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Old 03-18-2016, 03:43 AM #1
Pika428 Pika428 is offline
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Default New to this .. sort of

I am a new member and like many, searching

Over the years I've had different symptoms but all came crashing to halt in November 2015 with migraines, numbness in arms, neck pain shooting to head and down arms.

Today -
Numbness & tingling in arms & hands (most right side)
Pain, tingling, burning in both feet and legs
Migraine seems to be worse in light and driving car
Stress - hugely magnifies all to the point where my body just won't work. I've had to lift my right arm with my left to shake someone's hand
Speech - thinking one word and something else comes out. Started long, drawn out speech like the words are totally stuck in my brain
Gait - dragging my right leg and unsteady to walk
Dizziness
Memory issues - severe short term memory issues
Anxiety, hypertension & depression
Eye pain - like I cannot even describe

Testing & Diagnosis -
1.) MRI & CT scan of head and neck - all Ok
2.) Visual Field Study - eye doctor - abnormal
3.) EMG - Impression (I share because I really don't know how to interpret)

This is an abnormal electrophysiological study due to evidence of right sural sensory neuropathy which may be supportive of the diagnosis of sensory peripheral neuropathy in lower extremities. It may be due to different causes such as metabolic, nutritional deficiencies, paraneoplastic, autoimmune and others, or it may be idiopathic. There was also evidence of bilateral median neuropathies with entrapment at the level of flexor retinaculum, i.e. carpal tunnel syndrome, affecting sensory fibers only. There was no evidence of right cervical or right lumbar however this test is only 60-80% sensitive for such disease. There was no evidence of muscle disease. There was no evidence of neuromuscular junction disorder. Clinical correlation is suggested

4.) Bloodwork - Ok - high B6 but, was on supplement & requested we redo test (thank you to this group for sharing this info). Will redo as soon as I can fast long enough - my memory issues - I literally keep forgetting to fast

5.) EEG - had today and no results yet
6.) MRI of thoracic and lumbar later today



I am 52 female, single parent to 8 yr old and going absolutely bonkers.

I have tried:
Physical therapy on neck and arms (PT believes strongly neuro)
Accupuncture
Massage therapy
Chiropractor

Meds -
Only on neurologist prescribed (came off a ton of others) gabapentin, inderal and indocin

I'm trying to find out source of neuropathy and how relates to all the other symptoms.

I'm looking for support / guidance on my new path here.
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