This is probably going to be a long post but i hope i can get some replies.
For about 4-5 months now i have been having some weird symptoms that i ignored at first.
Slightly elevated body temperature, small red blood spots on my body, dizziness/vertigo, some sort of discomfort in the back of my head and neck, not being able to move my head around as easily as before, symmetrical numbness or rather parasthesia in the lower part of the face and jaw, scalp as well, sensation of cold on the tip of my tongue, occasional teeth grinding and involuntary jaw movement and black or dark green spots in my vision and muscle twitches all over the body. Then because i was stressing out and not sleeping very well i started having tremors at night, tingling in a lot of body parts and i also developed an issue with my bowel movements. From 3-4x day to 1 x day, way more difficult to pass and the shape is way different from what i consider normal. Breathing difficulties to top that list off.
I went to doctors, got bloodwork done, got a chest and neck x-ray, head and neck MRI, stool tests, doppler ultrasonography for arteries.
The bloodwork results were decent, mild elevation of bilirubin that is caused by a small genome mutation in the liver.
C reactive protein is low, so no obvious cancers or inflammations.
Chest x-ray is all good.
Neck x-ray shows some osteochondrosis, nothing too serious.
Head MRI is good, no tumors or dead brain tissue or sclerosis.
Eye check up almost ok, got my left eye lasered to strenghten the retina.
Doppler showed some issues with the bloodflow but nothing too life threatening so im not too concerned about that.
Stool tests, no parasites, no inflamation markers above normals, but some dysbiosis that was probably there for many years i assume. Will get a colonoscopy in the near future just to be 100% sure there can't be anything bad.
I was really banking on some findings on the neck MRI, like herniated discs that would press down on the spinal cord or nerves causing all the weird symptoms.
But nope, just a bit of disc degeneration that comes from my job and videogames probably and some other very non significant issues.
I also went and got massages, muscle relaxant medicine, some non psychoactive anxiety medication, pills with bacteria for my gut and some other stuff that i can't remember right now.
Right now i have less symptoms than i had initially, maybe because i am stressing out less.
Body temperature is alright and i don't measure it often anymore. Dizziness is better. The vision stuff is better and the muscle twitches are less frequent. No tremors and way less tingling in the body. I can breathe normally. The jaw spasms and teeth grinding are less aggressive.
I can clearly see how pretty much all of those are related to stress and anxiety.
But some things are still there. The numbness in my face, tightness in the back of the head, gut issues.
Even though i am not very anxios at the moment it feels like it could be something really dangerous, but i guess that's how it feels to all people who suffer from health anxiety.
I already feel tired of explaining things to doctors, because it just seems like it's all bullshit. As i write this down it feels very stupid and like a made up issue.
But on the other hand i do feel these things still and they do affect me. I am not one to easily complain, but some things have too much impact to be stoic about them.
Has anyone had similar issues? Weird feelings in the face and neck, numbness? Bowel issues? Or any of the above mentioned?
Did you get any resolution? Please share if so.
For about 4-5 months now i have been having some weird symptoms that i ignored at first.
Slightly elevated body temperature, small red blood spots on my body, dizziness/vertigo, some sort of discomfort in the back of my head and neck, not being able to move my head around as easily as before, symmetrical numbness or rather parasthesia in the lower part of the face and jaw, scalp as well, sensation of cold on the tip of my tongue, occasional teeth grinding and involuntary jaw movement and black or dark green spots in my vision and muscle twitches all over the body. Then because i was stressing out and not sleeping very well i started having tremors at night, tingling in a lot of body parts and i also developed an issue with my bowel movements. From 3-4x day to 1 x day, way more difficult to pass and the shape is way different from what i consider normal. Breathing difficulties to top that list off.
I went to doctors, got bloodwork done, got a chest and neck x-ray, head and neck MRI, stool tests, doppler ultrasonography for arteries.
The bloodwork results were decent, mild elevation of bilirubin that is caused by a small genome mutation in the liver.
C reactive protein is low, so no obvious cancers or inflammations.
Chest x-ray is all good.
Neck x-ray shows some osteochondrosis, nothing too serious.
Head MRI is good, no tumors or dead brain tissue or sclerosis.
Eye check up almost ok, got my left eye lasered to strenghten the retina.
Doppler showed some issues with the bloodflow but nothing too life threatening so im not too concerned about that.
Stool tests, no parasites, no inflamation markers above normals, but some dysbiosis that was probably there for many years i assume. Will get a colonoscopy in the near future just to be 100% sure there can't be anything bad.
I was really banking on some findings on the neck MRI, like herniated discs that would press down on the spinal cord or nerves causing all the weird symptoms.
But nope, just a bit of disc degeneration that comes from my job and videogames probably and some other very non significant issues.
I also went and got massages, muscle relaxant medicine, some non psychoactive anxiety medication, pills with bacteria for my gut and some other stuff that i can't remember right now.
Right now i have less symptoms than i had initially, maybe because i am stressing out less.
Body temperature is alright and i don't measure it often anymore. Dizziness is better. The vision stuff is better and the muscle twitches are less frequent. No tremors and way less tingling in the body. I can breathe normally. The jaw spasms and teeth grinding are less aggressive.
I can clearly see how pretty much all of those are related to stress and anxiety.
But some things are still there. The numbness in my face, tightness in the back of the head, gut issues.
Even though i am not very anxios at the moment it feels like it could be something really dangerous, but i guess that's how it feels to all people who suffer from health anxiety.
I already feel tired of explaining things to doctors, because it just seems like it's all bullshit. As i write this down it feels very stupid and like a made up issue.
But on the other hand i do feel these things still and they do affect me. I am not one to easily complain, but some things have too much impact to be stoic about them.
Has anyone had similar issues? Weird feelings in the face and neck, numbness? Bowel issues? Or any of the above mentioned?
Did you get any resolution? Please share if so.