I'm scared

[amyjocaruso]

Hello, this is Amy Jo. The Family Editor and Jimmy Logo, responded to my weight loss question. I will be going to the hospital tomorrow as I feel I am in a relapse now (severe weakness, tingling, pain in right arm, loss of control in my right arm and right leg). I am typing this with my left hand! This woke me up in the middle of the night. I have been under heavy stress. I am hoping it will be better tomorrow. I'm allergic anaphylactically, to interferons, and am scared.

[jimmylegs]

we are here amy jo. i responded to your duplicate post on the weight loss topic.

[lyndacarol]

Hello, this is Amy Jo. The Family Editor and Jimmy Logo, responded to my weight loss question. I will be going to the hospital tomorrow as I feel I am in a relapse now (severe weakness, tingling, pain in right arm, loss of control in my right arm and right leg). I am typing this with my left hand! This woke me up in the middle of the night. I have been under heavy stress. I am hoping it will be better tomorrow. I'm allergic anaphylactically, to interferons, and am scared.

As I suggested in response to your first post, Amy Jo, ask your doctor to look into the possibility of a vitamin B12 deficiency. Initially, there are 4 tests to determine a deficiency in the blood: #1 serum B12 test, #2 a serum folic acid test, #3 serum homocysteine test, and #4 a urinary methylmalonic acid (MMA) test. Symptoms you have listed here are in the list of B12 deficiency symptoms.

"Everything You Want Your Doctor to Know about Vitamin B12"



I highly recommend this 50-minute documentary from the filmmaker Elissa Leonard, featuring Sally Pacholok, RN, BSN & her husband Jeffrey Stuart, D.O. (authors of the book, Could It Be B12? An Epidemic of Misdiagnoses); Lawrence Solomon, M.D., hematologist with Yale Medical School; Ralph Green, M.D., hematologist at UC Davis; and Donald Jacobsen, PhD, at the Cleveland Clinic (Homocysteine Research Lab).

Signs and Symptoms of B12 Deficiency:
Tingling/Numbness
Sore Mouth or Tongue
Fatigue
Anxiety
Irritability
Depression
Weakness
Abnormal Gait
Mental Impairment
Visual Disturbances
Migraine
Orthostatic Intolerance
Chest Pain
Tachycardia
Difficulty Breathing
Edema
Elevated Homocysteine
Elevated MMA
Stomach and G.I. Problems
Blood Abnormalities
Neurological Lesions
Limb Movement Disorders
Psychosis
Thoughts of Suicide