I am not a chihuahua!
I'm going to whine a bit here, about more mysterious health problems.
Good news: My mysterious hand-numbness is almost gone. Just a bit around the fingertips, and sometimes in the shoulder, and it continues to slooooly get better.
Bad news: The accompanying(?) trembling seems to have gotten much worse. It's only in my hand when I wash my hair or drive, but my left leg has been trembling, 24/7, for the last WEEK or so. Bah.
The trembling is very odd. It's not visible, or feel-able, to anyone else. I'm not twitching or shaking noticeably. It feels like it's deep down in the middle of my limb. Like someone has taken a tuning fork and banged my leg bone, and it's pulsing out a continuous note. And I mean continuous. It Does Not Stop. Not when I'm asleep, not when I'm moving, never. It does get better and worse, but it never goes away. It could be worse, I'm not in pain, but it's frustrating and annoying and is making me unhappy and anxious. :-( I was never particularly a hypochrondiac before, but I'm starting to imagine all sorts of horrible things.
I had similar trembling in my hand off and on, when I was dealing with the numbness. I asked my 3 regular doctors, the neurologist, the other neurologist, a neurosurgeon, and the other two neurosurgeons, and I got the unanimous reply of "*shrug*, I dunno". One told me to quit coffee. Another asked if I was anxious (Yes, about my mysterious medical problems). This makes me pessimistic about my chances of them being able to help me, but it's getting to the point where it's frustrating enough that I'm going to have to start going back to doctors.
I've had suggestions that my electrolytes might be low. I've been drinking gatorade and taking multivitamins; no help. My sweetie's online research says this sort of thing is usually related to anxiety. But the only thing I'm consciously anxious about is my goddamn trembling leg. Gah! Suck!
Ok, whiny rant over.
Good news: My mysterious hand-numbness is almost gone. Just a bit around the fingertips, and sometimes in the shoulder, and it continues to slooooly get better.
Bad news: The accompanying(?) trembling seems to have gotten much worse. It's only in my hand when I wash my hair or drive, but my left leg has been trembling, 24/7, for the last WEEK or so. Bah.
The trembling is very odd. It's not visible, or feel-able, to anyone else. I'm not twitching or shaking noticeably. It feels like it's deep down in the middle of my limb. Like someone has taken a tuning fork and banged my leg bone, and it's pulsing out a continuous note. And I mean continuous. It Does Not Stop. Not when I'm asleep, not when I'm moving, never. It does get better and worse, but it never goes away. It could be worse, I'm not in pain, but it's frustrating and annoying and is making me unhappy and anxious. :-( I was never particularly a hypochrondiac before, but I'm starting to imagine all sorts of horrible things.
I had similar trembling in my hand off and on, when I was dealing with the numbness. I asked my 3 regular doctors, the neurologist, the other neurologist, a neurosurgeon, and the other two neurosurgeons, and I got the unanimous reply of "*shrug*, I dunno". One told me to quit coffee. Another asked if I was anxious (Yes, about my mysterious medical problems). This makes me pessimistic about my chances of them being able to help me, but it's getting to the point where it's frustrating enough that I'm going to have to start going back to doctors.
I've had suggestions that my electrolytes might be low. I've been drinking gatorade and taking multivitamins; no help. My sweetie's online research says this sort of thing is usually related to anxiety. But the only thing I'm consciously anxious about is my goddamn trembling leg. Gah! Suck!
Ok, whiny rant over.