I have had very painful shoulders on and off for aprox 3 months. It started in right shoulder and has now appeared in left. The pain is severe and causes stiffness and a different , colder pain slowly spreads down my arm towards my fingers. I also have the same pain inside my hips. This prevents me from sleeping, and I walk differently upon rising. My right calf stiffens and twitches irregularly. This can last for a couple of hours. other muscles twitch but not to the same extent. None of the twitches are painful. The back of my right hand cramps almost daily. I have become cognitivly impaired ( initially thought i may have dementia). My speech at times is slurred and this is emberassing as it sounds like i am drunk. I currently off work because i am afraid that my employers will notice this decline.
I went to the doctor fearing that i may have ms. The dr said that it,s probably just stress but ordered a blood test last monday. The blood test showed anemia but I have yet to have this confirmed by the dr.
My pain is severe and I am afriad that the drs will fob me off with stress and perhaps iron tablets without further investigation. Could this be als? could it be a b12 deficiency? I am very new to this and don,t understand a lot of the terminology.
I went to the doctor fearing that i may have ms. The dr said that it,s probably just stress but ordered a blood test last monday. The blood test showed anemia but I have yet to have this confirmed by the dr.
My pain is severe and I am afriad that the drs will fob me off with stress and perhaps iron tablets without further investigation. Could this be als? could it be a b12 deficiency? I am very new to this and don,t understand a lot of the terminology.