hi there
please could you help ive been unwell for about a year now started with sudden attacks of severe muscle weakness affecting my neck,chest with breathing problems and dizziness and also a feelin of goiong to collapse as blood pressure plummets and i go a horrible gray/white colour. this all lasts for a few hours then when i rest it all goes away. Although it leaves me with a lot of pain in back,neck and chest. Then i had a virus xmas 2008 and my symtoms were really bad every day i had bad dizziness, breathlessness, chest and neck pain, i could only walk a few steps without being very breathless. This all lasted about 5 weeks then went away. when i drive longer than 20/30 mins it brings on the muscle weakness in chest, neck and i have trouble holding my eyes open they feel like they want to close all the time. Also sometimes when i drive i get a numb left sole on my foot and numb toes.
All these symptoms come and go.
I usually have my right side affected and for a while now i have been having numbness in right hand, arm, leg with weakness and my hand also goes blue and cold.
the more i do the worse it makes all my symptoms ive also had problems swallowing and chewing. the sun makes things worse too. intermittently i have had problems falling over to left side, muscle vibrations,severe migraines, muscle twiches and spasms, blurry vision, severe fatigue which sometimes improves only to worsen again the more i do and also joint pain.
so far i have been told i have costochondritis, gasrto osophageal spasms and possible fibromyalgia and M.E i had a 5 min neuro exam which apparently was normal, my heart is fine i have pernicious anaemia which is controlled.
sorry this is so detailed but please could you HELP im so fed up and need to get to bottom of things as i am a single mum of 2 boys and some days struggle physically to look after them.
i am currently waiting on a private appointment which i am having to pay for (from uk)