Endometriosis :: Sudden SHARP Pain?
I have been presumptively diagnosed with endometriosis for the past 8 months, meaning I haven't had a laparoscopy to confirm. My pain is usually a gnawing/aching pelvic pain concentrated around my inner right hip bone. It can make it cumbersome to eat and move, and will eventually build up to create anxiety and fatigue.
Suddenly, I've been having very strong pain on my right side (again near my hip bone, but also higher and more general). This pain is sharp, sudden, and paralyzing. It will leave me shaking, gasping, and frightened to move again (as if moving might make it worse).
I am concerned about taking the endometriosis NSAIDs I have, in case this pain is from something else. (?)
LADIES WITH ENDOMETRIOSIS, have you ever had pain that feels like this? What does your pain feel like?
[The pain I'm having makes me imagine a small blade is sitting just inside my hip bone, and, when I move, it cuts into the tissue around it (miserable right?)]
Sudden Pain In My Penis - Kidney Stones?
I felt the need to join after something that happened yesterday and it's left me in a state of panic. I am currently 17 years old and while showering felt an intensely sharp pain on the tip of my penis. I couldn't explain what it was and then urinated after my shower but felt like something is blocking it as I couldn't pass urine like I normally could. The next morning (today) I woke up and touched my penis to see if the pain was still there but it wasn't and I could pass urine normally again. It isn't until now when I tried to examine my penis further that I felt like I pushed something to the end of my penis and touched it when extreme pain came back again. My mother and sister both suffer from kidney stones and I'm going to see the doctor tomorrow but came on here to see what you guys thought.
View 1 RepliesUterine Fibroids :: Sudden Pain Almost 3 Weeks Post Myomectomy
Hi just wondering if anyboy else had sudden pain 3 weeks after open myomectomy? I was recovering well and beginning to feel almost back to normal other than some pulling pain at the sides of my incision scar and being slightly uncomfortable sitting up normally for longer periods. I also feel less bloated and although my stomach is still a bit swollen it is back to being flatter without the pregnant bump look.
I didn't have a general anaesthetic opting for a spinal anaesthetic and sedation instead. Initially after the surgery I had some issues with pain relief due to not being able to take certain medications and also going to the toilet. My GP gave me some morphine and strong laxatives and all went back to normal. I stopped taking the morphine about 8 days ago and was able to cope with the pulling pain. The skin around the scar is still very sensitive and tingle.
Since yesterday I have a sharp pain almost in the centre of my belly but slightly to the left and it is very painful to press on that side. I should add that I've been doing quite a lot round the house as my husband is unable to do much due to hurting his hip while I was in hospital and is therefore on crutches. I have been trying not to carry anything and I feel that I am still very weak so not sure if I might have pulled or strained something.
I have an appointment booked with my GP tomorrow anyway (actually to discuss something else) but was wondering if this was normal?
Sudden Back Pain After Routine Exercises 20 Days Back
I was about 108 kgs and after joining a gym i have lost about 32 kgs
but suddenly 20 days back i got back pain after my routine exercises and my MRI report says following:
1. L4-L5 disc reveals minimal diffuse bulge abutting the thecal sac without any nerve root compression.
2. B/L mild facet arthropathy is seen at L4/L5 and L3/L4 levels with tiny anterior paradiscal osteophytes at these level.
3. L5 vertebra us sacralised with rudimentary L5-S1 disc.
Epilepsy :: Sudden Seizures At 27
I am a 27 year old male and about 3 months ago I started having seizures. The first 2 were about 2 months apart and both times! paramedics were called and I was taken to the er. Both these times my heart rate was high around 140 and my oxygen was low. After blood and urine tests I was told my potassium was low and I was given fluids and potassium pills and ativan. After the first seizure I got a ct scan at the er and an eeg and an mri a couple weeks later. My neurologist cannot figure out what could be causing them. After the second seizure I was given keppra in an iv at the er and the put on it daily. After a little more than a week on keppra I broke out in a rash. My doc then put me on trileptal, 300mg twice a day slowly stepping up to 600 mg twice a day. Before I got to the full dosage of the trileptal, two days ago I had another seizure. This time it did not last as long and I did not go to the er. My heart was racing for about 30 minutes after and then I was fine. I go back to the neurologist next week and I would like to try more testing instead of simply throwing medicine at the problem. Any ideas what could be the cause of all this?
I will add that I see a psychiatrist and I am on 20mg of prozac and 30mg of remeron for depression and anxiety. Also, my potassium has been checked in between and even before the seizures and it was always normal. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Sudden Hearing Loss
Last thursday all of a sudden i heard a echo sound in my right ear trying all the normal stuff popping ears blowing nose checking for wax etc nothing worked so i went to bed and noticed i could not hear at all out of this ear so i waited til in the morning and still the same so i checked like with phone and could not hear anything so i went to see my gp and she checked and said nothing looks wrong so they referred me to a ent which i could not get into see till later this week on top of not hearing i have what i assume is tinnitus anyone else had this happen to them..
View 2 RepliesPenis :: Sudden Bend ?
.I am 30 years old and within the last week i have developed a bend in my penis at the head that hasn't been there on my completely straight penis, I know its common to have a bent penis but not if it suddenly bends.
View 1 RepliesAnxiety :: Sudden Exteme Stress
I have never gotten this, and it has only happened about 3 times but has happened 2 times in the past week.
What happens?:
1- I am normal fine,etc.
2- For around 30 Minutes I am in a situation of EXTREME 'stress', not sure if its stress but like my blood pressure/heart rate/etc is up and I feel like I am unable to move and feel like there's someone holding a sword to my head for example. (this can then become part 3)
3- After I escape that situation, (next part-> I become very very strange, I do not feel right whatsoever(to the extreme). I feel like I have no idea where I am kinda or what I am doing, I am also unable to function(25% battery power running left, where I am and what I am doing I just can't "do it", I am a totally different person/body/etc for the bad as in even everything I see and touch (senses,etc) are VERY VERY strange. Like almost half of my body/brain is there and the other half not or something. In general it is very strange, I also become VERY very warm and almost need to take of all my clothes and open windows,etc.
42 Years Old With Sudden Dizziness And Headache
I'm a 42 yr old male, while driving 3 weeks ago I suddenly got a feeling I was going to pass out and instantly pulled onto the hard shoulder and let a colleague drive. Since then all was fine until 3 days ago when 3 hours into a drive the same thing happened, I pulled over again and the colleague finished the drive. I was fine the rest of the day and drove back to the hotel later. The following day the same thing happened again on the way back around the same time into the drive. Since then I've been dizzy constantly, when I say dizzy it's more the feeling I'm going to faint and now there is an accompanying headache. I'm very very concerned as a big part of my job is driving and I don't feel confident getting in a car at the moment.
View 19 RepliesSudden Hearing Loss After Wax Removal
I lost 50% hearing in right ear after having wax removed by irrigation with syringe. Seems like the water pressure was excessive. Now, hearing is muffled, nasally and distorted. MRI of brain was OK. Must use hearing aids now to hear anything. Have not used hearing protection in drum and bugle corps. Previous violin player 7 years ago so left ear shows 35% in audio test.
View 1 RepliesSitting, Standing, And Walking - Sudden Dizziness
I don't know exactly where to start or how to describe my issue, but I know something isn't right. 2 days ago I woke up as I normally do from a good night's sleep and immediately knew something wasn't right. I was feeling faint and dizzy, but it wasn't a constant feeling that wouldn't go away. I would have these episodes about every 5 or 6 seconds apart from one another. 2 days later (today) it hasn't gone away and it's actually getting worse. It feels like I'm getting hit with a hammer and that's when everything starts to go faint and an instant dose of dizziness smacks me in the head. I honestly feel like I'm going to just kill over and pass out, but I don't. after a few seconds it stops, but then after I take a few more steps it does it all over again. This happens whether I'm standing up, walking, sitting down or even laying down. It just won't stop. Prior to this, there was a week where I got about 5 or 6 major migraines in one week. Not sure if this is related or not? I have no ins.
View 1 RepliesHashimoto's :: Sudden Worsening Of Hypothyroid Symptoms
I was diagnosed with Hashimoto's postpartum about a year ago. I was complaining of excessive fatigue/inability to return to running, and pretty bad carpal tunnel. At the time my TSH was 6.893 and Free T3 282.1 pg/dL [230-420] and of course high antibodies. My primary care put me on NatureThroid 32.5mg (25 mcg T4/T3). I felt better within the week and my carpal tunnel completely resolved in about 2 weeks. I felt great on this for a year. I had my TSH tested once during this time and it came to 2.785. I trained for a 50 mile race, including hard training with back to back long runs on the weekend. I then started training for a marathon in January with a goal time of 3:15-3:20. I was training hard but felt great. I did a half marathon March 20th at a 7:04min/mile pace. I felt on top of the world and was on track to run what I had termed my "comeback marathon". The next week I still felt good, but then the following week I came down with a minor respiratory tract infection. I was completely better in 3 days and just thought it was a small blip. I went out for a long run that weekend and felt good for the first 6 miles, and then got progressively worse and felt like I had no energy, completely flat, defeated. It was not normal but I just chalked it up to a bad run. The following week, I had a strange inexplicable flair of wrist pain/carpal tunnel for about 3 days, but then that resolved, so again I kind of dismissed it. I was able to do my weekly workouts and hit my paces although they did feel a little bit harder than normal. But every time I tried to do a long run, I crashed after just a few miles and finished feeling like complete crap. I started to get worried about my race but again just figured I needed a good taper and I would feel better. Well, my race came it was one of the worst experiences of my life. I ran the first half at my goal pace but after 8-10 miles I started feeling sort of ill, dizzy, and had no energy. Again, I have run several marathons and have had bad marathons, and this was above and beyond anything I'd ever felt. I am not prone to cramping, and by the end I could barely walk and my muscles were just spasming uncontrollably.
Ok, fast forward to the following week. The next day I called my doctor and moved my 6 month follow-up to the next week, and got blood work done (unfortunately he only tested my TSH). That week, I developed progressively worse carpal tunnel. I decided to double up on my thyroid dose, and after a few days of that, I then tripled it (so now I was taking 97.5mg (75 mcg T4/T3). I felt fine energy-wise (although was not running), but still had carpal tunnel. Then I went in to see my doctor. My TSH came to 2.94. He saw that and said my symptoms were probably not thyroid-related but that we could increase my dose by 16.25mg to see if that would help (I knew it wouldn't because I was already taking more than that but I didn't want to say that, and I started second-guessing myself that I was hypo). So I dropped my dose down to 65 mg, then back to 32.5mg. Well a few days later my carpal tunnel got so bad I was waking up in excruciating pain even wearing my braces. I was having shoulder impingement pain as well. I couldn't use my right arm in the morning for 30 mins after waking. I called my doctor asking for further testing and for him to test my free Ts. I did that bloodwork and it came out to TSH 2.58, free T4 0.71 ng/dL [0.6-1.6], free T3 3.59 pg/mL [2.39-6.79]. Seeing that my T4 was on the low end and T3 not super high, I figured that confirmed I was having hypo symptoms, even though they were technically within normal. So I started taking the 97.5mg dose of thyroid again. That weekend I upped my dose, I still felt terrible. I had a horrible run, couldn't move after, my whole body ached, and by Saturday evening I couldn't lift my right arm due to the shoulder impingement. I felt the same Sunday. But Monday (day of three of higher dose), I was SO much better.
Well my doctor looked at my results on Wednesday and said, "Your T3 is excellent." When I protested, he said rather condescendingly, "I've been doing this 30 years." Mind you, he's not an endo, he's a naturopath MD. I argued with him until he agreed to up my dose to 81.25mg. I knew this would not eliminate my musculoskeletal issues, but figured it was at least a move in the right direction. (note: he also tested for RA antibodies and sed rate and that was normal, and I don't have any joint tenderness)
I've still been taking 97.5mg dose this week, but won't be able to continue this once I run out of the extra Rxs from dosage changes. Still have carpal tunnel and morning stiffness, but my arm got better throughout the week, and then Thursday, I had a great run. However, today (Friday), I suddenly developed this shoulder impingement really bad again where I can't lift my arm. I'm thinking somehow running is triggering it, but I've never had a shoulder problem before.
Ok, so now for my question. I cannot think of any possible thing this could be other than hypothyroidism. I've scoured the internet and scientific papers for anything at all. But I'm just confused by how suddenly my symptoms worsened, and how my levels are not super low, but even tripling my dose hasn't completely alleviated my symptoms when I was great on a low dose for a year. I'm seeing a new primary care soon and am going to make an appt with an endo instead of continuing to see my current doctor who I'm really p*ssed with. But this will all take time (the endo I'm planning on takes months to get into), and I'm just curious if anyone has any insight into this or has experienced something similar. I'm nervous that I'm going to have to drop down to 81.25mg again and that I'm just going to be miserable, and that when we test my levels again they will be higher, but that I will still be having symptoms, and so my doctor will not listen to me. I know people say that it takes time to have symptom relief with dosage changes, but in my experience it seems like it happens very quickly. Like when I first started on the NatureThroid, I was almost completely better in a week. Is it normal to feel changes so quickly? And does anyone have experience with exercise worsening symptoms - like maybe free Ts are lowish and then exercise is an added stress that sort of depletes the body if it's not able to compensate with normal thyroid function? I'm not completely sure of the biochemistry (I don't know that anyone is actually), so I'm just kind of postulating.
Gabapentin :: Side Effects To Sudden Stopping?
Are there any side-effects to sudden stopping of Gabapentin? I thought I had a months supply left but took the last one last night. My GP doesn't work Wednesdays. I take 300mg nightly for neuropathic neck pain & have noticed they no longer work very well now. Any ideas?
View 2 RepliesMy Husband Started Getting Vertigo / Dizziness All Of A Sudden?
For three days my husband has been feeling giddy, he has to hold onto something when he walks otherwise he looks likes he's had a few. He's been sick once with it. He's been to GP who examined him and told him his BP was a bit high but when we got home his BzP was within normal range again. I think it was raised because we waited an hour in the surgery. Because he is a type 2 diabetic, the GP said it was connected to that and his raised BP. I know it's not his BP because it's always normal. His ears have been throbbing too but GP said no sign of infection. It seems he has to ride it whatever it is. Has anyone any idea what could be the cause please?
View 32 RepliesSmoking :: Sudden Aches In Arms, Hands And Legs
I recently started smoking again after a few months-could there be a connection?
View 1 RepliesBowel Disorders :: Random Sudden Vomiting And Diarrhea
I have had 2 incidents (one early last week and one today) where I have felt completely fine, was on an empty stomach (before my breakfast) and suddenly got nauseous and threw up a couple times - followed by diarrhea. No pain is associated.
Within an hour or so afterwards I felt suddenly fine. Note: I am primarily vegan - have ruled out any food poisoning issues and have not gotten stomach flu 2x. (No fever or anything else)
Women Urinary Issues :: Sudden Frequent Urination?
Okay so First off I'm 16 and I used to only have to go pee 1-3 times a day and I haven't had to wake up in the night to go for years. But suddenly the past 2 months I've had to go much more frequently, every hour or two. I wake up almost every night having to go, sometimes even up to 3 times. I still drink the same amount as before and have the same if not healthier diet, and I'm a very active person. I'm out of state at the moment so I can't see my doctor but any ideas or anyone been through the same thing?
View 2 RepliesCervical Spondylosis :: Sudden / Instant Fall To Sleep
I have had c/s at levels C4,5,6 and 7 for 5 years now. It is progressively getting worse. Instant sleep- I sleep between 6 to 8 hours on average each night, sometimes solid, thanks to my meds, sometimes not. However over the last 10 to 12 weeks something weird is happening. I suddenly fall asleep. Not a few winks but solid sleep, instantly. So I get up , walk around and pick up my laptop and go to my Emails or whatever and sit down to read, only I instantly fall asleep again, wake up looking at my laptop, tell myself to "buck up" and fall back into a sleep. If I sit down to watch t.v. with my wife we will be watching something, chatting about it and suddenly I am asleep again. Could it be that the osteophytes at levels C6 and C7 which are pushing into my spinal cord are progressing to the point that my brain is becoming starved of oxygen?
View 3 RepliesRandom Spells Of Sudden Headache With Dizziness And Nausea?
Little background info, I'm 18 and female and I never usually get headaches, but yesterday morning I woke up with a slight one, the type you usually get when you oversleep. Throughout the day it got a lot worse, to the point where my eyes were watering due to the pain, I could barely stand and barely move and of course had no paracetamol in the house so I had to endure the horrendous pain before my mum was able to get some when she got back from work. It's now day two and the headache is just as bad, the nausea and dizziness comes and goes in random spells but the headache is persistent. Pain relief dulls but doesn't get rid of the pain.
I haven't had any injury or knock to the head, no ear infection (to cause the dizziness) and the only things that really changed is my sleeping pattern (I usually sleep for around 5/6 hours a day due to insomnia but yesterday I got a full 10 hours sleep only waking up around 3 times during the night which is normal for me).