miranda808
26-07-12, 21:03
Hello everyone! A little background on me. I am from the US, I am a 24 year old female. I have suffered from HA my whole life, but the last 4 months have been the worst I have ever experienced. I had a horrible panic attack out of the blue in March and haven't been well since. Lately my HA kick is that I have contracted VCJD (human form of mad cow disease). I know, it is crazy. I know it is so rare and never been traced to anyone in the US that didn't reside in the UK at some point. I just can't stop reading about it and finding anything on it and how I am feeling is the symtpoms on there. The two that are the worst is my skin constantly feels sticky. To explain more it feels like when you spill something sticky on your arm and that sensation of filmy stickiness that you could normally wipe off the sticky substance and it would go away. This is just a sensation I am having all the time but there is obviously not anything sticky on my skin. I am not sweating or anthing but the sticky sensation just wont let up. I also have been feeling very off balance like I am on a boat and it is bobbing up and down. I feel unsteady when I walk but I can walk still and don't have falls or anything. I have been to the doctor numerous times and he says it is just anxiety. He did a nero test on me yesterday, just the basics like reflex's and muscle strength, following the light with your eyes. He said everything looks fine and I didn't even dare to mention the fear of VCJD because I knew he would think I was crazy. I feel like I am forgetting more things and my mind is foggy. I try to keep in my mind the fact that this is almost impossible for me to have but it is such a mysterious disease and so new that I keep thinking the dreadful "what if's". Does anyone here know what the "sticky skin sensations" listed under the symptoms of VCJD actually feel like to real patients with it? I can't find much on it and when I look up sticky skin sensations the only disease that comes up is VCJD. It is really freaking me out and if anyone knows anything please let me know. I am seeing a therapist for the first time today so we will see how that goes.
Thanks all and god bless
Thanks all and god bless