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Hi - I've never written on a message board before so forgive me in advance if I do something incorrectly
A few years ago I started having the below symptoms and I went to my family doctor. After a scan she told me I had a cyst in my sphenoid sinus and that could be causing my head symptoms. I went to an ENT and had another scan. My cyst burst in a couple of weeks and that turned out fine. But my vision and light sensitivity issues kept persisting along with my confusion and brain fog. So she sent me to an Optometrist and a Neurologist. The eye doctor told me I must be having visual migraines. The neurologist thought I had MS but ruled it out after a couple scans.
Because my symptoms come and go mostly with my crazy stressful job I just thought maybe I was a little nuts or something and was embarrassed to go to the doctor. Well I’ve been feeling crappy again for the last couple weeks and my husband got tired of my complaints and I went to the doctor on Thursday.
She didn’t tell me what she was looking for but several tests she ordered leads me to believe shes testing me for Lupus. (ANA, Sed Rate, CPK…) While I’m waiting for my results I couldn’t help myself and started reading everything I could find on-line about Lupus and I think she might be right. Part of me is really scared but the other part is glad that I not going completly nuts and could get some sort of relief with treatment if Lupus is what I have…I want my body and mind back!
On and Off Feelings over the last 3-4 years
Can’t think clearly, foggy, confused and can’t focus
Pressure or fullness in head and back of neck
Sensitive to light including computer monitor
Bright pin spots of light in my vision
Dizziness
Waves come over me like an anxiety attack
Water Retention / feet and ankles swelling
Pressure or full chest
Heartburn
Harder to Breathe
Wheezing Chest in certain positions
Hands and Feet will fall asleep or get tingly
Muscles hurt for no reason
Feet hurt really bad some days and not at all other days
Tired/exhausted like I can barely hold my body up
Feel like I might be getting a bladder infection but don't
Get really hot like I have a fever but they quickly pass
Cold feet and hands
Over the last months hands hurt when I try to open things
3 spots on my body that were red and scaly but now are brown
A few years ago I started having the below symptoms and I went to my family doctor. After a scan she told me I had a cyst in my sphenoid sinus and that could be causing my head symptoms. I went to an ENT and had another scan. My cyst burst in a couple of weeks and that turned out fine. But my vision and light sensitivity issues kept persisting along with my confusion and brain fog. So she sent me to an Optometrist and a Neurologist. The eye doctor told me I must be having visual migraines. The neurologist thought I had MS but ruled it out after a couple scans.
Because my symptoms come and go mostly with my crazy stressful job I just thought maybe I was a little nuts or something and was embarrassed to go to the doctor. Well I’ve been feeling crappy again for the last couple weeks and my husband got tired of my complaints and I went to the doctor on Thursday.
She didn’t tell me what she was looking for but several tests she ordered leads me to believe shes testing me for Lupus. (ANA, Sed Rate, CPK…) While I’m waiting for my results I couldn’t help myself and started reading everything I could find on-line about Lupus and I think she might be right. Part of me is really scared but the other part is glad that I not going completly nuts and could get some sort of relief with treatment if Lupus is what I have…I want my body and mind back!
On and Off Feelings over the last 3-4 years
Can’t think clearly, foggy, confused and can’t focus
Pressure or fullness in head and back of neck
Sensitive to light including computer monitor
Bright pin spots of light in my vision
Dizziness
Waves come over me like an anxiety attack
Water Retention / feet and ankles swelling
Pressure or full chest
Heartburn
Harder to Breathe
Wheezing Chest in certain positions
Hands and Feet will fall asleep or get tingly
Muscles hurt for no reason
Feet hurt really bad some days and not at all other days
Tired/exhausted like I can barely hold my body up
Feel like I might be getting a bladder infection but don't
Get really hot like I have a fever but they quickly pass
Cold feet and hands
Over the last months hands hurt when I try to open things
3 spots on my body that were red and scaly but now are brown