Recent content by DopeyDane

Thanks for the comment, I know you're right. This anxiety thing is really bugging the crap out of me... as soon as I'd gotten over the finger thing, I'm now noticing excess saliva, i.e. always having to swallow. Must.... stop.... researching... the 'net! :)

Well, its been a year without any siginificant bouts of hypochondria, but here we go. Last year around this time, I had a bit of an MS scare... lots of twitching and extreme fatigue that was almost constant and lasted over a month. Saw a neuro who didn't seem too interested in the twitching and...

Speg, I can relate. I've never had any ALS fears, but I've had plenty of other scares. I wonder if hypochondriacs (like me) are also (for some reason) masochists. I mean, I *know* when I go fishing for more info I don't need, I'm going to come across something bad... but there I am, like a...

I went to see a neuro about constant fatigue, mild tremors, some twitching, and this strange need to support my neck while I'm sitting. He ordered bloodtests for CPK, Adolase (sp?), and some sort of receptor antibody test (not sure for what). I just took his order to the lab and did it the...

Here's the update as promised: First, I liked this doctor, I didn't feel rushed at all. Infact we spent 10 minutes discussing Leica cameras... of course he saw me 35 minutes late, must be a time management thing :) We went thru all the standard neuro tests and he checked my strength in...

This is going to be my first time to visit a Neuro. After a period of stress in my life, I developed really really bad fatigue. Its been going on for six weeks straight. GP's blood tests came back normal and she said its stress and anxiety. Along the way I've had the lump-in-the-throat thing...