> I am 35 years old, and I seem to get far too many unexplainable symptoms
all
> the time.  I am one of those people who never go to the doctor until I
have
> about 3 things wrong with me, and then see him about all three at once,
and
> probably don't need to visit the doctor more often than once every 12-18
> months or so.

> I have had a very painful shoulder for about 2 years. some days it just
> aches a little, other days it is extremely painful to move my head even an
> inch or so to the left, right, or down.  It gives me a sharp pulling pain
in
> my shoulder.  This can switch on and off like a light.  I could be walking
> across the street and it starts, and will be with me for 3 days, and then
go
> away as suddenly as it started.  I took 2x 900MG Motrin for 30 days and it
> made things a little better, but now I have finished the course it's
> starting up again.

> Then there's the peculiar numbness in odd places.  For instance, my top
lip
> or my ear will go numb, and I haven't a clue why.

> A few weeks back I couldn't raise my feet off the ground higher than 6
> inches or so without pain in my hips, and if I tried to step over my
> daughter's baby gate sometimes my hip would just give way.  I almost fell
> over in a few stores when it decided to give way as I was standing still.
> Now it's fine though.

> Add to this painful skin, which seems to move around but is usually in the
> same few spots.  Frequently one side of my face is sore to the touch and
> hurts very slightly without being touched at all, and other times it's my
> right thigh.  Right now, nothing hurts.

> Lately I have had absolutely no energy, and been very "easily defeated".
I
> can sleep until 11am if left (we go to bed at 1-2am), am finding my mental
> capacity seems to be dwindling, and have very little creative flow or
> vocabulary.  My IQ is a reasonable 128, but I frequently find myself
feeling
> extremely stupid because I misunderstood something, or misread a very
simple
> sentence.  I never used to be like this, and I certainly don't think I
> should be like it at 35 years old.  Although I am not generally a
depressed
> kind of person and everyone else thinks of me as amusing and happy, I find
> myself with this feeling of hopelessness, and I don't have a clue why.  My
> memory has all but disappeared, and my already quite poor eyesight
sometimes
> seems dreadful.

> Sometimes I'll sit at the dining table with my in laws and I can't even
> bring myself to talk to them, or can't think of a single thing to say.  I
am
> usually pretty talkative and fun loving, but there are times (increasingly
> so) where I don't have a single conversational sentence in my head.  This
is
> odd, coming from someone who is known to "talk too much".

> Whatever could be wrong with me?  I feel like I'm falling apart mentally
and
> physically.  I used to feel like I could take on the world,.  I think I'm
> happy, have a lovely wife who I am very happy with and a beautiful little
> girl 16 months old.  We do okay, pay the bills on time and don't really
have
> any pressing issues or regular worries - so why am I falling apart?

> I apologize for the length of this, I have been living like this for a
> really long time and only just started to wonder if this is not just apart
> of normal life... it seems nobody else my age has these odd things
> happening.

> If anyone could point me in the right direction it would be most
> appreciated.

> Anyways, you should go see a good internist, your symptoms strongly
suggest
> some sort of autoimmune illness and should be investigated or ruled out.

> Thanks,

> Mike

> This is pretty vague.  We'd need to know more about the pain.

> > Then there's the peculiar numbness in odd places.  For instance, my top
> lip
> > or my ear will go numb, and I haven't a clue why.

> Completely numb?  So you could bite your lip and not know?  That sounds
very
> strange.

> > Add to this painful skin, which seems to move around but is usually in
the
> > same few spots.  Frequently one side of my face is sore to the touch and
> > hurts very slightly without being touched at all, and other times it's
my
> > right thigh.  Right now, nothing hurts.

> You have a whole bunch of weird symptoms and you need to submit yourself
to
> a formal interview.  Here are my thoughts on possible diagnoses:

> Depression
> Multiple Sclerosis
> Diabetes
> Hypothyroidism
> Trigeminal neuralgia
> Lifestyle ({*filter*}, {*filter*}, etc)

> I'd suggest that you see a good GP.  I think it's also worth asking to see
a
> specialist - maybe a general internal medicine physician or neurologist.

>I am 35 years old, and I seem to get far too many unexplainable symptoms all
>the time.  I am one of those people who never go to the doctor until I have
>about 3 things wrong with me, and then see him about all three at once, and
>probably don't need to visit the doctor more often than once every 12-18
>months or so.

>I have had a very painful shoulder for about 2 years. some days it just
>aches a little, other days it is extremely painful to move my head even an
>inch or so to the left, right, or down.  It gives me a sharp pulling pain in
>my shoulder.  This can switch on and off like a light.  I could be walking
>across the street and it starts, and will be with me for 3 days, and then go
>away as suddenly as it started.  I took 2x 900MG Motrin for 30 days and it
>made things a little better, but now I have finished the course it's
>starting up again.

>Then there's the peculiar numbness in odd places.  For instance, my top lip
>or my ear will go numb, and I haven't a clue why.

>A few weeks back I couldn't raise my feet off the ground higher than 6
>inches or so without pain in my hips, and if I tried to step over my
>daughter's baby gate sometimes my hip would just give way.  I almost fell
>over in a few stores when it decided to give way as I was standing still.
>Now it's fine though.

>Add to this painful skin, which seems to move around but is usually in the
>same few spots.  Frequently one side of my face is sore to the touch and
>hurts very slightly without being touched at all, and other times it's my
>right thigh.  Right now, nothing hurts.

>Lately I have had absolutely no energy, and been very "easily defeated".  I
>can sleep until 11am if left (we go to bed at 1-2am), am finding my mental
>capacity seems to be dwindling, and have very little creative flow or
>vocabulary.  My IQ is a reasonable 128, but I frequently find myself feeling
>extremely stupid because I misunderstood something, or misread a very simple
>sentence.  I never used to be like this, and I certainly don't think I
>should be like it at 35 years old.  Although I am not generally a depressed
>kind of person and everyone else thinks of me as amusing and happy, I find
>myself with this feeling of hopelessness, and I don't have a clue why.  My
>memory has all but disappeared, and my already quite poor eyesight sometimes
>seems dreadful.

>Sometimes I'll sit at the dining table with my in laws and I can't even
>bring myself to talk to them, or can't think of a single thing to say.  I am
>usually pretty talkative and fun loving, but there are times (increasingly
>so) where I don't have a single conversational sentence in my head.  This is
>odd, coming from someone who is known to "talk too much".

>Whatever could be wrong with me?  I feel like I'm falling apart mentally and
>physically.  I used to feel like I could take on the world,.  I think I'm
>happy, have a lovely wife who I am very happy with and a beautiful little
>girl 16 months old.  We do okay, pay the bills on time and don't really have
>any pressing issues or regular worries - so why am I falling apart?

>I apologize for the length of this, I have been living like this for a
>really long time and only just started to wonder if this is not just apart
>of normal life... it seems nobody else my age has these odd things
>happening.

>If anyone could point me in the right direction it would be most
>appreciated.