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02-09-2015, 06:56 PM | #11 | ||
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Have you checked out thoracic outlet syndrome, same site different forum? See if reading some of the threads ring a bell. Unfortunately it is not always easily diagnosed by MRI or electrodiagnostic testing. Worth a look.
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Idiopathic Sensorimotor Polyneuropathy Atypical Migraine Chiari 1 malformation 7 mm PLIF L5-S1 Sept. 2013 Lumbar MRI March 2013: degenerative changes from L3 to S1. L3 and L4 have tiny annular tears with disc bulge. L5-S1 bilateral pars defects anterolisthesis (spondylosis/spondylithesis?) I have an annular tear here too, along with a conjoined left L5-S1 nerve root. Mild effacement of the thecal sac at the origins of the bilateral S1 nerve roots, left greater than right. Mild bilateral Neural foraminal stenosis. |
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02-09-2015, 09:49 PM | #12 | ||
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They still don't know what I have (besides TN). I went from MS to cancer (paraneoplastic syndrome) to now maybe ALS or some other motor neuron disease. I'm still hoping that it's 'only' some form of neuropathy. |
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02-10-2015, 07:07 AM | #13 | ||
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Had a good talk to doctor today
He's agreed carbamazepine not for me. Going to try amitryptilene(sp?!) for pain and to help me sleep. Also antibiotic in case there is an infection going on in lypmh / glands as my neck and ear have both got some tenderness & swelling. The fact that ibuprofen helps might suggest something swollen or inflamed is causing a problem. And has ordered an MRI. Feeling hopeful that the right steps are being taken |
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02-10-2015, 11:28 AM | #14 | ||
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Had you been sick prior to all of this? There's something called "Post Viral Syndrome" that can cause the symptoms you're experiencing. |
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02-10-2015, 11:37 AM | #15 | |||
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There is also some new evidence that amitriptyline may encourage peripheral nerves to regrow:
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/post529063-1.html
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02-10-2015, 01:36 PM | #16 | ||
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Dr said on amitriptyline that it will help me get some sleep and can also benefit nerve pain. It is deffo nerve pain I am experiencing, just that there is a possibility the cause might be to do with an infection e.g. something swollen pressing on a nerve or something. Frankly I think the antibiotics are worth a try even if that's an unlikely cause - right now I'd try just about anything! |
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