BenHayward
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Hi everybody,
Firstly I'd like to say that this is a fantastic website and truly shows how the internet can close distance issues and create a caring worldwide community. I have some issues that I would appreciate everybody’s feedback on. I have gone through the READ FIRST thread and is very informative but I feel that I have issues that weren’t touched on.
For me, I started having health anxiety in May 2016 after I suddenly got struck with dizziness. I played football with friends and afterwards felt a tight feeling in my chest for about three days. On the third day I started looking into possibilities from Dr Google and just got hit with instant dizziness. So my wife and I went to the hospital (thinking it was heart related). Three ECGs later and my heart was absolutely fine but I was left with dizziness for weeks. It was a light-headed fogginess rather than ‘room spinning’ dizziness. I had your typical blood checks from the docs and all came back clear. My doctor put it down to anxiety.
At this point, I started panicking that it was MS. So much so that my doctor actually gave me an MRI in July to cure my anxiety. It came back clear. The dizziness came and went and I just put it down to anxiety. However, in mid-October, I started getting small localised dull aches all over my body. I would have an ache in my shoulder, then 10 minutes later it would go to my calf and so on. This remained until early January.
Then I had something happened that really scared me. Something that developed in literally 24 hours, I developed joint aches all over my body. More severely in my right wrist and left ankle. Even the joints in my fingers ached. Furthermore, larger muscle groups started to ache. My soleus (front lower leg) and my forearm muscles ached. However, they didn’t ache to the touch (like after a workout). I had further blood tests to look into arthritis etc but all bloods came back clear. After a week of this all joint and large-muscle ache subsided and has gone (strange).
What stemmed since then is muscle issues in my right leg and right arm. I had a strange, concerning sensation in both of these. My leg would feel jelly-like and weak-feeling. The closest I can describe it is how muscles feel after pins and needles. The most concerning is my right arm. Now my right arm gets tired very quickly. I notice this when washing my hair, brushing my teeth and cooking (eg. Stirring sauce). The has gotten me really concerned.
In addition to my arm, my current situation is strange cramps and twitches. I get the classic ‘bubbling’/cramps all over my body everyday all the time. They last for no more than a second but I’m especially concern my because it’s all over my body. For instance today I’m getting the bubbling in my face, then it’ll go to my neck, then ‘bam’ in my calf. I've also had numbness and pins and needles feelings in my right heel and finger tips that comes and goes. It’s been happening for a week. Thrown into the mix is I also get ringing in my ears that I've had for a while now
I’m extremely scared, especially as my wife and I have our first child on the way.
I’m sure I’ve missed a bunch of information out. I appreciate any feedback that I receive.
Cheers, Ben
Firstly I'd like to say that this is a fantastic website and truly shows how the internet can close distance issues and create a caring worldwide community. I have some issues that I would appreciate everybody’s feedback on. I have gone through the READ FIRST thread and is very informative but I feel that I have issues that weren’t touched on.
For me, I started having health anxiety in May 2016 after I suddenly got struck with dizziness. I played football with friends and afterwards felt a tight feeling in my chest for about three days. On the third day I started looking into possibilities from Dr Google and just got hit with instant dizziness. So my wife and I went to the hospital (thinking it was heart related). Three ECGs later and my heart was absolutely fine but I was left with dizziness for weeks. It was a light-headed fogginess rather than ‘room spinning’ dizziness. I had your typical blood checks from the docs and all came back clear. My doctor put it down to anxiety.
At this point, I started panicking that it was MS. So much so that my doctor actually gave me an MRI in July to cure my anxiety. It came back clear. The dizziness came and went and I just put it down to anxiety. However, in mid-October, I started getting small localised dull aches all over my body. I would have an ache in my shoulder, then 10 minutes later it would go to my calf and so on. This remained until early January.
Then I had something happened that really scared me. Something that developed in literally 24 hours, I developed joint aches all over my body. More severely in my right wrist and left ankle. Even the joints in my fingers ached. Furthermore, larger muscle groups started to ache. My soleus (front lower leg) and my forearm muscles ached. However, they didn’t ache to the touch (like after a workout). I had further blood tests to look into arthritis etc but all bloods came back clear. After a week of this all joint and large-muscle ache subsided and has gone (strange).
What stemmed since then is muscle issues in my right leg and right arm. I had a strange, concerning sensation in both of these. My leg would feel jelly-like and weak-feeling. The closest I can describe it is how muscles feel after pins and needles. The most concerning is my right arm. Now my right arm gets tired very quickly. I notice this when washing my hair, brushing my teeth and cooking (eg. Stirring sauce). The has gotten me really concerned.
In addition to my arm, my current situation is strange cramps and twitches. I get the classic ‘bubbling’/cramps all over my body everyday all the time. They last for no more than a second but I’m especially concern my because it’s all over my body. For instance today I’m getting the bubbling in my face, then it’ll go to my neck, then ‘bam’ in my calf. I've also had numbness and pins and needles feelings in my right heel and finger tips that comes and goes. It’s been happening for a week. Thrown into the mix is I also get ringing in my ears that I've had for a while now
I’m extremely scared, especially as my wife and I have our first child on the way.
I’m sure I’ve missed a bunch of information out. I appreciate any feedback that I receive.
Cheers, Ben
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