HI! I was reading all the comments and wanted to advise those who have not had one to have a spinal tap and an eye exam of the optic nerve. I have had all of the symptoms and more and was diagnosed with intracranial hypertension five years ago. I also have lupus and am in the process of being worked up for myathenia gravis. <\/p>\n
If you can, have a spinal and brain MRI - I never got a spine one. If you are on dierutics remember that they can make you feel dizzy and tingly as can hypothyrodism and heart problems, and a few other diseases that arn't neuro based. I would advise an echocardiogram as well. <\/p>\n
I had lupus for yeears before being diagnosed with the IH and theentire time I had the IH i kept telling them about my muscle burning and fatigue, terrible fatigue after exhertion and by the end of the day unable to even use muscles, tingling and so on and it's not until now that an EMG was done and the MG blood tests. EMG was not normal -s till don't have the blood work back.Lupus can also cause many and mostof the symptoms here but is an easy blood work up. <\/p>\n
MS can be very deceptive for years and eyars and years but many ,many things including chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia and IH can cause your symptoms. <\/p>\n
I havea friend with severe chronic fatigue and she has all of the symptoms including bowel problems and sleep apnea and orthstatic hypotension (another cause of dizzyness). <\/p>\n
These things can be really hard to diagnose. <\/p>\n
A spinal tap is good because if you have MS the cells will show up in the fluid and if you have IH you brain pressure will read too high. <\/p>\n
Symptoms of IH <\/p>\n
Papilledema (have you had your eyes checked for optic nerve damage) <\/p>\n
pressure severe headache behind the eyes, vomiting, nausea, dizzyness, ear ringing, whooshing, pins and needles, fatigue, muscle fatigue blurry, double vision, visual disturbances )hallucinations), some of us have more serious neurological defects such as memory loss, confusion, trouble walking and excercising and so on - even breathing. (not everyone has all of the symptoms but everyone has increased pressure and papilledema) <\/p>\n
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