Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Even mid Day- really?
So I thought that these symptoms were supposed to be when you were tired, at night when you lay down and are ready to go to bed. Well, today, during the mid day my arms started hurting like crazy! The same annoying feeling. Very intense full of energy just annoying feeling. It had me in tears :( UGH!!! I did call and try and schedule an appointment with my new doctor but since I'm a new patient the nurse has to call me back and schedule it. ( My new doctor is a Military doctor at a Military Hospital, not sure if that will be a good or a bad thing). I'm hoping she calls back soon. I don't know how much more of this I can take. I know I must sound crazy. If you have never been through this before you are probably thinking how bad can RLS be? How can a feeling of extra energy or an annoying feeling have you in tears? It's awful, I promise. I've read that there is a secondary Rls which is caused from underlying causes which is what I think my problem may be if it's not the Tramadol or even as well as. Secondary causes can be because of another illness in the body such as Anemia, Kidney failure, Low levels of iron,Thyroid problems, Folate deficiency, Diabetes, and Peripheral neuropathy. I've read up on Peripheral neuropathy some and it really has me worried because I experience a lot of the symtoms. If you haven't heard of it before or aren't sure exactly what it is let me help you. The term "peripheral" refers to all nerve tissues outside the brain and
spinal cord. These nerves relay messages from the central nervous system
to all other parts of the body, including the skin, muscles, joints and
vital organs. Neuropathy may affect motor nerves (serving the muscles),
sensory nerves (dictating sensations such as temperature, pressure and
pain), or autonomic nerves (regulating involuntary functions of the
body.) Common forms of peripheral neuropathy include diabetic
neuropathy, fiber neuropathy and alcoholic neuropathy. Other forms
include ischemic neuropathy (caused by lack of blood supply to a
peripheral nerve), demyelinating neuropathies (which are chronic and
degenerative) and peroneal neuropathy (affecting an important nerve in
the leg.) When nerves are damaged due to peripheral neuropathy, it
interferes with communication between the brain and the rest of the
body, resulting in pain, numbness, weakness, abnormal sensations, or
loss of mobility. Over time, these symptoms may worsen and lead to
balance problems or even loss of limbs. In many cases there is an
inability to feel sensations such as touch or pain, which can be very
dangerous if unnoticed wounds or sores become infected. Peripheral
neuropathy typically manifests on both sides of the body, and is most
common in the lower limbs. When peripheral neuropathy begins to develop,
patients typically feel foot pain, numb toes, a burning sensation in
the feet, or simply a sore foot. As the nerve disease spreads, other
areas of the body are affected. I've read that Peripheral neuropathy pain can be quite
devastating to those who live with it everyday, particularly if friends
and family don't understand what they are going through which reminds me of myself because I imagine it must be hard for others to understand what I am going through because if I wasn't dealing with it myself I wouldn't quite "get it". I am also sure that my iron levels are low and I'm possibly anemic. I know I have been bruising really easy and last time I had blood work done (over a year ago) my Vitamin D was severely low so I was prescribed Vitamin D which I have stopped taking a few months ago. I can't remember what all my labs said, that was the only one that was really bad, I know there were some that were borderline. I am hoping the new doctor will do some blood work and check all this out. I guess the good thing about if it's secondary is that the problem can be found and it can be fixed. If it's the Tramadol thing and that alone then I'm not sure how they will approach the situation. I have to have pain medicine so I guess maybe they would just switch me to a different type of pain medicine. It's all weird because the reason I stayed on Tramadol so long was to not risk getting addicted to a stronger medication since I need a long term pain medicine. I could of easily been on Lortab or Percocet but I thought Tramadol was the safe way to go. I wonder if that was the right decision after all.
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