Hello everyone,
Let me first start off by saying, I have suffered from heath anxiety for the last 10 years. I am the kind of person who is completely and utterly aware of all sensations going on inside of her body at all times. However, this being said...I've had some recent neuro symptoms that have scared me very much. The list includes:
1.) A burning pain down my arms that was waking me up in the middle of the night. This started about a week ago. During the day the burning and numbness and tingling could be felt down my right arm primarly in the pinky and ring finger. I felt like those two fingers are stiff. Some other muscles in my body feel burny and achey too.
2.) I feel like a am trembling inside of my body. The best way I can describe it, is I feel like am vibrating and buzzing inside of my body all day.
3.) I've been getting random twitches all over my body over the last week or so.
4.) My whole body feels fatigued, and achey. I feel like all of my muscles are weak and fatigued. I walk up a flight of stairs at school and it winds me. I am not in good shape and don't know if I've noticed the stair thing lately because I've been more aware or because my muscles are really week.
5.) I feel like I can pronounce words. My brain feels all foggy and cloudy all day.
6.) I feel like the bottoms of my feet have lost some sensation in them. The back parts of my legs go number if I sit or stand in the wrong position. The numbness ususally goes away for the most part when I walk or shake it out.
7.) I feel like my whole body has had decreased sensitivity to hot and cold.
8.) All my symptoms seem to be more pronounced on the right side of my body then my left.
This has all slowly seemed to come on over the last month since my anxiety has been high.
I've been to the doctor 3 times in the last week. They have told me the following: I am having severe mucles spasms in my neck and back caused my stress and anxiety. They took a cervical xray or my neck and my spine is all out of whack because of the spasms. The ER doctor (yes, I even ran to the ER with my worries) told me I have Costochondritis which is an inflammation of the cartilage joining the ribs to the breast bone. This condition is caused by emotional stress. The ER doctor said that when your upper back muscles spasm like mine are the nerves in the muscles get bunched and this could be causing my burning numbness and tingling pain down my right arm. He also said since our nerves are all connected that this is why my symptoms could be more pronounced in the right side of my body. I was also diagnosed with Fibrositis at the ER which is chronic muscle tenstion. However, I am having a hard time believeing anxiety is causing this muscle tension and not ALS. Isn't ALS suppose to cause stiff muscles?
I had an MRI in 2004 which came back all clear. I am going to schedule another MRI or the head and spin to check into things. Should I even be worried about getting an EMG? I know this may sound silly to all of you, but please take a look at my symptoms and give me your honest opinion.
Thanks,
Michelle
Let me first start off by saying, I have suffered from heath anxiety for the last 10 years. I am the kind of person who is completely and utterly aware of all sensations going on inside of her body at all times. However, this being said...I've had some recent neuro symptoms that have scared me very much. The list includes:
1.) A burning pain down my arms that was waking me up in the middle of the night. This started about a week ago. During the day the burning and numbness and tingling could be felt down my right arm primarly in the pinky and ring finger. I felt like those two fingers are stiff. Some other muscles in my body feel burny and achey too.
2.) I feel like a am trembling inside of my body. The best way I can describe it, is I feel like am vibrating and buzzing inside of my body all day.
3.) I've been getting random twitches all over my body over the last week or so.
4.) My whole body feels fatigued, and achey. I feel like all of my muscles are weak and fatigued. I walk up a flight of stairs at school and it winds me. I am not in good shape and don't know if I've noticed the stair thing lately because I've been more aware or because my muscles are really week.
5.) I feel like I can pronounce words. My brain feels all foggy and cloudy all day.
6.) I feel like the bottoms of my feet have lost some sensation in them. The back parts of my legs go number if I sit or stand in the wrong position. The numbness ususally goes away for the most part when I walk or shake it out.
7.) I feel like my whole body has had decreased sensitivity to hot and cold.
8.) All my symptoms seem to be more pronounced on the right side of my body then my left.
This has all slowly seemed to come on over the last month since my anxiety has been high.
I've been to the doctor 3 times in the last week. They have told me the following: I am having severe mucles spasms in my neck and back caused my stress and anxiety. They took a cervical xray or my neck and my spine is all out of whack because of the spasms. The ER doctor (yes, I even ran to the ER with my worries) told me I have Costochondritis which is an inflammation of the cartilage joining the ribs to the breast bone. This condition is caused by emotional stress. The ER doctor said that when your upper back muscles spasm like mine are the nerves in the muscles get bunched and this could be causing my burning numbness and tingling pain down my right arm. He also said since our nerves are all connected that this is why my symptoms could be more pronounced in the right side of my body. I was also diagnosed with Fibrositis at the ER which is chronic muscle tenstion. However, I am having a hard time believeing anxiety is causing this muscle tension and not ALS. Isn't ALS suppose to cause stiff muscles?
I had an MRI in 2004 which came back all clear. I am going to schedule another MRI or the head and spin to check into things. Should I even be worried about getting an EMG? I know this may sound silly to all of you, but please take a look at my symptoms and give me your honest opinion.
Thanks,
Michelle