Can you provide me medical advice? Somebody with credentials or sources please.?

Symptoms:

- When I breathe in or move I get a crackling in my neck (Difficult to determine the location)



- Neck is constantly stiff, and at times is capable of radiating to the bottom portion of my face



- My shoulders can constantly pop out of place and in. Makes my neck stiffer



- Neck gets stiffer(Becoming very debilitating) and will hurt intensively, especially attempting to work

out.



- The area behind your ear, down to the bottom of the neck are extremely tight. At times, touching

the side my neck hurts it. It radiates above and below those points.



- Sleeping makes it difficult to breathe, and sometimes I get a burning sensation in my nasal area.



- The tightening even right now is around my trachea.



- More I stretch my neck, the tighter.



- I stretched my neck one day like the physical therapist said, it popped and I got a weird radiating

feeling on the right portion of my face. It went away eventually.



Secondary problems resulting from this:



- Lower back problem



- Muscle Atrophy(I either don't physically exert and get this, or do so and end up in the ER)



- Chest Pain



- Insomnia



- Dry Skin



- Fatigue



- Depression(Though, I am still fairly level headed. Go through periods of optimism till uncertainty of

getting better kicks in. Rinse, Wash, Repeat)



Possible Cause: I doubt it has anything to do with a randomly emergent medical condition that is genetic. Doesn't seem to fit. Personally, I would like to attribute it to a Chiropractic incident. Figured no harm would be done if I was being used as an example at Parker College. Sign a form, and get popped once. Although, I wasn't aware this was a student. He basically popped the area in my cervical spine. And guess where my problems are starting at? Neck.



Background information:



I'm 19 years old and currently unable to work or even go to college. Use to exercise regularly, and had a 4.0 before this. Also worked, and was full time at college. The problems started April of last year.



Initially going to Medical City Dallas ER, they kept me there over night doing a CT scan and a MRI, keeping me in a neck brace. From there, after two days, I was released and told to get a referral to a Neurologist.



At around June last year I was finally able to get into him. He ordered for the medical records from Medical City Dallas, and ordered some others for me. He told me there seemed to be a problem with my lower back, but that was a red-herring most likely and at most caused by the problem I was having(As well as the loss of weight, etc.. Mainly from the deterring condition). He said he was not sure what he could do.



I was thus referred to a Rheumatologist. Also during this time, I had to get various blood tests done at Baylor, my Primary Clinic, and Parkland. Almost every day or so, over 30 blood tests were done overall by them(More resulting from Parkland deleting my records "on accident" twice).



Finally after all that and getting in, I was told they could do nothing(It wasn't rheumatoid nor thyroid-based) and to start back at nothing. During this time, I was over 18 and I had to get new insurance(I have my Parkland insurance now, it was Children's First). That caused a period of time of me being able to do nothing.



So, about 3 months ago I got into an Orthopedic who basically told me I had a lower back problem(Remember what the neurologist said earlier?) and that was the problem. I was sent to go do Physical Therapy, and it only happened once a week. The second time the program ended, mainly from the Hospital's allocation of money resources into more surgeries as the physical therapist told me. So, I did as I was told and it only got worse.



Now? Been waiting to see a doctor again, wondering if it will ever get mended too. During this period, went to the ER over 7 times at Parkland. Not to mention over a thousand dollars in medical bills due. Yes, I am fairly poor.



Off note: Had a doctor at the ER literally tell me: "Pain is imagined". My jaw dropped.



My thoughts now:



Part of me wants to act on a whim of anger. Although, I seemly can't. I'm the type of person who will cry, get angry, and such in my own time, and put smile on my face at the ER and answer: "Doing good" when they ask how I am. Can't really do otherwise, my dislike in burdening another causes me to act this way.



Problem? If this goes on any longer, I may literally have enough proof to deduce my life is better off dead than burdening others with this. I am willing to go with this choose, if I find it logical. At this moment, luckily there are a few things keeping me from doing so. Thing that sucks? I am not mentally insane, and do not need medicine. Yet, I'd be given some when clearly the problem lies in Axis 4 of the DSM Manual.



If you read to this point, can you provide me with information what I might have, or what should do? Much apCan you provide me medical advice? Somebody with credentials or sources please.?
Hello,

It seems clear that orthodox medicine has done little to help you.

Presumably we can conclude, in orthodox terms, that you have

- - (1) no problem with your spine-bones pinching your nerve-roots, (the Neurologist, the CT and the MRI scans),

- - (2) no rheumatology joint problems, no rheumatoid arthritis or similar, no wear-and-tear joint degeneration,

- - (3) agreed lower back problems, (the Orthopedic Specialist), but apparently muscular rather than boney or joint-y,

- - (4) one suggestion that there is a psychological element to your problem, (the E.R. doctor),

- - (5) you report insomnia, fatigue, anger, and depression, not confirmed by a Psychiatrist, and vague but serious suicidal thoughts,

- - (6) no general illness detected by a variety of doctors.

In personal terms, I am a retired primary care physician. I was (am) well qualified, (without going into specifics), and I did most of my practice in the British Army, - so I am a conventional doctor.

It seems to me that muscle tightness might account for much of your neck troubles, and there is a history of neck damage, - but apparently no discernible residual damage to your neck bones, joints, or nerves. This doesn't mean your problem is imaginary, - clearly it is real enough, - but your symptoms are more severe than a doctor would expect from the physical findings.

I think you are right that this problem has the potential to ruin the rest of your life.
It's you that's saying you have insomnia, anger, fatigue and depression, and vaguely suicidal thoughts, - I'm not saying that. If you are correct, I'm not saying that you should necessarily see a Psychiatrist, - but it would seem no more than prudent, to consider the psychological aspect of things? : )

It's you that's saying you have insomnia, anger, fatigue and depression, and vaguely suicidal thoughts, - I'm not saying that. If you are correct, I'm not saying that you should necessarily see a Psychiatrist, - but it would seem no more than prudent, to consider the psychological aspect of things? : )

You don't tell us which treatments, - clearly you have tried many treatments, - were even partly successful? Did any of the the physical therapies help at all? The immobilization in a neck brace? Have you tried neck traction or lower body traction? Pain killers?Can you provide me medical advice? Somebody with credentials or sources please.?
Kidney problems, insomnia and fatigue from diabetes? Avoid sweet food, soda and fruit juice.
Get tested. get the a1c test.
county hospitals and some clinics help the uninsured with low cost medical.Can you provide me medical advice? Somebody with credentials or sources please.?
Magnesium deficiency is a good contender. Having had this deficiency severely myself, i can tell you stiff, tight, sore muscles is a symptom. For me it was neck, lower back and calf muscles. I also had most of your other symptoms and many more. The symptoms of deficiency are long (i have yet to find them all on one website) but interestingly found this link that mentions - bones that continue to go out of alignment.

The symptoms of magnesium deficiency are many. Here is a list:

Insomnia
Wake up tired
Pain (lower back or neck)
Stiff and aching muscles
Bones that continue to go out of alignment
Cluster headaches
Migraine headaches
Tiredness, weakness or exhaustion
Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar)
Diabetes
Nervousness
High blood pressure
Osteoporosis
PMS
Constipation
Kidney stones
Accelerated aging
Depression
Heart attack history
Irregular heartbeat
aggressive behavior
ADD
Chronic fatigue
Stroke
Jump at sudden sounds
Highly strung, jittery
Anxiety
Confusion
Muscle weaknes
Muscle tics or twitches, particularly in the face
muscle cramps
muscle spasms or quivers
muscular atrophy, dystrophy
Seizures, epileptic seizures
Angina pectoris (sharp chest pains and feeling of being suffocated)
Fading memory, sentility
Trouble keeping hands and feet warm

It is a horrible deficiency indeed! As only 1% of magnesium is in the blood, easy to misdiagnose a deficiency (if your doctor amazingly tests for it). You may need a combination of products as magnesium is hard to absorb. Worth trying chelated magnesium supplements and magnesium oil to rub on your neck (which absorbs transdermally). I am feeling much better after a few months. A few links to check out...

http://askwaltstollmd.com/archives/mg/66鈥?/a>
http://www.theherbprof.com/minMagnesium.鈥?/a>
http://www.best-magnesium-citrate.com/he鈥?/a>