Recent content by TwitchyAz

i would suggest seeing a spine specialist...cord compression and stenosis can explain some of your symptoms.

great news andman...so what was your official diagnosis?how have symptoms been?

I too have little kids and the stress of making sure they are ok is a lot to handle...don't underestimate the load on our subconscious. Also If you aren't already I would pursue physical therapy for your neck. I'm sure the surgeons would push for conventional treatment before operations. if...

hey andy sorry to hear you are going through all of this like many of us. you sound alot like me. from your story I see many explanations of whats going on that exclude ALS. you have had compromised immune system, spinal cord compression, major anxiety, and hypocondria going on....nothing from...

sounds like BFS and sounds like a similar story as many of us on the forum. do the things that help and address your anxiety would be the only advice that helped me.

hi i tried it....did nothing but give me side effects.

I totally agree...BFS is perhaps misleading. some neurologists I have seen refuse to use the term. then again we are a syndrome not a disease...so its just a grouping of symptoms and allows for us to at least band together and help cope and some push for more investigation.

sure, here is the company website:I buy this from my naturopath but I am sure you can buy it at a variety of online retailers.

Tiber,you can certainly speak to your neurologist about Isaac's but as I stated most don't have clinical experience diagnosing it. Its a very rare diagnosis. Its not related to MS or ALS or any sinister disease. The treatment for it doesn't actually differ too much more than the treatments...

PuppetPup....I would try a natural supplement before I moved on to heavy duty mind medications like cymbalta.I highly recommend a product called Selevance by NeuroSciences....for me its much more mild that SSRI meds but on the flip side its using amino acids to boost production of...

one important thing about doing gluten free....you can't cheat.I have learned thru my own experience if you have celiacs or even gluten intolerance you cannot break the rules for a cookie here or a snack there. If your body cannot handle gluten you need to avoid it at all costs which means...

BFS may be benign but its not symptom free.....You aren't alone in your symtpoms. Many of us here all have the same and it waxes and wanes. BFS is benign meaning it won't kill you but for a lot of us its also a painful and bothersome condition. coping is the true battle once you move past...

how many of you are taking PPI medications for your GERD? I have seen a lot of people show this as a side effect of long term use of those type of medications:just one forum here:

I share almost all of your symptoms. I have suspected fibromyalgia for a long while. its one of those conditions though that i can't find 2 doctors who agree on anything related to it. Throw in the fact I am male and you will get some really sideways looks as most think its a "woman's"...

sorry to hear....sounds like you are in that middle ground of trying to decide who is right...the lyme "literate" doctors or the rest of the medical community. unfortunately after all of my research I don't have the foggiest clue where the truth lies. Here is the sad thing to me.....I have not...