Dealing with a cluster of symptoms: tinnitus, dizziness, fatigue, vision issues, neuropsychological,
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The symptoms here match mine almost perfectly, except for the double vision. I’m also not feeling quite as wiped out as I used to be—the vertigo and tension headaches finally backed off after about three months of pure hell.
Been dealing with this since last year... plus these tingling sensations in my feet for 15 years. Basically half my life. Since I was 15, I've been through the wringer with EMGs, EEGs, and spinal X-rays. Everything pointed back to anxiety... ended up on Lexapro and Paxil.
Since December, I've run every test under the sun. Ultrasounds, MRIs, X-rays, multiple EMGs... checked my vitamins, minerals, even ran Lyme and West Nile tests, though I’m pretty sure a tick hasn't touched me in my entire life. XD But whatever, health anxiety was definitely in the mix.
Did psychotherapy and meds for six months, but didn't see much movement. Some symptoms just won't quit... so I eventually just accepted them and moved on.
A bunch of neurologists and psychiatrists told me it's all mental. All the tests come back clean, yet I felt like a walking corpse.
I mean, the electrical buzzing, the pulsing in my feet, the muscle twitching all over—it's not constant, but sometimes I'll get this zap in my head, or my temple starts throbbing, or tinnitus... sometimes the ringing and pulsing in my ears gets pretty loud. Just weird shit. My tongue even used to twitch, man.🤦
Everything screamed some nasty neurological disease, or maybe I just fell into a hole of chronic anxiety and hypochondria that's hard to climb out of.
Been dealing with this since last year... plus these tingling sensations in my feet for 15 years. Basically half my life. Since I was 15, I've been through the wringer with EMGs, EEGs, and spinal X-rays. Everything pointed back to anxiety... ended up on Lexapro and Paxil.
Since December, I've run every test under the sun. Ultrasounds, MRIs, X-rays, multiple EMGs... checked my vitamins, minerals, even ran Lyme and West Nile tests, though I’m pretty sure a tick hasn't touched me in my entire life. XD But whatever, health anxiety was definitely in the mix.
Did psychotherapy and meds for six months, but didn't see much movement. Some symptoms just won't quit... so I eventually just accepted them and moved on.
A bunch of neurologists and psychiatrists told me it's all mental. All the tests come back clean, yet I felt like a walking corpse.
I mean, the electrical buzzing, the pulsing in my feet, the muscle twitching all over—it's not constant, but sometimes I'll get this zap in my head, or my temple starts throbbing, or tinnitus... sometimes the ringing and pulsing in my ears gets pretty loud. Just weird shit. My tongue even used to twitch, man.🤦
Everything screamed some nasty neurological disease, or maybe I just fell into a hole of chronic anxiety and hypochondria that's hard to climb out of.