Hi everyone,
I'm here because I've had an undiagnosed problem-I say that because I can't describe the feeling as being pain-for almost 9 years. I'm an 18 year old, healthy female. The "feeling" is from head to toe, in every single joint and muscle in my body. The only way I make it go away (and very temporarily), is to push very hard, sometimes I feel like I push so hard on my stomach that I actually move one muscle behind another (I know that can't happen-it just feels like that). The general feeling is a tingling sensation, mainly in my fingers, lower back, cervical spine, knees, ankles, elbows, and I even get it in my eyes, lips (which causes me to constantly bite on my lips, sometimes to the point where they bleed), and as I mentioned, stomach. I've been tested for RA before, when I was younger, and it wasn't that, but now my current doctor has sent me for more tests of the same thing. My doctor won't listen to me, she gets frustrated when I try to describe the symptoms to her. I tried my best to give her what I could but I really can't give anything more than what I've mentioned here. I have a very sharp pain in my lower back when I lay down to go to sleep, it lasts for about 5 minutes, and it feels as though my back is bending in a way that it shouldn't. Also, I don't know if this is relevant, but I am able to work out, lift weights, do streneous activity, do as many crunches as I want, but I have never been able to lift myself up fully to a crunch, its not because I'm not strong enough, but my back just won't bend like that. This tingling feeling, by the way, is always still present when I exercise. Its to the point now where I can barely drive, I'm always turning and twisting in my car and taking my hands off the wheel or the shift in order to push on my stomach. Sorry to make this so long, I'm just wondering if anyone out here has any advice, same/symptoms...etc. I've recently been put on an iron supplement as well. Thank you for taking the time to read this, I appreciate any opinions that anyone can offer! :-D
Kelsey R.
I'm here because I've had an undiagnosed problem-I say that because I can't describe the feeling as being pain-for almost 9 years. I'm an 18 year old, healthy female. The "feeling" is from head to toe, in every single joint and muscle in my body. The only way I make it go away (and very temporarily), is to push very hard, sometimes I feel like I push so hard on my stomach that I actually move one muscle behind another (I know that can't happen-it just feels like that). The general feeling is a tingling sensation, mainly in my fingers, lower back, cervical spine, knees, ankles, elbows, and I even get it in my eyes, lips (which causes me to constantly bite on my lips, sometimes to the point where they bleed), and as I mentioned, stomach. I've been tested for RA before, when I was younger, and it wasn't that, but now my current doctor has sent me for more tests of the same thing. My doctor won't listen to me, she gets frustrated when I try to describe the symptoms to her. I tried my best to give her what I could but I really can't give anything more than what I've mentioned here. I have a very sharp pain in my lower back when I lay down to go to sleep, it lasts for about 5 minutes, and it feels as though my back is bending in a way that it shouldn't. Also, I don't know if this is relevant, but I am able to work out, lift weights, do streneous activity, do as many crunches as I want, but I have never been able to lift myself up fully to a crunch, its not because I'm not strong enough, but my back just won't bend like that. This tingling feeling, by the way, is always still present when I exercise. Its to the point now where I can barely drive, I'm always turning and twisting in my car and taking my hands off the wheel or the shift in order to push on my stomach. Sorry to make this so long, I'm just wondering if anyone out here has any advice, same/symptoms...etc. I've recently been put on an iron supplement as well. Thank you for taking the time to read this, I appreciate any opinions that anyone can offer! :-D
Kelsey R.
Sorry for 2nd post, but I have an EDIT. It should be "...do as many crunches as i want, but never a situp"