I love this site. Thank you GoJohnnyGo! I have been feeling like a crazy person for a long time.
I feel like I drive my husband crazy with all of my complaints and my doctor never seems to have answers. I have been dealing with bad headaches because I have felt horrific pain in my neck. My doctor first prescribed a migrain cocktail consisting of an assortment of strong drugs used for [wiki2="Depression"]depression[/wiki2] and bipolar. Apparently small doses calm the brain stopping headaches.
I insisted that it was not migrains, it is my neck. The doctor did a brain [wiki2="CT-Scan"]CT scan[/wiki2] which was negative for a tumor etc...so they wanted me to continue treating for migrains. Not convinced and certainly not wanting to stay on these drugs, I quit and went to a chiropractor. I had adjstments which I was not a big fan and it didn't take care of the neck problem. Headaches are gone!
Meanwhile I have also had episodes of chest pain which has scared me and my husband of possible heart attack. I have a strong heart and low blood pressure. The doctor told me that it was esophogial spasms and gave me previcid.
I complain of my chest feeling heavy and shortness of breath. I complain that my spine hurts and lastly I am tired ALL the time.
I read about Ankylosing Spondylitis and it fits ALL these problems. I don't feel crazy and I am going to ask my doctor about it so thank you for the post.
Sorry for the long post but maybe someone else can benefit from my complaints and find their own similarities.
