hello all
Glad to find this site. I'm 61 year old female and according to 2 doctors and many specialist I am in tip top health.
Here is my long list of my many symptoms which according to these well educated people don't mean a thing.
Head twitching
Eye pain
Eyes sensitivitie to light
Dizzy
Light headed
Pain up back of neck
Head ache
No sense of smell or taste
Nausea
Calf pain
Tingling hands feet face head
Low blood pressure and some days it feels like every nerve is on the outside of my body.
Have you spoken to a homeopath?
What specialists have you seen? Opticians?
hello all
Glad to find this site. I'm 61 year old female and according to 2 doctors and many specialist I am in tip top health.
Here is my long list of my many symptoms which according to these well educated people don't mean a thing.
Head twitching
Eye pain
Eyes sensitivitie to light
Dizzy
Light headed
Pain up back of neck
Head ache
No sense of smell or taste
Nausea
Calf pain
Tingling hands feet face head
Low blood pressure and some days it feels like every nerve is on the outside of my body.
Aside from the other things, I'm surprised they would say you're in "tip top health" if you are showing low blood pressure. Are you sure it was doctors you saw?
Some of the other things could be related to the blood pressure, but could also be related to other things (we cannot diagnose - and it would be legally wrong of us to as we are not medically qualified).
For example, Sensitivity to light, headaches, eye pain and nausea are common symptoms for migraines, which can hit people slightly or really knock them about; and in themselves are related to epilepsy.
However, to determine if that's the case, the doctor/specialists should test for epilepsy and migraines as they have ways to determine if something like that is the cause.
It's possible that those things could also relate to non-epileptic seizures, dissociative disorder, conversion disorder or one of the many ways that functional neurological disorders can manifest. Essentially, those things can relate to stress or some trauma (small or large) or change in life that acts as a trigger. Unfortunately many doctors and specialists don't know about, don't understand or just miss the possibility of such disorders. A good book that I've just read, if you want to read about that area to perhaps discuss it with your doctor, is called "It's all in your head" by Suzanne O'Sullivan. She explains how, although the symptoms are very very real, the cause is not biological in nature, and if that's proven to be the case, then there are ways to treat it.
What specialists have you seen? Opticians?
Waiting on appointment for opto. Seen heart, hard heart and BP monitors, gastro, vascular, kidney, urologist, tested for nerve damage fingers and toes, had MRI shows nothing Been given meds for dizzy, nausea, depression, nerves. BP in doctors office is 110/55. I am now looking for naturopathic Dr to have test run
Hi
Several things occur as I read your list of symptoms. First off, you maybe deficient in magnesium; every cell in the body needs magnesium and our vegetables and fruit are now grown in soil that is severely depleted of this mineral. A large majority of people are deficient in this mineral and a deficiency can cause dizziness and vertigo. It may well explain the calf pain as well. Get a good quality magnesium supplement such as Biocare Magnesium EAP.
Secondly, do you have wi-fi in your house or office. Some people can be very sensitive to this.
Low blood pressure in itself is not a problem unless it causes a problem. I have low blood pressure myself and it doesn't cause me any problems.
I would stop taking the meds you've been given, they're clearly not helping and more than likely causing some of these symptoms as well as overloading your body with medication.
Diet: cut out all processed food, fizzy drinks, alcohol, sugar, cakes etc. I'm sure you know what is good and bad.
Can you link when this began with any stressful experiences - stress can do strange things to the body.
See if you can find a good cranio sacral therapist - it's a life saver.
Best wishes
Ray
I would just add that magnesium works with calcium, synergistically so they are best taken together.
I take magnesium but I don't take calcium with it - I eat a lot of whole fat dairy products so I get enough calcium through my diet.
Ray
I take magnesium but I don't take calcium with it - I eat a lot of whole fat dairy products so I get enough calcium through my diet.
Ray
Fair enough. I just wanted to point out that they work together, i.e. taking magnesium but being low in calcium is counter productive.
I would stop taking the meds you've been given, they're clearly not helping and more than likely causing some of these symptoms as well as overloading your body with medication.
It is not legal to tell people to stop taking their medication unless you are medically qualified to do so, and the client is your patient.
I would not recommend anyone stop taking their medication without consulting with their medical practitioner/doctor
Diet: cut out all processed food, fizzy drinks, alcohol, sugar, cakes etc. I'm sure you know what is good and bad.
That is far too general a statement. As bad as the government advice in the past to cut out salt from your diet to help reduce the risk of heart attacks. I know someone who took this advice literally, and avoided as much salt as was possible, with serious health consequences. The body needs salt, as it's an electrolyte used for the body to function properly. Likewise the body needs certain sugars.
Please avoid making such literal over-statements.
I have been following paleo diet with fish. I have not eaten sugar or salt for years but heart specialist asked me to add a bit of salt to a few meal weekly. (It makes my food taste funny lol) I see the vascular Dr on Friday for results and have appointment end of month with natural path
Welcome to Healthypages.
I would have a thorough test of your vitamin and mineral levels.
(I would agree with what Ray said, a lot of your symptoms sound like magnesium deficiency.)
You're on the Paleo diet? A lot of people have trouble with that.
It might be worth trying something totally different for a week or so and see if it changes anything for the better.
Well I've been back to the GP requesting to see another Nuro. I've have low blood pressure so because of this had full blood work again, heart monitor all ok. Saw the Nuro recommended for all symptom which seem to have increased. He looked at past MRI CT and other tests, did a nerve test and basically said its in my head. I told him it was in my head but its physical not mental and left. I am waiting for new referral. as my symptoms are continuous only going up and down from day to day never leaving with something new each week. this is why GP thinks it's not MS and all the tests are negative.
Ask if they think it may be FND (Functional Neurological Disorder).
Sounds as bad as all the rest. If we had the money wasted on guns bombs and world distruction think what good we could do with it