Thank you for your reply MrsD... Yes, I take
verapamil 240 mg bid for tachycardia & migraine
Humira injection for arthritis control
prednisone 3 mg for arthritis
ambien at night
MS Contin 15 mg at night
Reglan and phenergan have been prescribed for gastroparesis but I have reservation in taking them on a regular basis.

My neurologist has ordered lab work including,

2 hour glucose tolerance test,
methylmalonic acid, CK, Vit.D (25 hydroxy total), ANA, ESR, FTA, Lyme Western blot, comp. metabolic panel, CBC, SPEP w/immunofixation, SSA, SSB, Vit. E, cANCA, pANCA, ACE level, RF, antiribonucleoprotein, cryogloblins, anti ScI 70, copper.

I have already had numerous studies for thyroid dysfunction and the results are normal. I did work in a manufacturing atmosphere for 25 years, so yes, I have been exposed to chemicals. I can however place a finger on these problems occuring after the monoclonal pneumonia 20 years ago. At that time, I had terrible dyautonomia starting with tachycardia, etc. It did improve somewhat but then returned with terrible occurances in June and September of last year. On both occasions, I had numbness and tingling in my hands, feet and mouth. It eventually left except for the left hand and occurs elsewhere periodically.

My neurologist has advised me to take alphalipoic acid 600 mg and carnitine, 1000 mg (bid).

I feel confident that he is being thorough as this is the first time anyone has shown concern and has ordered many of these studies. I have had the Autoimmune studies and have a few abnormalities there but nothing frank.

Another thing that is bothersome is that I am losing my memory at times. The doctor noted it and my husband has also noticed.

The weather here is so cold this week. It seems to make things worse.

Thank you for reading... Mere