chicken breast, and chips and drank only water and apple juice.
Now that I am finished subjecting everyone to that massive wall of text, I guess the reason I am here is that with a child on the way I am terrified of the worst and was wondering what the opinions of those who had more experience with this subject were.
Once again thank you for taking time to read this and any responses will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance for taking time to look at my post. I am 22 about to turn 23 and recently found out I am going to be a father. Seven years ago I was diagnosed with central sleep apnea. A massive battery of tests were performed of every variety, all of which turned up clean. About three months ago I was hospitalized with atrial fibrillation, echoes and stress echoes were done showing that structurally my heart was very sound. The only theory that sounded reasonable was that I may have had a mild shock reaction to a food additive combined with gastrointestinal irritation which I have always had, irritated my vagus nerve causing the A-Fib.
I was put on atenolol and asprin as well as prilosec and sent home. Fast foward a month or so I began to notice that I was having more minor muscle spasms then I normally have. Then about two weeks ago I had a twenty minute long episode of my left arm trembling and jerking at the wrist. Ever since then I have noticed that sometimes it feels like I am vibrating from my chest up even though I can see no particular movement, I have also had some minor tingling in my hands and I continue to have muscle spasms everywhere from my legs, stomach, and arms, those being the main areas I notice them. I have also noticed a great deal of fatigue as of late. I have also notice some muscle cramping in my legs and pain in my back, though I have had pain in my back for a long time. I attribute the back pain to the fact that I have been overweight for quite a while and recently lost 50 pounds.
Last week I saw an internist/pulminologist who seemed interested in my symptoms but did not seem to think they were anything particularly serious. This morning I saw my pcp, he ran a full blood panel (results still out) and had me do all sorts of things from following his finger with my eyes to squeezing his fingers and walking heel to toe forward and reverse, as well as testing my reflexes at the knees. He said that all of these tests were passed with flying colors. He said that my symptoms pointed towards no one thing in particular and seemed rather perplexed. I have an MRI and EEG scheduled next month and should here back on my blood work by Friday. The only thing he could think of off the top of his head was that I may be severely vitamin deficient, he speculated this beacuse I revealed that in the past three months I have eaten only turkey sandwiches, chicken breast, and chips and drank only water and apple juice.
Now that I am finished subjecting everyone to that massive wall of text, I guess the reason I am here is that with a child on the way I am terrified of the worst and was wondering what the opinions of those who had more experience with this subject were.
Once again thank you for taking time to read this and any responses will be greatly appreciated.