djm
19-09-06, 16:58
Sorry, I have posted this in other forums too, didn't know which one I 'fitted' into !
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Hi
I am a 37 year old male. 5’6” slightly overweight.
For the last two months or so, I have been suffering from what I believe to be Peripheral neuropathy, though it comes and goes and limits to 'Pins and Needles', no numbness. It is quite usual to have it in both feet and sometimes both little fingers (though sometimes just in my left hand. Sometimes indeed I get it in my left hand/forearm and nowhere else.
For the same sort of period, I have had a mild ringing in my ears too, though this varies.
I am a long term heavy drinker / smoker and fear that it maybe a side effect that I have read about.
I also think I have a slight 'ache' (rather than a pain) in my right hand side, just below the rib-cage (in the area of the liver). So obviously I am worrying myself sick about that.
I regularly stay up late and night and am probably sleep deficient.
I suffer from ‘night sweats’ and sweat profusely in the day, when others don’t even ‘glow’.
I also, however, have a history of anxiety and have previously been on SSRI meds.
How common is Peripheral Neuropathy ?
I know what I should do is abstain from drinking and smoking and change my sleep routine, but this is a lot to do in one go. I have tried for a few days here and there, but the symptoms do not seem to ease and I think withdrawl symptoms of my other vices start to kick in.
IF I am going to have a ‘symptom’ day, these symptoms are something that are there from the moment I awake, they don’t come on gradually as I ‘think about them’. I can have a run of a few days with no symptoms at all.
One thing I will say, is that the symptoms have got no worse in the 2 or so months. Am I right to take some solace from this, in that if it was something serious, it would have got worse and not stayed the same ?
I am too scared to go to my doctor, for what they might find and the extra anxiety I know that will bring on for fear of all the tests they will send me form (not to mention waiting for the results and fearing the worst).
Anyone experienced any of these symptoms, long term ?
Dave
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Hi
I am a 37 year old male. 5’6” slightly overweight.
For the last two months or so, I have been suffering from what I believe to be Peripheral neuropathy, though it comes and goes and limits to 'Pins and Needles', no numbness. It is quite usual to have it in both feet and sometimes both little fingers (though sometimes just in my left hand. Sometimes indeed I get it in my left hand/forearm and nowhere else.
For the same sort of period, I have had a mild ringing in my ears too, though this varies.
I am a long term heavy drinker / smoker and fear that it maybe a side effect that I have read about.
I also think I have a slight 'ache' (rather than a pain) in my right hand side, just below the rib-cage (in the area of the liver). So obviously I am worrying myself sick about that.
I regularly stay up late and night and am probably sleep deficient.
I suffer from ‘night sweats’ and sweat profusely in the day, when others don’t even ‘glow’.
I also, however, have a history of anxiety and have previously been on SSRI meds.
How common is Peripheral Neuropathy ?
I know what I should do is abstain from drinking and smoking and change my sleep routine, but this is a lot to do in one go. I have tried for a few days here and there, but the symptoms do not seem to ease and I think withdrawl symptoms of my other vices start to kick in.
IF I am going to have a ‘symptom’ day, these symptoms are something that are there from the moment I awake, they don’t come on gradually as I ‘think about them’. I can have a run of a few days with no symptoms at all.
One thing I will say, is that the symptoms have got no worse in the 2 or so months. Am I right to take some solace from this, in that if it was something serious, it would have got worse and not stayed the same ?
I am too scared to go to my doctor, for what they might find and the extra anxiety I know that will bring on for fear of all the tests they will send me form (not to mention waiting for the results and fearing the worst).
Anyone experienced any of these symptoms, long term ?
Dave