I live in Northern California. I was raised in Idaho. I'm 30 years old and I have a 12 year old son and a 10 1/2 year old daughter.
Yesterday I saw a neurologist who is refering me to a rheumatologist for a possible fibromylgia diagnosis. I have found that I have a lot in common with people who have MS.
To keep things short, I think I'll just list my symptoms. I've been adding symptoms for almost 4 years now. It started with a car accident and became really progressive last year.
Sensory issues and pressure/cold pain left arm and left leg.
Headache, difficulty concentrating, burning headache; other times I also feel sharp, what feels like nerve pain in my head.
Shoulder inflammation and almost constant spasms.
Extremely bad spasms, irritated by moving; such as a car, airplane, boat. Spasms travel from one muscle to another. Spasms are dibilitating, they turn my head like I have turrets.
Tinging and/or vibration in the feet, up the leg.
Random patches of what feels like static electricity under the skin.
Random horrible shooting pains, mostly less than 10 seconds.
Stumbling to the side, feel like I'm momentarily going to fall.
Dropping things from twitching.
Only hearing the end of what someone says.
Inability to think of words, can describe them.
Difficulty walking on left leg.
After standing walking for awhile, legs refuse to lift, they feel heavy, but muscles don't feel tired.
I would like to know if this is similar symptoms to everyone else. I am currently taking baclofen, which was the only thing that has helped with the debilitating muscle spasms. I get thoracic epidural steroid injectios that are the only thing that has helped with the headaches.
I tried gabapentin and propanolol, which may have made me worse. It certianly did not improve my symptoms. At 1200 mg of gabapentin made me severely depressed. Doctor ignored me, so I fired him.
