Pastycakes
25-02-16, 21:09
I apologize ahead of time if this is super long. :wacko:
My name is Lisa. I'm 27 with two kiddos - a five year old and a two year old. They are wonderful, but definitely a handful. I was diagnosed with beta thalassemia minor as a teenager and have always been more tired than the average person. My hemoglobin is always a little low, but I can usually tolerate it. In the last year, I've had a pretty significant amount of stress in my life. My family and I sold our home in Florida and moved to Tennessee. We had plenty of issues along the way. In September, we found out I was pregnant. In the beginning of November, we lost the baby. Around the same time, we found out there was black mold in our apartment that was making us all very sick. The mold was taken care of around Christmas and we came back to our apartment. My respiratory problems from the mold haven't returned, but I have never felt so horrible in my life. I've been back and forth to the doctor at least 6 times in the last couple of months. I've convinced myself that I must be dying.
My GP ran some blood tests: sedrate, creatine kinase, comprehensive metabolic panel, and a cbc. Everything came back normal except for my hemoglobin (9.6, which is pretty low even for me) I also had a chest x-ray because of some rib pain and trouble breathing. That was also normal. He also did a quick neurological exam because I was complaining of feeling off balance, constant ringing ears, muscle twitching, tingles in my left hand and other random parts of my body, a tight feeling in my right temple, and dry/tired/blurry eyes. The neurological symptoms are scaring me the most right now. I've had the weird off balance sensation before, but always figured it was my anxiety. The ringing ears started a few days after I went back on my Lexapro. I had a good experience with it in the past, but was told to stop taking it to see if the ringing in my ears would go away. Here we are a month and half later and it's still a problem. (I've also been on wellbutrin and zoloft in the last month, but told to stop due to scary side effects) My GP said he doesn't think anything neurological is wrong with me, but since I was panicking about a brain tumor, he referred me to get an MRI to put my mind at ease. I'm very nervous about this and terrified what they're going to find. My appointment for that is on March 4th. I also just went to the hematologist a few days ago and I'm waiting to get my results on some bloodwork she did. Specifically for B12 deficiency.
So just to recap.. these are the symptoms I'm pretty much constantly suffering from:
-extreme fatigue
-the worst anxiety & depression I've ever experienced
-feeling out of it all the time. I can't enjoy anything anymore.
-strange off balance/unsteady feeling (mostly while walking or standing, but sometimes I even feel weird while not doing anything)
-no energy or motivation, I get pretty tired out just doing simple every day tasks (going to the store or running errands is the worst!)
-tingling left hand and other parts (mostly left sided)
-constant ringing in ears
-random muscle twitching all over
-very tight and sore muscles in neck and shoulders
-TMJ (dentist confirmed this a few weeks back)
-joint pain and popping all over (especially fingers, knees, ankles, and my entire back)
-dry/tired eyes
-tightness in my right temple (this just started in the last few days)
-every so often, I get a mild tension type head ache. I don't normally have many problems with headaches.
I think that's everything. It's hard to keep up anymore. It seems there's something new to add to the list with each passing day. I know a lot of these are anxiety symptoms and I am an extremely anxious person. But I have never had so many symptoms at one time that seem to never go away. I'm constantly worrying about all of this, I can never relax. It has started to really be a burden on my family life. I feel like I can't be the mother and wife that I want and need to be. My husband is at his wits end with me. My mom is here staying with us to help me out and my husband is so sick of her being here. I just don't know what to do anymore. I think I will feel a little better if my MRI comes back okay, but I'm having a very hard time believing it will. If this is how I am now, I can't imagine how I will be if I find out something is seriously wrong. Again, I'm sorry this was so lengthy! I've been on this forum a lot lately reading about others experiences. It's the only thing that helps even a little bit.
My name is Lisa. I'm 27 with two kiddos - a five year old and a two year old. They are wonderful, but definitely a handful. I was diagnosed with beta thalassemia minor as a teenager and have always been more tired than the average person. My hemoglobin is always a little low, but I can usually tolerate it. In the last year, I've had a pretty significant amount of stress in my life. My family and I sold our home in Florida and moved to Tennessee. We had plenty of issues along the way. In September, we found out I was pregnant. In the beginning of November, we lost the baby. Around the same time, we found out there was black mold in our apartment that was making us all very sick. The mold was taken care of around Christmas and we came back to our apartment. My respiratory problems from the mold haven't returned, but I have never felt so horrible in my life. I've been back and forth to the doctor at least 6 times in the last couple of months. I've convinced myself that I must be dying.
My GP ran some blood tests: sedrate, creatine kinase, comprehensive metabolic panel, and a cbc. Everything came back normal except for my hemoglobin (9.6, which is pretty low even for me) I also had a chest x-ray because of some rib pain and trouble breathing. That was also normal. He also did a quick neurological exam because I was complaining of feeling off balance, constant ringing ears, muscle twitching, tingles in my left hand and other random parts of my body, a tight feeling in my right temple, and dry/tired/blurry eyes. The neurological symptoms are scaring me the most right now. I've had the weird off balance sensation before, but always figured it was my anxiety. The ringing ears started a few days after I went back on my Lexapro. I had a good experience with it in the past, but was told to stop taking it to see if the ringing in my ears would go away. Here we are a month and half later and it's still a problem. (I've also been on wellbutrin and zoloft in the last month, but told to stop due to scary side effects) My GP said he doesn't think anything neurological is wrong with me, but since I was panicking about a brain tumor, he referred me to get an MRI to put my mind at ease. I'm very nervous about this and terrified what they're going to find. My appointment for that is on March 4th. I also just went to the hematologist a few days ago and I'm waiting to get my results on some bloodwork she did. Specifically for B12 deficiency.
So just to recap.. these are the symptoms I'm pretty much constantly suffering from:
-extreme fatigue
-the worst anxiety & depression I've ever experienced
-feeling out of it all the time. I can't enjoy anything anymore.
-strange off balance/unsteady feeling (mostly while walking or standing, but sometimes I even feel weird while not doing anything)
-no energy or motivation, I get pretty tired out just doing simple every day tasks (going to the store or running errands is the worst!)
-tingling left hand and other parts (mostly left sided)
-constant ringing in ears
-random muscle twitching all over
-very tight and sore muscles in neck and shoulders
-TMJ (dentist confirmed this a few weeks back)
-joint pain and popping all over (especially fingers, knees, ankles, and my entire back)
-dry/tired eyes
-tightness in my right temple (this just started in the last few days)
-every so often, I get a mild tension type head ache. I don't normally have many problems with headaches.
I think that's everything. It's hard to keep up anymore. It seems there's something new to add to the list with each passing day. I know a lot of these are anxiety symptoms and I am an extremely anxious person. But I have never had so many symptoms at one time that seem to never go away. I'm constantly worrying about all of this, I can never relax. It has started to really be a burden on my family life. I feel like I can't be the mother and wife that I want and need to be. My husband is at his wits end with me. My mom is here staying with us to help me out and my husband is so sick of her being here. I just don't know what to do anymore. I think I will feel a little better if my MRI comes back okay, but I'm having a very hard time believing it will. If this is how I am now, I can't imagine how I will be if I find out something is seriously wrong. Again, I'm sorry this was so lengthy! I've been on this forum a lot lately reading about others experiences. It's the only thing that helps even a little bit.