[worried_mom]

Just got back from another doctor's appointment for my son. I took him this time bc of his new symptoms:

* muscle twitches, sometimes to the point of pain and pain in the muscles after

* dizzy when he stands up from sitting or laying

* arms go cold, tingly, numb and legs too, vision changes, auditory problems, and jaw tightening all when he stands with head tilted at all upwards

* pulse races to 120-130 just from the act of standing up!

Nathan has been on no activity for the entire 4+ months, but was extremely physically healthy prior to head injury. at 6'2" he weighs in at 138 lbs

He takes multivitamin, B100, flaxseed oil, vit E along with his allergy med daily and 25mg amitriptyline at bedtime.

He eats like a horse or teenage boy! He takes in NO caffeine. He drinks tons of water and some milk daily.

Dr says to supervise him drinking 1gallon of water per day and push salty foods. Take his blood pressure and heart rate 6x per day. Call him on Tuesday with results. He says he's 100% sure dehydration is causing all this and may be lengthening his recovery.

We had already added 2 bottles of gatorade a day after last week's visit. Most of these symptoms have gotten worse over the last week.

Any ideas/thoughts?

--jenny