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Medical Forum / General / General / August 2005WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME!?
I have been to my GP, neurologists.... everything to no avail. About 4 months ago i started experiencing a central, dull headache. Now this was the only problem for about a month... one morning i woke up and my headache was accompanied by a really disorientated, spacey feeling... its hard to explain : Its really hard to concentrate, mentally slow, feel really spaced out i go into my own little world and i believe i lack normal levels of emotion. This has gradually gotten worse and persisted for the past 2 months. Ive recently had a consultation with a neurologist and an MRI: MRI come back clear apart from some abnormality which the neurologist thought was more consistent with 'mild ectopia' then 'chiari malformation' - whatever they are. The neurologist prescribed me with an anti depressant which is apparently also used for headaches (amitrip) which has done nothing. This may be of significance... in early 2004 i was working with leadbased paint extensively for 3 weeks, not knowing the dangers. Apparently it was 'red led'... i was breathing this stuff in heavily everyday for these 3 weeks and i noticed a metallic taste in my mouth during this time. Also at the start of the year before these headaches started to occur i had a blood test which showed inadequte levels of vitamin B12... this may also have some significance? Any help would be MUCH appreciated... im going absolutely nuts here. I would have to allege (without the important history and physical exam of a patient) that your exposure to the lead and the symptoms you have are almost diagnostic of lead poisoning. If I were you, I would seek a consultation with an Internist or adjacent specialty to further explore this anomaly and for them to recommend any treatment for your what must be painful condition. It would seem too, that some liability for the exposure must inure to whoever was directing you in this venture. If just doing it on your own home, then your lack of identification of this hazard was indeed unfortunate. I wish you good luck. >I have been to my GP, neurologists.... everything to no avail. About 4 >months [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > have > some significance? One of the things that lead poisoning can do is decrease the production red blood cells, just like vitamin B-12 can. One possibility is that your doctor assumed that your problem was B-12 when it is lead. I would definitely go back to your doctor and make sure that you get a lead test if you didn't get one already. Jeff > Any help would be MUCH appreciated... im going absolutely nuts here. No i haven't had a test yet.... i was working with this lead in january 2004.. . i thought that might of been too long ago, then again i have a very limited knowledge on health/medicine. >>I have been to my GP, neurologists.... everything to no avail. About 4 >>months [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > >> Any help would be MUCH appreciated... im going absolutely nuts here. Is the lead test a blood one? >No i haven't had a test yet.... i was working with this lead in january 2004.. >. i thought that might of been too long ago, then again i have a very limited [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >> >>> Any help would be MUCH appreciated... im going absolutely nuts here. |
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