StygianFox
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Hey all,I've been visiting your forums for quite a while now, and found them extreme helpful!I have a few questions in regards to BFS and if it is something I'm dealing with.About 8 months ago, I had an episode where I had I went numb from the knee's down and from the elbows to my finger tips. This totally freaked me out, but after an MRI revealed a broadbased disc herniation touching both my nerves and putting a slight pressure on my spinal chord these symptoms were explainable.Being quite stressed out about the whole ordeal and the possibility of surgery I started noticing other symptoms. Firstly I noticed the ratchet like moment of my fingers using the phone, this soon was noticed in pretty much every voluntary muscle in my body. I also noticed I had a buzzing sensation though out my body, only slight but it was pretty much there all the time, but aleviated when I slept.I then noticed i had the shakes, when I held the phone, my fork etc, only slightly but it would accentuate if I was stressed or put in a pressured situation. Never when I was at rest, or actively using my hands.The other odd symptom was my eyes are playing up. I have great vision normally and still do, but cannot focus on a moving object, making it very hard to watch sports and TV. Otherwise my eyes are okay.I've lost no real stength, though my muscles do shake excessively as if they've hit their working limit, but I can push through it with no ill effects.I've visited the Neuro twice trying to grt some answers, but all he's said was you don't have auto immune disease, but some of your symptoms are odd, and I can't attribute them to your disc herniation (shakes, ratcheting, vision issues) he also said I need to relax and not stress about it. Being unsatisfied with that answer I started to look into it myself, and stumbled across this forum where quite a few symptoms can be attributed to BFS. My physical therapist feels even the above described symptoms could be attributed to the disc touching my chord, but I'm not sold on that as all my other discy symptoms (pain, tingling, numbness) seem to change, while the above symptoms are pretty much constant.What are people's thoughts on what I'm experiencing ? I'm less freaked out about it all these days, but I'm still looking for peace of mind and answers ?Should I look into it further ? As it's not really affecting my life apart from watching TV (which I don't do much of anyway) Thanks in advance,Chris