blangjr21
31-10-08, 02:42
I've been lurking for a couple weeks on this forum, which has helped me somewhat. I wanted to tell my story however, see if what I'm suffering from is what I now believe is Anxiety/Depression.
It started about 2 1/2 months ago while I was changing jobs (from a night shift to a day shift as well). I was having trouble peeing, having to go all the time. Finally one day I passed blood. GP said with my family history it was most likely a stone or kidney sludge buildup.
About a day or so after I started getting a tingling pins/needles feeling in my left arm as well as a left sided headache. Dr. Google said MS or a tumor, I freaked out and convinced myself it was a tumor (after all I had just read Bobby Murcers memoir about his battle with a tumor, and shockingly I had many of his symptoms, except the important ones! which of course i ignored).
I thought I'd tought it out but the tingling came and went for the next week or so, it then started in my lower left leg. Sometimes the tingly feelings would move to my right side but not all that often. At one point while laying down I couldn't catch my breath, started sweating, what I considered a panic attack.
So after about a week and a half of this tingling feeling went back to the GP office, had a different GP see me (regular was out of the office). Stated that all my blood work from prior kidney problem was fine/normal no problems. My nuero findings were not in line with a "mass lesion" and that I should try to relax, and if necessary breathe through a paper bag.
Felt a little bit better after that, but then less than a week later all the symptoms came back (this is now 2 weeks into a brand new job/lifestyle). Then my muscles started to get achy, my forearm, biceps, calves, thighs...sometimes twitches, feeling very tired.
After that I just didn't feel right, tired all the time, not interested in doing anything, mostly because I felt to tired. Sometimes I would cry for no reason, but not often...but my muscles ached and I was so tired.
Went back to GP, told him what was going on he stated to the effect of "it may be MS" GREAT! Wanted me seen by a nuero as soon as possible, this only seemed to make symptoms worse. Saw the nuero (at 6am a week later!!! which is way early btw.) did a full workup and assessment. Stated that my findings were not in line with those normally presented of an MS patient, and that I had no nuero deficits accept possible carpal tunnel. However, wanted me to get an MRI of the Brain and Spine.
Got those all findings were clear, no MS, no Tumor. Have had 4 sets of blood work, thyroid is fine, no lupus, no low b-12, no nothing.
However I'm still very tired most days, feeling very depressed, not smiling hardly ever, not laughing, way to tired to do anything, and my calves hurt almost every day, sometimes my thighs. I don't sleep very well, although have no trouble falling asleep, i just toss and turn most nights. Last night I slept well, but that was abnormal. I feel like Stress/Anxiety/Depression are the root of all these problems, I'm just wondering if that sounds like it's possible.
Do all of you suffer from these problems? The pain in the legs, tingling feelings in various areas of your body?
I worry that it may be something like Fibromyalgia or CFS, although those possibilities are so low it's asinine for me to think that. I'm a 24 y/o male, no family history of anything but kidney stones *(dad) and hypothyroid (mom).
What do you guys think? I'd love to hear from you. If nothing else I feel better getting all this out there.
It started about 2 1/2 months ago while I was changing jobs (from a night shift to a day shift as well). I was having trouble peeing, having to go all the time. Finally one day I passed blood. GP said with my family history it was most likely a stone or kidney sludge buildup.
About a day or so after I started getting a tingling pins/needles feeling in my left arm as well as a left sided headache. Dr. Google said MS or a tumor, I freaked out and convinced myself it was a tumor (after all I had just read Bobby Murcers memoir about his battle with a tumor, and shockingly I had many of his symptoms, except the important ones! which of course i ignored).
I thought I'd tought it out but the tingling came and went for the next week or so, it then started in my lower left leg. Sometimes the tingly feelings would move to my right side but not all that often. At one point while laying down I couldn't catch my breath, started sweating, what I considered a panic attack.
So after about a week and a half of this tingling feeling went back to the GP office, had a different GP see me (regular was out of the office). Stated that all my blood work from prior kidney problem was fine/normal no problems. My nuero findings were not in line with a "mass lesion" and that I should try to relax, and if necessary breathe through a paper bag.
Felt a little bit better after that, but then less than a week later all the symptoms came back (this is now 2 weeks into a brand new job/lifestyle). Then my muscles started to get achy, my forearm, biceps, calves, thighs...sometimes twitches, feeling very tired.
After that I just didn't feel right, tired all the time, not interested in doing anything, mostly because I felt to tired. Sometimes I would cry for no reason, but not often...but my muscles ached and I was so tired.
Went back to GP, told him what was going on he stated to the effect of "it may be MS" GREAT! Wanted me seen by a nuero as soon as possible, this only seemed to make symptoms worse. Saw the nuero (at 6am a week later!!! which is way early btw.) did a full workup and assessment. Stated that my findings were not in line with those normally presented of an MS patient, and that I had no nuero deficits accept possible carpal tunnel. However, wanted me to get an MRI of the Brain and Spine.
Got those all findings were clear, no MS, no Tumor. Have had 4 sets of blood work, thyroid is fine, no lupus, no low b-12, no nothing.
However I'm still very tired most days, feeling very depressed, not smiling hardly ever, not laughing, way to tired to do anything, and my calves hurt almost every day, sometimes my thighs. I don't sleep very well, although have no trouble falling asleep, i just toss and turn most nights. Last night I slept well, but that was abnormal. I feel like Stress/Anxiety/Depression are the root of all these problems, I'm just wondering if that sounds like it's possible.
Do all of you suffer from these problems? The pain in the legs, tingling feelings in various areas of your body?
I worry that it may be something like Fibromyalgia or CFS, although those possibilities are so low it's asinine for me to think that. I'm a 24 y/o male, no family history of anything but kidney stones *(dad) and hypothyroid (mom).
What do you guys think? I'd love to hear from you. If nothing else I feel better getting all this out there.