I have been having issues for a little less than 6 months. I was having neck pain which i knew was from bad posture and excessive hours at the computer. It started to get worse by accompanying it with dizziness, vertigo, trapezius (idk how to spell that) muscle very stiff, tensions headaches etc. I didn't really have arm pain at all. Finally i went to the doctor and had an X-ray done, thinking they would tell me i have a herniated disc in my neck (to match the one in my lumbar.)
It showed on the X-ray that i have 2 cervical ribs (one on each side) and the doc thinks that i have TOS. She raised my arms and such, said the pulse goes away in certain positions, which would explain why i always wake up with my arms asleep (stomach sleeper.)
I'm only 20 and i suffer from extreme anxiety attacks. I'm worried that my TOS is arterial from the ribs (though I've lived 19 years with no problems) and that i could develop a clot. I've just been researching as much as i could and i don't know what to do. every weird tingle or twinge in my upper arm/neck area or when i get dizzy i freak out.
Anyone have any advice? Is this condition deadly? Would a clot be obvious? I'm afraid to go to sleep and have a stroke in the middle of the night or something.
Thanks to any answers or posts, i don't know where else to go.
-Rini