I think my story is overdue and this is probably a good idea to track my progress and my symptoms and a chance to share my story.
I am a 30 year old male, ~140, 5'10. Newly married, just moved to a new place and I am extremely worried.
Been experiencing these symptoms.
Long term, short term memory loss and cognitive skills - (Been getting worse for the past few years) Forgetting names, places, making wrong turns when driving. Having a hard time figuring things out, i.e cooking dinner: where to start, what I need, opening the wrong draw for utensils and cooking supplies (I do this a lot).
Visions problems - (Started a week ago) I see floaters in both eyes and look like a small piece of dust that shows up when my eyes move but goes away when I stare at one time. Takes longer for my eyes to focus on things like looking at my phone then looking at a clock 10 feet away and vise versa.
Dexterity and endurance with my right arm/hand - (First noticed this ~8 years ago) First noticed this when I was in college working on a chemistry lab and noticed it was harder to drip things into test tubes and other fine motor skill related task( like using a mouse). I still was able to do it but it was very hard, my hands would get sweaty, my joints would hurt and my hand would shake. It felt like this change happened pretty much over night. I used to play a lot of video games back then and chopped it up to that. My arm has gotten worse since then. I can still do what I need to do for a short period of time before my hand get stiff and things get a lot harder. This has now started translating to my left hand as well. Also my wrists feel very weak.
Back pain - (Been having back pain for the last 2ish year). But thought it was the amount of sitting and lying down I did. I have been working out my back and going to chiropractor and PT and it help a bit but still hurts.
Cracking joints - (gotten pretty A lot of my joints feel so stiff then I can pretty much crack any joint in my body. My worse parts are my right arm( shoulder, elbow, wrist and all joints in my fingers). But there is no joint pain, just stiffness. I crack my right arm a lot hoping to get more dexterity I guess.
Stiffness in my left leg - (Noticed it about 2 weeks ago) When I walk far distances I notice my left calf and thigh is a lot more tight then my right leg. I don't have any noticeable gait problems but my do notice that my balance is getting worse. I still am able to work a pretty good amount I can still do 4-5 miles if I wanted to push myself.
Diarrhea - (Bad diarrhea for the past 3 months) Sorry if this is little nasty but that is one of the symptoms I have.
ED - It's harder to get the little man to stand in attention.
Low blood pressure - (Noticed it about a year ago) Have had my blood pressure that would make up its mind. Sometimes I get readings of 80/50 and sometimes its 118/70.
Dizziness and lightheadedness - (Noticed it around a year or two ago). I get lightheaded and dizzy when I get up of the bed or couch. Gets worse with alcohol so I don't drink anymore. There was one somewhere with a bunch of friends and had a drink and while walking around an arcade close by, I fainted. I woke up to EMT around me asking if I remember what happened.
Sweating and body temp - My hands and legs would just start sweating. My hands and feet get cold at times and very hot at times. They just won't make up their minds. Sometimes I wake up at night and I'm covered in sweat.
Muscle twitches - (Gotten more noticable and worse in the past few months) I get muscle twitches everywhere in my body, over 50 times a day and sometimes more. Predominately in my left leg, right arm and stomach but I can get them anywhere.
Tinnitus - (noticed it about a week ago) ringing in my right ear would come and go. Rings for a few seconds to a minute then stops.
I don't have prolonged tingling or numbers in my arms or feet. I do noticed that when I lay in certain positions or sit on the toilet the wrong way they do start to tingle.
There are probably more symptoms but my brain doesn't want to remember anything.
I went to my GP regarding these symptoms in January he ran a battery of blood tests and found things to be normal. Then he sent me to a endocrinologist and she ran a battery of test said everything was normal except for two things. I had high prolactin and ferritin not super high but enough for it to be abnormal. I haven't done a vitamin panel and my GP will not order it until I see my neuro and get MRI done.
Also got referred to the neurologist which tested me and said I have hyperreflexia in my knees and hyporeflexia in my right arm. He said it is possible that I have MS and a lot of these symptoms can point in that direction. I am scheduled to do an MRI on only the brain on monday (my insurance wouldn't approve neck and spine) and have another appointment with the following monday.
I am beyond worried and would love any support and advice anyone has to offer. Thanks for reading and any help given.
I am a 30 year old male, ~140, 5'10. Newly married, just moved to a new place and I am extremely worried.
Been experiencing these symptoms.
Long term, short term memory loss and cognitive skills - (Been getting worse for the past few years) Forgetting names, places, making wrong turns when driving. Having a hard time figuring things out, i.e cooking dinner: where to start, what I need, opening the wrong draw for utensils and cooking supplies (I do this a lot).
Visions problems - (Started a week ago) I see floaters in both eyes and look like a small piece of dust that shows up when my eyes move but goes away when I stare at one time. Takes longer for my eyes to focus on things like looking at my phone then looking at a clock 10 feet away and vise versa.
Dexterity and endurance with my right arm/hand - (First noticed this ~8 years ago) First noticed this when I was in college working on a chemistry lab and noticed it was harder to drip things into test tubes and other fine motor skill related task( like using a mouse). I still was able to do it but it was very hard, my hands would get sweaty, my joints would hurt and my hand would shake. It felt like this change happened pretty much over night. I used to play a lot of video games back then and chopped it up to that. My arm has gotten worse since then. I can still do what I need to do for a short period of time before my hand get stiff and things get a lot harder. This has now started translating to my left hand as well. Also my wrists feel very weak.
Back pain - (Been having back pain for the last 2ish year). But thought it was the amount of sitting and lying down I did. I have been working out my back and going to chiropractor and PT and it help a bit but still hurts.
Cracking joints - (gotten pretty A lot of my joints feel so stiff then I can pretty much crack any joint in my body. My worse parts are my right arm( shoulder, elbow, wrist and all joints in my fingers). But there is no joint pain, just stiffness. I crack my right arm a lot hoping to get more dexterity I guess.
Stiffness in my left leg - (Noticed it about 2 weeks ago) When I walk far distances I notice my left calf and thigh is a lot more tight then my right leg. I don't have any noticeable gait problems but my do notice that my balance is getting worse. I still am able to work a pretty good amount I can still do 4-5 miles if I wanted to push myself.
Diarrhea - (Bad diarrhea for the past 3 months) Sorry if this is little nasty but that is one of the symptoms I have.
ED - It's harder to get the little man to stand in attention.
Low blood pressure - (Noticed it about a year ago) Have had my blood pressure that would make up its mind. Sometimes I get readings of 80/50 and sometimes its 118/70.
Dizziness and lightheadedness - (Noticed it around a year or two ago). I get lightheaded and dizzy when I get up of the bed or couch. Gets worse with alcohol so I don't drink anymore. There was one somewhere with a bunch of friends and had a drink and while walking around an arcade close by, I fainted. I woke up to EMT around me asking if I remember what happened.
Sweating and body temp - My hands and legs would just start sweating. My hands and feet get cold at times and very hot at times. They just won't make up their minds. Sometimes I wake up at night and I'm covered in sweat.
Muscle twitches - (Gotten more noticable and worse in the past few months) I get muscle twitches everywhere in my body, over 50 times a day and sometimes more. Predominately in my left leg, right arm and stomach but I can get them anywhere.
Tinnitus - (noticed it about a week ago) ringing in my right ear would come and go. Rings for a few seconds to a minute then stops.
I don't have prolonged tingling or numbers in my arms or feet. I do noticed that when I lay in certain positions or sit on the toilet the wrong way they do start to tingle.
There are probably more symptoms but my brain doesn't want to remember anything.
I went to my GP regarding these symptoms in January he ran a battery of blood tests and found things to be normal. Then he sent me to a endocrinologist and she ran a battery of test said everything was normal except for two things. I had high prolactin and ferritin not super high but enough for it to be abnormal. I haven't done a vitamin panel and my GP will not order it until I see my neuro and get MRI done.
Also got referred to the neurologist which tested me and said I have hyperreflexia in my knees and hyporeflexia in my right arm. He said it is possible that I have MS and a lot of these symptoms can point in that direction. I am scheduled to do an MRI on only the brain on monday (my insurance wouldn't approve neck and spine) and have another appointment with the following monday.
I am beyond worried and would love any support and advice anyone has to offer. Thanks for reading and any help given.
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