jaylay80
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Hi
My story starts 4 months ago when I started to feel ill every day, just a kind of drained feeling that I couldn't attribute to anything.
This continued for about 2 months and whatever it was that was making me feel this way had started to presented its self as neurological symotoms that were worse at night when I tried to fall asleep.
The symptoms were full body convulsions and the feeling that I was about to die if I fell asleep as well as a pins and needly affect running up my spine and over my shoulders.
By this point my anxiety was through the roof and I ended up in a and e claiming to have a neurological ilness which frightened me to death.
After going through and passing all neurological tests for strength and sensation etc it was clear to the dr that there were no causes for concern and the dr disgnosed me with anxiety dissorder.
This didn't help as the next night I fell asleep for about 2 hours and woke up thinking I was about to die and ended up in a and e again this time I was given medication and referred to a psychiatrist who gave me medication.
The medication helped me sleep and gave me my appetite back (I had lost a lot of weight)
As much as I tried I just could not accept that this was all in my mind, I felt for sure that something was not right with me neurologically.every time I was visited by a psychiatrist I would listen and try to convince myself that this was just anxiety, but there would always be something that sent me back to panic (constant headache in the same part of my head, back pain or percieved weakness in my leg) so this sounds like a classic case of health anxiety and I can see why it would.
So here I am now two months down the line still and I really do believe that the reason for my high anxiety was the first symptom of the onset of a neurological illness..
4 days ago I started to experience a lot of muscle twitches all over my body which I genuinely thought nothing of as i was becoming more accepting of the fact that what I was experiencing was down to anxiety but the next day the twitches were becoming painful as the muscles were actually cramping in my legs and I could feel a constant pulling on my hamstring as though it was constantly trying to tense, it then spread to my abdomen and I'm not just talking twitches I mean full on cramps whilst sitting completely still
I am very worried as it seems to be getting worse and the spasms and cramping are becoming more painful every day and I've had the same pain in my head for about 6-7weeks.i have also noticed a twitch in my mouth it sounds like it is coming from the back of my throat..can anyone give me some info I am feeling alone and petrified that this may be the start of als and the anxiety was actually the first symptom. Thanks for taking the time to read and any info would be greatly appreciated.
My story starts 4 months ago when I started to feel ill every day, just a kind of drained feeling that I couldn't attribute to anything.
This continued for about 2 months and whatever it was that was making me feel this way had started to presented its self as neurological symotoms that were worse at night when I tried to fall asleep.
The symptoms were full body convulsions and the feeling that I was about to die if I fell asleep as well as a pins and needly affect running up my spine and over my shoulders.
By this point my anxiety was through the roof and I ended up in a and e claiming to have a neurological ilness which frightened me to death.
After going through and passing all neurological tests for strength and sensation etc it was clear to the dr that there were no causes for concern and the dr disgnosed me with anxiety dissorder.
This didn't help as the next night I fell asleep for about 2 hours and woke up thinking I was about to die and ended up in a and e again this time I was given medication and referred to a psychiatrist who gave me medication.
The medication helped me sleep and gave me my appetite back (I had lost a lot of weight)
As much as I tried I just could not accept that this was all in my mind, I felt for sure that something was not right with me neurologically.every time I was visited by a psychiatrist I would listen and try to convince myself that this was just anxiety, but there would always be something that sent me back to panic (constant headache in the same part of my head, back pain or percieved weakness in my leg) so this sounds like a classic case of health anxiety and I can see why it would.
So here I am now two months down the line still and I really do believe that the reason for my high anxiety was the first symptom of the onset of a neurological illness..
4 days ago I started to experience a lot of muscle twitches all over my body which I genuinely thought nothing of as i was becoming more accepting of the fact that what I was experiencing was down to anxiety but the next day the twitches were becoming painful as the muscles were actually cramping in my legs and I could feel a constant pulling on my hamstring as though it was constantly trying to tense, it then spread to my abdomen and I'm not just talking twitches I mean full on cramps whilst sitting completely still
I am very worried as it seems to be getting worse and the spasms and cramping are becoming more painful every day and I've had the same pain in my head for about 6-7weeks.i have also noticed a twitch in my mouth it sounds like it is coming from the back of my throat..can anyone give me some info I am feeling alone and petrified that this may be the start of als and the anxiety was actually the first symptom. Thanks for taking the time to read and any info would be greatly appreciated.