Occam's Razor
The neurologist seems to think I have a migraine disorder. Allow me to clarify: he says that it is a neurological disorder in and of itself, and the so-called migraine headaches are just the most commonly associated symptom. I've had headaches for years (at least ten years), but never one that I would categorize as a "migraine," and I told him that, but he said that headaches are actually *not* normal, especially in children; so if I've been having headaches for years, that would be symptomatic. Furthermore, he thinks the pins and needles feelings I've described as occuring in my arms and leg are also evidence pointing to this, simply because there's no evidence of a worse condition such as MS. Finally, he said that there is a corrolation between people who got motion sick as kids and migraine sufferers. Anyone who knows me knows I get (and always have gotten) very very motion sick-- sitting in the back seat of a car, going on a windy road, being on a boat, being in the middle-to-back of the bus, and sometimes (rarely) even on an airplane.
When I told him that I've never had anything but a "normal" headache, he said, "You're young, they might still get worse!" as if it were something to be excited about. LOL. He asked me if anyone in my family had migraines, but I didn't know; as it turns out, my aunt has, and apparently, my mother's father, as well. Oh, and my mom has had a migraine headache or two in her life. Ahh, another fun hereditary disorder! Heh.
Anyhoo, he basically said that the simplest explanation for my tingling limbs is a migraine disorder, rather than something more unusual. And as for my pineal "lesion," the Brain Doc said that "lesion" is a non-specific term. According to him, I do not, in fact, have a cut/sore or growth on my pineal gland; basically, it's just that mine is a fair bit larger than a normal one. He said it didn't look like anything to be worried about but that he'd see me again in three months and maybe schedule another MRI then. (He showed me my scans, and dude-- looking at a picture of *my own* brain was sort of bizarre.) So of course I've just been on Wikipedia looking up pineal gland and stuff like that, and I can't quite figure out what having a larger one would mean, but I really don't think it's affecting my life at all because I'm a fairly normal* person.
After the doc, I came home and had a glooooorious midday nap. It's been so long since I had a midday nap, I forgot how much I love them. It used to be my Tuesday-Thursday ritual, to come back from class and take a nap at noon. In fact, I would rush back to my room from class, walking fast enough that I usually was less tired when I got home than when I left class. Figures. =P
I think I'm going up to Sacramento this weekend. My brother leaves for law school in Vermont early Saturday morning, so I'm going to stay around til he leaves, then head up there. I'll be going up the following weekend as well, because my sister wants me to take her to Davis. I'd love to get out to Texas that week (21st on), but I'm not sure about the feasibility of that. And Lord only knows when I'll hear back about that job.
*normal as compared to a cross-section of the people I know, especially people in my age group. My behaviors and such don't seem to different, so who knows. I can't figure out all the melatonin stuff because my brain just ain't making that logical connection right now, and I can't be troubled to bother with it. Oh well. I'm sure someone would tell me if there was something horribly bizarre going on upstairs.
When I told him that I've never had anything but a "normal" headache, he said, "You're young, they might still get worse!" as if it were something to be excited about. LOL. He asked me if anyone in my family had migraines, but I didn't know; as it turns out, my aunt has, and apparently, my mother's father, as well. Oh, and my mom has had a migraine headache or two in her life. Ahh, another fun hereditary disorder! Heh.
Anyhoo, he basically said that the simplest explanation for my tingling limbs is a migraine disorder, rather than something more unusual. And as for my pineal "lesion," the Brain Doc said that "lesion" is a non-specific term. According to him, I do not, in fact, have a cut/sore or growth on my pineal gland; basically, it's just that mine is a fair bit larger than a normal one. He said it didn't look like anything to be worried about but that he'd see me again in three months and maybe schedule another MRI then. (He showed me my scans, and dude-- looking at a picture of *my own* brain was sort of bizarre.) So of course I've just been on Wikipedia looking up pineal gland and stuff like that, and I can't quite figure out what having a larger one would mean, but I really don't think it's affecting my life at all because I'm a fairly normal* person.
After the doc, I came home and had a glooooorious midday nap. It's been so long since I had a midday nap, I forgot how much I love them. It used to be my Tuesday-Thursday ritual, to come back from class and take a nap at noon. In fact, I would rush back to my room from class, walking fast enough that I usually was less tired when I got home than when I left class. Figures. =P
I think I'm going up to Sacramento this weekend. My brother leaves for law school in Vermont early Saturday morning, so I'm going to stay around til he leaves, then head up there. I'll be going up the following weekend as well, because my sister wants me to take her to Davis. I'd love to get out to Texas that week (21st on), but I'm not sure about the feasibility of that. And Lord only knows when I'll hear back about that job.
*normal as compared to a cross-section of the people I know, especially people in my age group. My behaviors and such don't seem to different, so who knows. I can't figure out all the melatonin stuff because my brain just ain't making that logical connection right now, and I can't be troubled to bother with it. Oh well. I'm sure someone would tell me if there was something horribly bizarre going on upstairs.