Lollyoarnold
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- Aug 24, 2020
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I have not been diagnosed with FM but I am thinking I have it. Everyone, including neurologist think it’s all anxiety. (Rolling eyes).
Here are my stats:
38 year old female
Nurse
2 children: 5 and 8
On Zoloft (2 years) because I am anxious
Migraines since 18 years old but treat with over the counter medication
History
In 2004 (I was 22) I had a headache, extreme fatigue, anxiety, weird pins and needles and electric type feelings mainly in leg. Labs suggest anemic but otherwise fine. MRI on brain - normal.
2010 (I was 28 and in nursing school). Weird electric feelings mainly in legs, pins and needles, feelings like water was dripping down my legs at different times. Fatigue, anxiety. Lower back pain. Visited back doctor and have degenerative disks in lower back. Labs suggest anemic but otherwise fine. Had another MRI on brain - normal.
2018 (I was 36). Electric feelings, pins and needles, twitching awake at night, not sleeping well, muscle twitching All over body at random times big muscles and small tiny ones, all other weirdness from years before, stomach issues, Right hip starts to hurt when I do certain things and lower back pain. Occasionally right leg feels weird (when hip hurts). Visited primary care doctor 2 times, and a neurologist where I had a neuro exam. Normal. No MRI this time as the neurologist and primary care both think it’s all anxiety. Lab work: Low normal WBC and RBC and B12 on low end of normal (366 on normal range of 200-1100).
2020: Muscle twitching almost constant, no muscle weakness, weird pins and needles occasionally still, electric feelings in legs occasionally, lower back pain and right hip pain come and go. Sometimes shoulder pain that comes and goes. My chest sometimes feels bruised, I bruise super easy but have for a while, random aches and pains, headaches (Sometimes migraines sometimes normal ones), just have weird nerve type things come and go. Lab work: Normal but Low normal on WBC, RBC, Hemoglobin and Hematocrit)B12 on lower normal range (300 on a normal range of 200-1100).
Seems like my body “attacks” itself almost every Fall but a few times throughout the year. I am doing acupuncture and trying supplements (magnesium, calcium, zinc and b12).
I am healthy otherwise, hardly ever get sick with any seasonal illnesses, never get strep or flu. Very rarely get sick. Haven’t gotten coronavirus even being a nurse at the hospital. Praise the Lord.
I am now thinking this could be fibromyalgia (my husband thinks I am ridiculous)...and that I am just going to have to manage symptoms on my own. It seems almost every day is different.Large portions of the year I feel pretty good but when one of these “attacks” happens it seems like something is going on more than anxiety which I feel I have mostly under control. I try not to go down a rabbit hole of the worst illnesses out there which can cause me a great deal of panic but I feel like if it was something awful by now I wouldn’t be able to walk or see etc.. something. The muscle twitching is annoying as heck and that has caused me a great deal of stress but I don’t know what else to do. I don’t have muscle weakness and this has been going on for at least a year maybe two (since my last trip to the neurologist).
Any thoughts or tips?
LA
Here are my stats:
38 year old female
Nurse
2 children: 5 and 8
On Zoloft (2 years) because I am anxious
Migraines since 18 years old but treat with over the counter medication
History
In 2004 (I was 22) I had a headache, extreme fatigue, anxiety, weird pins and needles and electric type feelings mainly in leg. Labs suggest anemic but otherwise fine. MRI on brain - normal.
2010 (I was 28 and in nursing school). Weird electric feelings mainly in legs, pins and needles, feelings like water was dripping down my legs at different times. Fatigue, anxiety. Lower back pain. Visited back doctor and have degenerative disks in lower back. Labs suggest anemic but otherwise fine. Had another MRI on brain - normal.
2018 (I was 36). Electric feelings, pins and needles, twitching awake at night, not sleeping well, muscle twitching All over body at random times big muscles and small tiny ones, all other weirdness from years before, stomach issues, Right hip starts to hurt when I do certain things and lower back pain. Occasionally right leg feels weird (when hip hurts). Visited primary care doctor 2 times, and a neurologist where I had a neuro exam. Normal. No MRI this time as the neurologist and primary care both think it’s all anxiety. Lab work: Low normal WBC and RBC and B12 on low end of normal (366 on normal range of 200-1100).
2020: Muscle twitching almost constant, no muscle weakness, weird pins and needles occasionally still, electric feelings in legs occasionally, lower back pain and right hip pain come and go. Sometimes shoulder pain that comes and goes. My chest sometimes feels bruised, I bruise super easy but have for a while, random aches and pains, headaches (Sometimes migraines sometimes normal ones), just have weird nerve type things come and go. Lab work: Normal but Low normal on WBC, RBC, Hemoglobin and Hematocrit)B12 on lower normal range (300 on a normal range of 200-1100).
Seems like my body “attacks” itself almost every Fall but a few times throughout the year. I am doing acupuncture and trying supplements (magnesium, calcium, zinc and b12).
I am healthy otherwise, hardly ever get sick with any seasonal illnesses, never get strep or flu. Very rarely get sick. Haven’t gotten coronavirus even being a nurse at the hospital. Praise the Lord.
I am now thinking this could be fibromyalgia (my husband thinks I am ridiculous)...and that I am just going to have to manage symptoms on my own. It seems almost every day is different.Large portions of the year I feel pretty good but when one of these “attacks” happens it seems like something is going on more than anxiety which I feel I have mostly under control. I try not to go down a rabbit hole of the worst illnesses out there which can cause me a great deal of panic but I feel like if it was something awful by now I wouldn’t be able to walk or see etc.. something. The muscle twitching is annoying as heck and that has caused me a great deal of stress but I don’t know what else to do. I don’t have muscle weakness and this has been going on for at least a year maybe two (since my last trip to the neurologist).
Any thoughts or tips?
LA
