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printzess
11-02-2006, 09:21 PM
Hi, I am going through Neurological test now. I have only had a MRI so far. The MRI came out fine. I am going to get a EMG and a NCS or NCV on november 27th. Does any of these symptoms sound familiar? The only thing that I noticed now that I am loging my symptoms is that I have tremors more than I thought and pain in my hand comes with it.

Thanks for reading. Shilow

These symptoms happen every couple of months to my best recollection. I have never kept track of when they happened.

My speech slurs. The right side of my face feels that the muscles wont work right.
I get numbness on my right side. Some times it is my leg, arm, face and sometimes my hole right side and once my hole body. But I can feel my touch. But it feels like a numb feeling.
I get tremors in my hands and once I was told my hole body had tremors.
My right leg muscle tightens and wont relax. This has happened when I was at rest and walking.
Every since my son was born I have had migraines . 7years this December They can last for 3 days.
I get a pin prick that feels cold once or twice at a time on my right leg or right arm. This happens the same time I get the numb feeling.
I have been holding a class and it slipped from my hand. I did not notice it dropped until it hit the ground.
My memory has gotten worse over the years. I will forget something and not be able to remember it for a hour or two and then sometimes I can not remember it for a few days. It would be like my pin number. Things I have known for year. My first episodes of memory lost was at the age 20 or 21. I remember walking into my house with my first husband and just suddenly forget were I was and who I was. Just forget everything. I was like my memory was wiped clean. After a few minutes of this I would remember again but still had confusion. A few minutes later the confusion would go away.
I have had a sharp pain in my right hand. When it happens it is located in one spot and will last about a minute. This happens once every couple of months. The pain is very sharp. And is in random places. But always my right hand.
My skin has itches in several different places for no apparent reason and it just bothers me to no end. I eventually have to ignore it.

I have dealt with these problems all my life.

I am always tired. I have always been tired even as a child.
My feet and hands are always cold and I always feel colder that it is. For example it will be 70 degrees in the house and I am cold. My family will tell me it is warm. I feel comfortable when it is 75 or 78 degrees. I have delt with this for as long as I can remember.
Elementary age I felt my right leg was week occasionally and it did give out several times and I fell. Once I was walking and the other time I was standing.

I am not sure is this is just allergies or something else going on. I had developed a rash to two of my hay fever allergies. I get a rash when I am holding a cat or the cat rubs up against me that has allot of dander and also when I am gardening and the plant rubs up against my skin. This also has been bothering me for about 7 years.

Drug and symptoms I have had but don’t currently take the drugs.
Depakote- Caused seizure signs
Lithium- I had severe tremors that would not go away.
Prozac- It caused seizures.
Wellbutrin- Seizure signs, and a seizure

After I had my seizures I would have a burst of energy. I have had 4 seizures. One was when I was a teenager and was caused by prescription drugs. I was told I hit the back of my head several time on the cement.

Another because of Prozac.

And the other one because of a loud noise and I was taking Wellbutrin at that time.

I also had a seizure when I was 19 or 20. I fell and hit the front of my head on a table 2 times. I have 2 bumps on my scull from that. I was told I got up and functioned normally for 3 days after that but I can not recall those three days at all. To me it felt like I slept and then woke up feeling fine. I was also told that after the first seizure I did not wake up. So some one picked me up off the floor to put me on a couch. In the middle of walking I started to have another seizure. I was told this one was worse than the first one. Then I woke up. Then after this I seamed to miss the 3 days I mentioned earlier.

Drugs I currently take when needed.
Claritin
Aspirin
Tylenol
Advil
Sudafed for colds.

annelb
11-05-2006, 09:57 AM
What blood tests have you had? I suggest that you get copies of all your tests to be sure that everything is in range. If your B12 level was tested, the "normal range" is set way too low. You may want to read about B12 in the Vitamin forum. Low B12 can cause many neurological symptoms. http://brain.hastypastry.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=70

Migraines can be triggered by foods. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=87628&query_hl=2&itool=pubmed_docsum

More on food and migraine.
http://altmedicine.about.com/od/popularhealthdiets/a/migrainediet.htm

Migraines and other neurological problems can be cause by wheat and related grains. You may also want to take a look at Neurological Manifestations in The Gluten File. http://brain.hastypastry.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1062

I hope you find some answers.
Anne

printzess
11-05-2006, 04:43 PM
Thanks I defanetly will take a look at them.

Shilow