nameDissin
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Hello,I am 28 year old female who has been experiencing what I believe to be BFS symptoms for the past nearly 7 months. I would greatly appreciate any feedback that can be given cocerning my symptoms and if they seem like BFS.Symptoms include:A monthly alternation between burning, stinging, prickly, itchy sensations on skin and a crawley-itch sensation under the skin. The crawley sensations stop with movement but the stinging, etc. sensations do not. Sometimes the crawley sensations will feel like a bunch of ants crawling in one area or one ant crawling in random places all over body. I have no muscle pain or cramps. The only pain felt is during the stinging burning sensation cycle. In addition to these symptoms, I have muscle twitches some light and some heavy and body jerks (the jerks mostly happen when I'm lying in bed trying to fall asleep). I have been under a lot of stress over the past year and a half. Before I experienced all these symptoms, I was experiencing other symptoms unrelated to these (lump in throat, breathing difficulty-which went away after some months). I'm very frustrated that I continue to battle health issues. The most frustrating part about my current symptoms is that they are interrupting my sleep. When I don't sleep I feel worse. I also feel worse around my menstrual cycle.What I have done about my symptoms:I've seen a general doc, an allergist, a dermatologist, and a neurologist. I have no allergies except to dust mites. My bloodwork came back clear. I had an MRI which also came back clear. My neurologist did not feel that it was anthing serious after his office test and the MRI results. I have not had an EMG but currently do not have insurance to have one as I just moved from one state to another. I've taken antihistamines to help sleep, valerian root, lunesta, melatonin, and hydroxine...none of these have really helped much. I've been taking B-vitamin supplements and magnesium, which also have not worked. The only thing that helped me sleep better than anything else I tried was xanax (.5mg). I'm out of the xanax and do not have a current doc or insurance to get more. I was taking it for about two months. The cycle:My symptoms stated 10-4-07. During the first month I have two 3 day cycles in which symptoms were gone. I also had a two and a half week span in which symptoms were gone that month (after take an oral steriod, which I took again later and did not help). During month 2 I had only one 3 day cycle in which there were no symptoms. During month 3 through 6 I had no remissions whatsoever. This current month I've had some days in which symptoms have been better but no gone. I also have had some restful nights with no medications. I'm tired of getting my hopes up and then nothing really goes away. This is the most stupid thing I have ever dealt with on a physical level. I'm also driving my husband crazy. Do my symptoms sound relevant or am I wasting my time here? I've done so much research on the internet and this is my best conclusion as doctors have not been much help.