kalrin2001
07-21-2010, 12:25 PM
Hi, I am a 28 year old male.
Over the last year I have had a really rough time. I have a crappy dead end job and I have been in a rough relationship. Financially i am in ruins, I live at home and my girlfriend's parents despise the hell out of me. my girlfriend has many issues with her parents and I got sucked into that as well. She is treated like a child (she is 22) and when I say child I mean she is treated like she 13, literally, to the point where they are now in therapy after a traumatic event happened in my house in front of my whole family.
back to that in a minute.
Back in 2006 I had a major panic episode that lasted for months, went to the ER and was put on lexapro (which i didnt take) It slowly subsided and the physical symptoms went away.
while walking to work early on in 2010 i began to experience intermittent tightness in my knee cap that went away after a few moments, also I began to notice that sometimes when i was walking I could hear a clicking in my neck area, near the base of my skull.
later on in 2010 i convinced my girlfriend to leave her house and move into my house. she was there for 8 days, during that time my shoulder really started to bug me, and when i would take a hot shower my shoulder and leg would go numb (the same leg that would get stiff)
well 8 days after my girl moved in we invited her parents for coffee with my family. during which they dragged my girlfriend out kicking and screaming, insulting my whole family. The cops were called, and my girlfriend wasn't even asked if she wanted to remain there, she was ordered by the cops to remain there... (her uncle is a cop and was present)
I fell into a depression after that, and lost 10 pounds from not eating right. I was working during this time covering a really stressful posisition for 2 weeks. my symptoms slowly started to get worse, my shoulder would crunch and my leg started to feel week.
I am unable to workanymore due to my symptoms. here is the list
neck crunches and pops like gravel
shoulder crunches and grinds
shoulder is weak
whole body seems weak
knee is weak and stiff and i can hear the kneecap click when i walk.
all my joints are popping like crazy.
cannot walk for any extended period of time before legs feel like jello.
problems swallowing
shortness of breath
muscles twich in legs arms face and chest
my calfs seem to contract and stay that way, i can feel pressure in
the muscles of my legs when i am laying down.
there is more but i cannot remember them...
My questions are, can a prolonged period of heavy stress (over a year)
cause all of these symptoms? I am about to lose my job and my insurance, and I am currently on zoloft for 7 days. I have not been able to work for over a month...
please someone who has gone through the same thing help me!! I am afraid that this is MS OR ALS and i am going out of my mind!!!
Over the last year I have had a really rough time. I have a crappy dead end job and I have been in a rough relationship. Financially i am in ruins, I live at home and my girlfriend's parents despise the hell out of me. my girlfriend has many issues with her parents and I got sucked into that as well. She is treated like a child (she is 22) and when I say child I mean she is treated like she 13, literally, to the point where they are now in therapy after a traumatic event happened in my house in front of my whole family.
back to that in a minute.
Back in 2006 I had a major panic episode that lasted for months, went to the ER and was put on lexapro (which i didnt take) It slowly subsided and the physical symptoms went away.
while walking to work early on in 2010 i began to experience intermittent tightness in my knee cap that went away after a few moments, also I began to notice that sometimes when i was walking I could hear a clicking in my neck area, near the base of my skull.
later on in 2010 i convinced my girlfriend to leave her house and move into my house. she was there for 8 days, during that time my shoulder really started to bug me, and when i would take a hot shower my shoulder and leg would go numb (the same leg that would get stiff)
well 8 days after my girl moved in we invited her parents for coffee with my family. during which they dragged my girlfriend out kicking and screaming, insulting my whole family. The cops were called, and my girlfriend wasn't even asked if she wanted to remain there, she was ordered by the cops to remain there... (her uncle is a cop and was present)
I fell into a depression after that, and lost 10 pounds from not eating right. I was working during this time covering a really stressful posisition for 2 weeks. my symptoms slowly started to get worse, my shoulder would crunch and my leg started to feel week.
I am unable to workanymore due to my symptoms. here is the list
neck crunches and pops like gravel
shoulder crunches and grinds
shoulder is weak
whole body seems weak
knee is weak and stiff and i can hear the kneecap click when i walk.
all my joints are popping like crazy.
cannot walk for any extended period of time before legs feel like jello.
problems swallowing
shortness of breath
muscles twich in legs arms face and chest
my calfs seem to contract and stay that way, i can feel pressure in
the muscles of my legs when i am laying down.
there is more but i cannot remember them...
My questions are, can a prolonged period of heavy stress (over a year)
cause all of these symptoms? I am about to lose my job and my insurance, and I am currently on zoloft for 7 days. I have not been able to work for over a month...
please someone who has gone through the same thing help me!! I am afraid that this is MS OR ALS and i am going out of my mind!!!