LilTiger92
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Okay...so my blood work came back normal and my GP gave me a long lecture about starting an antidepressant which I again politely declined. I am taking ativan at night for sleep but since I care for my daughter during the day I don't take it then. She said if I wanted I could proceed with the neuro so I am. She referred me to one who I actually used to personal train (talk about a complex!! Personal training a neurologist! I thought she should be training me!) but she is out of network for me so I am seeing one I saw a few years back for headache issues. My appt is 11/21 and I am going nuts. My symptoms seem to be the same, them worse, then I'm not sure...I'm all over the place. I spent all day yesterday reading, researching, obsessing, crying (a LOT of crying) and of no course I am no better today. So here's what I have going on that has me terrified. I already posted about the sleep disturbances. The ativan helped the first night but no go last night. I woke up multiple times with the whole body internal tremor and a few times with it in one spot (particularly my left glute). Then I had a twitch or a hitch or a catch or whatever in my breathing. Twice. That about sent me over the edge. It was like a hiccup but with no hiccup? Just a quick twitch or something that caused me to rapidly suck in air. It was extremely distressing and disturbing. My twitches are predominately in my left leg (the whole thing...sometimes calf sometimes thigh/hamstring/glute) but I get the occasional in the right leg (mainly lower). I do have increased muscle fatigue. And what's really bothering me is this odd almost tickly/sensitive sensation in my left leg. You know how when your leg falls asleep and starts to wake back up theres that feeling where it's super-sensitive? Almost like a tickle but more an overwhelming senstiveness if you put weight on it or move it. That's pretty constant right now. Anyone ever have anything like that????? I'm convinced I have upper leg weakness but I can still get up out of chairs and manage stairs so I guess it's perceived? I'm so new to this and don't have any results to fall back on for hope. I'm here in a tailspin until the 21st of November and that's a long time away. Please, anyone, help me feel better about this crazy crazy so I can at least have a quasi-normal existence until the appt.
)and yes, it is normal that twitching spots are sore and fatigued.and many of us just have excersise intolerance up to the pain in the arm when brushing hair ot teeth or pain in the legs when walking.
) By the way, don't think of your appointment as "OMG I have to wait a month until somebody tells me I am okay!!!" Think of it as "Oh crap, in a month I gotta go through this sh-t again." Don't look at your appt as a lifeline, look at it as an annoyance. That is the quickest way to stop focusing on your symptoms and just move on with your life.