I am a retired 61 year old male. I live in WV. I spend most of my time working on rehabbing the house my wife and I bought several months ago.
Unfortunately, I have been experiencing severe cramps in my hands during the day (sometimes, but not always, while working on something). These cramps last anywhere from a few seconds to 30 minutes. I try to stay hydrated while working, drinking water or Gatorade.
I would like to know what is causing these cramps and how to avoid or minimize their occurrence. Also, is there something I can do to make them go away more quickly.
In 2012 my doctor started me on Lamictal to help regulate my mood and boost the wellbutrin I take. Around that time (age 34) I noticed a faint tremor in my hands. As the years have past the tremors have worsen. My grandfather, aunt and father all have Familial Tremors that started in their thirties so I chalked it up to that.
I had read that Lamictal may cause tremors so my doctor and I decided to reduce my dose just to see which was the true cause. Unfortunately I have noticed an increase in my tremors. However I am told the Familial tremors worsen as you age.
Do you think Lamictal could have been reducing the tremors, since it is mainly used as a seizure drug?
Hello doctor. For the past two months I have been having difficulty in falling asleep. I am a 20 year old female and I’m a second year medical student. I’m a vegetarian but I eat eggs. I’m on Minerva for about five months because prior to this I was experiencing hair loss. I also have a chronic gastric ulcer which Im managing with Ulsanic tablets.
A few weeks after the sleeping problem I had been taking Alprozol (sleeping pills) I tried not to use it daily as it only caused me to sleep for about 6 hours. I took it within a course of 4 weeks but not daily. Before I took the Alprozol I tried a more natural approach and took Calmettes nite tablet but it didn’t affect me.
Then for the past two weeks I’ve been taking Sleep Eze.PM I take one tablet, sometimes two but used it intermittently. When I took two it made me feel overly exhausted the next day and I couldn’t concentrate on my academics.
I started doing exercise regularly to try and tire myself out and I can feel that my body is tired and my eyes have a burning and heavy sensation but when I close my eyes and try and sleep my mind is overly active and I can’t seem to stop it and I lay in bed without managing to fall asleep.
I used to have this problem before an exam but my mind would wonder for about 2hours and I’d manage to get about four hours of sleep or more but now I feel as though I don’t get any amount of sleep I just lay there.
What would you recommend I do? I’m worried that I might get dependent on sleeping pills and I really want to get my sleep back because it is affecting my concentration and therefore my studies.
I have severe migraine on the right side. I’ve had this pain for a long time now its over 3 years and it’s getting worse. Before a year i went to hospital and they told me to wear glasses with protection against radiation because i use laptop and phone alot but it didn’t work. I can’t take it, it’s very painful please help I can’t go to hospital non of their treatments worked.
Let me describe to you what happens when i’m in pain : first when the migraine starts it starts slowly without pain but i can feel and the same time i have this weird sense on my throat like I can’t breathe normally it feels like i’m taking less oxygen than usual and i feel like getting chocked but not to my entire throat just the 2 big veins on each side that pumps the blood to the brain.
Then i close my laptop and everything and turn off the lights because it makes it worse
Then lay down on my bed grab my hand push on my right side of my head where the pain is and try to stay calm as much as possible without noises
Then i just fall asleep and then wake up and the pain is gone but it comes back when in start using my lap and phone again
But there is something different this year which my method of getting rid of the pain works less than it used be.
That’s why I came here to find out what is wrong with me.
I am 23 years old with a PMH of hypothyroidism. I have recently began having involuntary jerking which begin in my legs and has spread to my arms and most recently, my head. I also easily get very achy in my limbs and difficulty sleeping. Is this anything to be concerned about?
Hi, My father is Type II diabetic (53 years old) and currently he has a sugar level of 125. However, he gets tired easily and seems really weak these days. I want to know what type of additional nutritional supplements he can take to make sure his body gets all the right nutrition it needs at that age?
He is diabetic since last 15 years and no one else in our family has diabetes (no family history of diabetes). He is taking Storvas-10, Amaryl.2, Glycomet 3/450, Vobose 0.3 for diabetes.
Hi, I have type 2 diabetes and would like to take a course of SARM MK677 which is a growth hormone secreter particular because growth hormone has been show in numerous clinical trials to aid in abdominal and overall fat lost which in turn has been shown to elevate the systems of diabetes.
I tried mdma 2 days ago and I had a very bad stroke at the time I thought it was a panix attack so I didn’t go to the ER. I couldn’t think or talk right, my eyes wouldn’t focus, I forgot everything in a matter of seconds, my face went numb, my arms were numb and tingling and u couldn’t walk right. I am only 18 and know nothing when it comes to strokes and I’m also not a junkie so i don’t know if it was the molly or me. Anyway it’s been 2 days and I have memory loss sometimes, I can walk but it feels weird and I feel pressure in my chest and head. Should I go see a doctor or let this pass?
For 8 months I had an infection. I started going to do the doctor and I had abnormal cells. The cells were pre cancer and hpv. I had to have some of my cervix cut out while this was going on my doctor quietly told the nurse what kind of infection I had. After he told me it’s not a yeast infection but it does act like one and that’s why over the counter meds for test won’t help that’s all he said about it. He gave me meds to get rid of the infection but 2 weeks later it came back. The man who gave me meds and did my cervix stuff was my Normal doctor. My gyno refuses to touch me even for check for my 6 month check up for more pre cancer. What can I do? The only doctors I can afford are not helping me and talking to me about what my own body is doing. How can solve me infection? By the way I’m 19 and this has all happened this year
I am an 18 year old female with no history of smoking. As far as I can think back I’ve had a little piece of skin connected next to my uvula. It was small and the exact same color as the skin around it. I never felt or noticed it until I coughed and realized it was sticking to the roof of my mouth. Just recently, I was coughing to clear mucus out of my throat and I felt like something was stuck back there so I looked back and the piece of skin had detached from the uvula and was hanging right next to it. Since then I feel it every time I swallow and it seems appears larger then it was before. It’s making me gag all the time and I am really concerned as to what it could be. The only other abnormality I’ve noticed is that I had one small tonsil stone, which I don’t often get. I contacted my GP, but should I be worried? I’m paranoid about cancer.
For some weeks I have been experiencing pain and stiffness in my hands in the morning. Eventually the pain in my right hand has almost gone away while my left hand has gotten much worse. The pain does not seem joint-related – being mostly in the palm when I try to close my fingers as in making a fist. I am unable to make a fist – the stiffness prevents my fingers from closing. The pain can be significant. After I move my fingers several times I can get improved movement but never full movement and the pain in the palm still remains. Taking Aleve eases the pain without movement but making a fist is still very painful. This pain is somewhat disturbing because I cannot imagine a cause that is easily resolved.
I am a 64 yo Male, obese, diabetic, and with mobility problems linked to a spinal MRI that resembles a train wreck (lumbar) I have had two rounds of epidural steroid injections that helped me regain the mobility I have now. I also experience frequent instances of numbness/tingling (going to sleep) in my left arm than could be related to the hand pain but I cannot make a connection.
Do I need to see a doctor and if I do what specialty should I choose first? I have very limited resources and only Medicare coverage.
I had a bladder neck incision with laser in late april 2016. Its been more than 4 months and i still get bleeding and blood clots in my urine. I am mostly constipated and situation is worse after a trip to lavatory. Antibiotics make me more constipated and i have to put a lot of pressure to pass stool and it really hurts the bladder then.
For years now I’ve been suffering from extreme bladder pain. I’ve had numerous tests including an ultrasound and camera into my bladder. It flares up every few months usually and it feels just like interstitial cystitis. But it’s not. Sometimes when it’s bad (like now) it bleeds when I urinate too. The doctors came to a dead end and stopped caring so now I just deal with it but it’s so excruciating and it means I’m unable to attend work when it’s bad. I’m only 22 and this has severely affected my life for years. I’m reluctant to have surgery unless they know the cause.
Hi I am 25 years old and I have been having weird sensations in my right temple region. It’s a tightening and tingling sensation and my vision is blurred and I feel like I can’t hear out of my ears very well also I am having a burning sensation in my head as well. I am very concerned as to I am a new mother and want to stick around to see my child grow. Is it something I should be concerned about
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