Yellowbug
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Hi. I'm new here and trying to find some clue as to what's going on with me. I've been having symptoms for about a year.
The first one was numbness in my right foot that lasted about a week. A few months later, the numbness/tingling started again in that foot, then spread to the other foot and up both legs to my knees. That lasted a few weeks. Then, a few months later, I had painful burning in my lower legs and numb thighs. After a week, I woke up with a numb left hand and a tingly and burning arm. I had trouble using that hand for fine motor stuff for a couple of weeks too.
Each time these symptoms appeared, I was very very tired. I also noticed that I was tripping over my feet a lot and a little off balance. I also had some eye pain once and some dizziness.
The next episode of symptoms started with a very stiff and tight thigh muscle that made it hard to walk off and on for about a month. I also had tight and aching muscles in my upper arms. These symptoms have not completely gone away about five months later.
The newest symptom I have is horrible burning pain on one side of my face. It started in my cheek and part of chin and spread to part of my ear. It was constant and pretty bad for a few weeks, but is tapering off now.
My GP suggested MS as really her only idea, but the neurologist I saw gave me an MRI, which was normal. The neuro mentioned fibro, but left me without any diagnosis. All of my blood work was normal and the only neurological finding was hyperreflexia. After the face pain, I'm going to see a neurologist with more experience, but I don't know if this is the right direction to go in. My GP does not think it sounds like fibro because I mostly have pain only in my arms and I don't have any sleep problems.
Has anyone had episodic symptoms like this that started with paresthesia?
Thanks so much for reading all of this and for any insight you can offer!
The first one was numbness in my right foot that lasted about a week. A few months later, the numbness/tingling started again in that foot, then spread to the other foot and up both legs to my knees. That lasted a few weeks. Then, a few months later, I had painful burning in my lower legs and numb thighs. After a week, I woke up with a numb left hand and a tingly and burning arm. I had trouble using that hand for fine motor stuff for a couple of weeks too.
Each time these symptoms appeared, I was very very tired. I also noticed that I was tripping over my feet a lot and a little off balance. I also had some eye pain once and some dizziness.
The next episode of symptoms started with a very stiff and tight thigh muscle that made it hard to walk off and on for about a month. I also had tight and aching muscles in my upper arms. These symptoms have not completely gone away about five months later.
The newest symptom I have is horrible burning pain on one side of my face. It started in my cheek and part of chin and spread to part of my ear. It was constant and pretty bad for a few weeks, but is tapering off now.
My GP suggested MS as really her only idea, but the neurologist I saw gave me an MRI, which was normal. The neuro mentioned fibro, but left me without any diagnosis. All of my blood work was normal and the only neurological finding was hyperreflexia. After the face pain, I'm going to see a neurologist with more experience, but I don't know if this is the right direction to go in. My GP does not think it sounds like fibro because I mostly have pain only in my arms and I don't have any sleep problems.
Has anyone had episodic symptoms like this that started with paresthesia?
Thanks so much for reading all of this and for any insight you can offer!