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Originally Posted by JFlighttt
Hello everybody, Brian here, first post in the community.
Not sure where to start but I'll start out saying I have changed dramatically over the past couple of years and it's really hard to live with the issues I am facing.
Going back through childhood, grew up as a normal kid, fulfilled life and had a lot of fun. Coming towards the end of high school ( i am 19 now) things started to change and I lost the person who I used to be.
My current symptoms on my everyday basis are:
Depression
Derealization; Depersonalization episodes from time to time, quite often
Anxiety
Anhedonia
Tiredness ALWAYS
Disrodered thinking, thinking in unusual ways and perceiving things very unusually
Distorted/unusual view of reality
Insomnia and OCD (rumination on thoughts and in my mind for hours when trying to fall asleep)
I have been feeling this way for I would say about 2 years. I am living in a very strange and frightening world that anyone can only imagine to see in a nightmare.
What brought me to this community was my research on myoclonic jerks.
I was laying in bed, closed my eyes and tensed up my abdominal area and a giant rush through my head is what I felt as well as the body sense of "falling" and it almost felt like an orgasm through the whole body is how I would describe it. An absolutely severe and intense body sensation that caused me to do very severe myoclonic spasms in my abdominal region for a second or so and then I give up because it is frightening. Whenever I try to relax with my eyes closed I will jerk/spasm uncontrollably mainly in the abdominal area.
I am having a hard time coping with what is going on and why.
My question would be is there any type of testing I can do at a hospital or anywhere to see if I have some type of neurological issue that hasn't became a problem in my life until recently?
I am currently on Lexapro-2 weeks in (10mg) and Trazadone to help me fall asleep.
Thank you for your time and PMs are recommended if any further personal details need to be announced.
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First off all, my condolences I have been fighting this for exact thing for a month and a half, and I can not imagine having it for 2 yrs straight. One thing I would suggest is a sleep study, although I will share my experience with mine to give you a full disclousre. -
Hooked up to EEG (monitors the brain activity), but sleep tech told me that I did not have sleep apnea, and that there was nothing wrong even though I am CLEARLY jerking awake. Then talked to a "technologist specialist" that explained that the EEG they did was 'at a lesser frequency, with less channels, and less speed than in a neurological setting.' Very frustrating, as I wanted to know if my sleep problem was neurologically based. In ANY CASE , I have heard that some sleep studies may help to see the cause of the jerks. Also, I have an appointment with them in 10 days, so I will keep you posted with what I find out.
If it isn't too much of a favor to ask, I was hoping if you could check out a youtube video that i made that show my symptoms to see if they are as severe as yours.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQDsJkWR6pE
Lastly, I do not endorse, not advise using medication without consulting a doctor first, but I have read that clonopen helps out with this exact type of problem, but that you can build a resistance and that it loses it effetiveness over time.
In any case, best of luck, I do know exactly the hell that this but as everyone has told me - hang in there everything happens for a reason and keep pushing b/c you'll get the answers your looking for soon
