Need a few opinions on my recent symptoms
Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 9:47 am
Hey all,
In the past 25 days or so, I have been having some symptoms which quite resemble MS. I will go and see a neurologist this week but wanted to get a few opinions before hand from the people who actually have the disease. Anyways, here is my story;
About a month ago or so, i had a big night and had a few joints and a some hits from an aluminum pipe and felt pretty high at the time.
The next day I had to drive some 60 miles or so to a friends place and I felt kinda lightheaded during the drive which i thought were due to the previous night and the after effects of MJ.
Anyways, during the same week, after my workouts, during dinner, i felt a bit of tingling on my left hand and I ignored it. The same week, I got kind of sick (irritated throat and lungs due to THC) Over the Christmas holiday, I felt lightheaded a few more times and had this dull headache, which got one night pretty bad that I had to take a painkiller. The pain was located in the frontal portion of my head so i thought my sinuses got also irritated by the MJ smoke. Anyways of course i ignored all these symptoms.
One night about 10 days ago, i went out with my friends to have a drink at a cafe which I felt was incredibly hot and afterwards I had this massive right sided headache which would not completely go away even with a painkiller.
The next day I went to a GP and he said it could be due to my sinuses and gave me some antibiotics. I took the antibiotics and didnt feel any better and several hours after taking the first dose of antibiotics, i started feeling tingling on my left hand and foot which went on for another 3 days. I thought maybe the tingling was a side-effect of the antibiotics. To make the long story short, i stopped the antibiotics and felt ok for a day until i took a hot shower to "open-up" my sinuses. But I started feeling tingling all over my feet and shins and after the shower I felt like crap and my left side started feeling weak. I now have a dull headache and pain in my upper and lower spine as well as a weak left side. Of course I am pretty scared that I have the first symptoms of MS. I have no relatives with this disease. What do you people think?
Oh I should mention that I am 29 year old otherwise healthy male with a minor thyroid issue (hypo). Any opinion would be of great help.
cheers
In the past 25 days or so, I have been having some symptoms which quite resemble MS. I will go and see a neurologist this week but wanted to get a few opinions before hand from the people who actually have the disease. Anyways, here is my story;
About a month ago or so, i had a big night and had a few joints and a some hits from an aluminum pipe and felt pretty high at the time.
The next day I had to drive some 60 miles or so to a friends place and I felt kinda lightheaded during the drive which i thought were due to the previous night and the after effects of MJ.
Anyways, during the same week, after my workouts, during dinner, i felt a bit of tingling on my left hand and I ignored it. The same week, I got kind of sick (irritated throat and lungs due to THC) Over the Christmas holiday, I felt lightheaded a few more times and had this dull headache, which got one night pretty bad that I had to take a painkiller. The pain was located in the frontal portion of my head so i thought my sinuses got also irritated by the MJ smoke. Anyways of course i ignored all these symptoms.
One night about 10 days ago, i went out with my friends to have a drink at a cafe which I felt was incredibly hot and afterwards I had this massive right sided headache which would not completely go away even with a painkiller.
The next day I went to a GP and he said it could be due to my sinuses and gave me some antibiotics. I took the antibiotics and didnt feel any better and several hours after taking the first dose of antibiotics, i started feeling tingling on my left hand and foot which went on for another 3 days. I thought maybe the tingling was a side-effect of the antibiotics. To make the long story short, i stopped the antibiotics and felt ok for a day until i took a hot shower to "open-up" my sinuses. But I started feeling tingling all over my feet and shins and after the shower I felt like crap and my left side started feeling weak. I now have a dull headache and pain in my upper and lower spine as well as a weak left side. Of course I am pretty scared that I have the first symptoms of MS. I have no relatives with this disease. What do you people think?
Oh I should mention that I am 29 year old otherwise healthy male with a minor thyroid issue (hypo). Any opinion would be of great help.
cheers