route19er
12-04-2012, 06:27 PM
Hello:
I have been through a heck of a stressful year and have never felt so bad in my whole life. This all started back in the late summer of 2011 when after a great vacation I was informed that my workplace was going to be closed and I had about 2 -3 weeks left. Shortly after this I started feeling ill and had my first ever panic attack. Pains in my head and body, shaking, emotions up and down and I thought I was going to die. After a few weeks these feelings went away after I went through all the blood tests, brain scan (MRI) etc and the doctors could not find anything wrong and just attributed it to stress. My place of work reopened in September of 2012 and I am back working but now doing shift work 12hr - 2 day, 2night then 4 off. Not long after this I started experiencing the following symptoms:
1. Tremors, Twitching or Tingling in Left Leg
2. Sometimes may spread to upper left side of the body including arms and face
3. Twitching can be either side of the body including chest, eyelids etc.
4. Tingling throughout body and in head.
5. Headaches – Either mild to dull or can be ice-pick headaches
6. General feeling of being jittery or mild tremors like just feeling a chill but not cold.
7. Diarrhea
8. Dizziness or light headed feeling
9. Nausea
10. Insomnia caused by the previous symptoms
These are basically in the order of relevance and how much they bother me. I went to two doctors. The first doctor prescribed me Trazodone 50mg to help me sleep, and the second doctor (2nd opinion) prescribed me APO-Bromazepam 3mg. I never took either yet. I informed the 2nd doctor that I had already seen a doctor who prescribed the Trazodone and he said that that would not have been his first choice. What should I do? These feelings come and go and I actually have been able to get myself to sleep but my jittery twitching legs are driving me crazy and worry me. Please give me some advice. I am going for more blood work tomorrow so I am holding off on taking the pills. Also the pharmacist seemed a little ticked off that I was getting another medication and was worried about me taking the Bromazepam.
I have been through a heck of a stressful year and have never felt so bad in my whole life. This all started back in the late summer of 2011 when after a great vacation I was informed that my workplace was going to be closed and I had about 2 -3 weeks left. Shortly after this I started feeling ill and had my first ever panic attack. Pains in my head and body, shaking, emotions up and down and I thought I was going to die. After a few weeks these feelings went away after I went through all the blood tests, brain scan (MRI) etc and the doctors could not find anything wrong and just attributed it to stress. My place of work reopened in September of 2012 and I am back working but now doing shift work 12hr - 2 day, 2night then 4 off. Not long after this I started experiencing the following symptoms:
1. Tremors, Twitching or Tingling in Left Leg
2. Sometimes may spread to upper left side of the body including arms and face
3. Twitching can be either side of the body including chest, eyelids etc.
4. Tingling throughout body and in head.
5. Headaches – Either mild to dull or can be ice-pick headaches
6. General feeling of being jittery or mild tremors like just feeling a chill but not cold.
7. Diarrhea
8. Dizziness or light headed feeling
9. Nausea
10. Insomnia caused by the previous symptoms
These are basically in the order of relevance and how much they bother me. I went to two doctors. The first doctor prescribed me Trazodone 50mg to help me sleep, and the second doctor (2nd opinion) prescribed me APO-Bromazepam 3mg. I never took either yet. I informed the 2nd doctor that I had already seen a doctor who prescribed the Trazodone and he said that that would not have been his first choice. What should I do? These feelings come and go and I actually have been able to get myself to sleep but my jittery twitching legs are driving me crazy and worry me. Please give me some advice. I am going for more blood work tomorrow so I am holding off on taking the pills. Also the pharmacist seemed a little ticked off that I was getting another medication and was worried about me taking the Bromazepam.