I noticed last weekend that I have lostthe ability to move my toes on my left foot. When I try really hard I can get a sort of flicker of movement and it’s not muscle tightness as they moved freely when I use my hand to move them.
What is this being caused by? & is it normal?
I’ve also noticed that me legs are weaker than normal and that I cannot lift my legs straight up off of the matress at all now when lying in bed and that I have the shakes worse than normal especially in my left hand.
What is going on here? Can these symptoms be caused by stress (My OH and I are having issues and I’m struggling to manage my credit card debt as teh bank are being very difficult)?
Weakness etc has always pretty much been on both sides with the left being slightly worse than the right.
My GP etc aren’t interested in doing further investigation.
I’m also completely exhausted all the time and managed to get out of bed for a hour yesterday and that was it.
Does anyone have any advice on how to deal with this as I’m really struggling
Hi Tabitha, the symptoms you describe can be caused by many things, some as simple as vitamin deficiency, some more serious as with MS, and could possibly be caused by stress which can cause all sorts of problems.
You say your GP etc aren’t interested in doing further investigation. What exactly have they done? For instance have you seen a neuro? Have you had an MRI scan? Have you had blood tests?
Sorry, another question… have you shown the GP that you can’t move your toes or the shakes in your left hand?
Hard to answer your question without this info but I will try to answer with above info.
Hi Tab, what you are describing re your toes, is exactly how mine are. When I concentrate really hard, I can also get a flicker of movement in them. But somehow it makes me feel nauseous…so I dont do it too often!
And as for your GP…well he/she should be referring you to a neuro for tests and stuff.
I do believe stress can make our symptoms worse, so thats not helping when youve got OH and money problems.
Deep fatigue is also very common in MS/other neuro conditions.
Hi Pat, the neuro decided I had fibromyalgia based upon my history of ME and wouldn’t investigate further, my GP is unwilling to go against the recent neurologists opinion despite him believing I have MS. I’ve been told the treatments for FM & MS are similar and other than DMD’s they seem to be.
Yes, my GP is aware of the symptoms, I last had an MRI (didn’t have enough lessions to confirm MS) and any tests about six years ago when I was first sent to a neurologist by my rheumatoidologist, since then I have been going round in circles although the previous neurologist ruled out Lupus and a couple of other things as well as a brain tumor and confirmed that the symptoms were neurological.
Hya, well 6 years is a long time and I would think it would be worth trying to get another MRI now.
Go back to GP with list of symptoms and try calmly to explain that you think that you should see a neuro again… keeping in mind that both ME and FM can display neurological symptoms and are both chronic conditions. But I would have thought another brain MRI scan to compare to the one 6 years ago would be of benefit.
