I'm so frustrated with going from Doctor to doctor, trying to explain my symptoms to them and having them tell me "it's just stress", only because i'm 38. It's the same.. no matter where i go. Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, NewJersey, Georgia.. The doctors will look at me and smile, or laugh and say "you are too young to have parkinsons". What am i supposed to do? I cant even get a referral to a Neurologist in Savannah, where i am now. For a few years now , i've had this stiffness in my neck, tremors, numbess in my jaw area..numerous things..This incredible pressure in my head (which the doctors always list as "pain"). The only relief i can ever find are drugs which give relief to the central nervous system, and even then, they dont always help..i.e..Xanax. Can anyone give me advice on who will see me? Do i , or should i lie and say that i have "other" symtoms just so i can be seen? I'm just tired of not being taken seriously. I know there is something wrong with me.. If it's not Parkinsons, then i want to know what it is, ..but just because i'm young, i'm always dismissed to fend for myself. I was a cure/or treatment, not the bandaid of other pharmaceuticals to just get me by.
Sincerely,
Frustrated