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Legs / arms shaking from meth
withdrawal?
i understand that no one here can
give medical advice, I'm only asking from your own
experiences with this....anyhow about a year or so ago
the doc. said i was having panic attacks and that's what
was causing me to shake and black out. Well of
course they gave me meds. Well last month i got
down to where i could not even walk because my legs were
shaking so bad and my legs in the muscles were also
swelled....the shaking was also in my arms. Well
went to doc...they done MRI thinking it was going to
come back pos.. for ms well it didn't so they have now
diagnosed the shaking as just tremors that could have
been inherited or something i have been exposed to and
put me on seizures meds....of course if it don't work
then i go to a movement specialist but any how my
questions is for those who have 2 or more years
clean....around this time did you experience any type of
withdraws from your use...does any of this leg/arm
shaking swelling things sound familiar to you????? i
have been told of new studies on people who have around
2-3 years clean experiencing difficulties from their
usage.....once again i am not asking for a diagnosis
just your experience or studies on this...thank you
god bless |
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| writerjp |
Re: Legs / arms shaking from meth withdrawal?
I remember when I first became clean,
I started having weird things happen. For example, my
arms would get all numb and tingly. That would super
duper freak me out. I have almost been clean for 3 years
now and sometimes I start to shake. Mine is mainly
because I do not deal with stress or anxiety well and it
is my body's way of dealing with it I guess. I am not
sure what yours could be from but I know that anxiety
and anti depressant meds, when you do not take them for
a while could actually cause panic attacks, so I hear. I
hope that your situation gets better. Congratulations on
the 2 or 3 years by the way! |
Free
OnKci |
Re: Legs / arms shaking from meth withdrawal?
I have 2 years or should say will
have by the grace of god on January 28 anyhow I asked
the neurologist how ever you spell it if it could just
be my anxiety and panic attacks and he says nope.....i
have these bad muscle cramps that feel like charlie
horses that just don't go away. along with all the other
i mentioned...anyhow thanks for the congrats and your
experience greatly appreciated!!!!!and congrats to you
too!! |
luve
piphany |
Re: Legs / arms shaking from meth withdrawal?
If there is any way you can be
referred to a neurologist, it would be excellent for
your peace of mind if you knew someone who was trained
to see brain issues was treating you. It would be
something you could do for science too-not that I mean
being a guinea pig, but your mystery being solved could
help many.
Keep asking questions of the doctors, you know your body
best and you are clean and want to live-you deserve to
be able to give the best to your self!
also, google shaking, shaking diseases, meth addiction
side effects etc and you will find links all over the
place |
| writerjp |
Re: Legs / arms shaking from meth withdrawal?
You are very welcome, sorry that I
cannot be of more help to you. Maybe you could go to an
orthopedic doctor? I think they deal with muscles and
bones. I am not really sure. I see doctors and nurses
all day at my job. Do you want me to see what someone
would suggest? |
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Re: Legs / arms shaking from meth withdrawal?
yeah, the neurologist specialist
thought it was MS until all test including MRI of the
brain come back clean and no damage to the brain as of
yet....done seen ortho doctor he thought it was MS
too...so for now i guess i just keep taking seizure meds
and deal with the muscle cramping...they have run heavy
metal testing down to arsenic testing all come back
clean so neurologist chalks it up to either hereditary,
something i have been exposed to and just plain old
tremors....so thanks again for your alls input...and
i'll keep searching the web for others......thanks again
and god bless....and if they have some kind of web page
or something that can help me than yeah i greatly
appreciate any type of study or information on what is
going on with me...I have all signs of MS just no
positive testing for it THANK GOD!!!!any how just a
reminder I'm not asking for diagnosis I'm just asking
for information or studies....thanks once again |
sickids
gurl |
Re: Legs / arms shaking from meth withdrawal?
I haven't had any experience with
this but I have only been clean 4 months and 4 days.
But I was just wondering have you been completely honest
with your Dr about your past use with meth? I'm assuming
you have, and if yes does your Dr think that your
condition is linked to the drug use....? |
luve
piphany |
Re: Legs / arms shaking from meth withdrawal?
Hey, God bless you too and your
search!
There is new science around every corner so don't give
up. I'm glad you had the neurologist in on it as well as
the heavy metal screening. With so little really being
known about how the use of meth "might" act on the body,
everyday something new is found. Parkinson's symptoms
have been related to aftereffects of meth use just
because of how they both affect the brain but nothing
concrete.
I have read of many varied symptoms and problems that
recovering addicts and using addicts have or have had
and many have gone away after time. The body DOES
regenerate so have hope.
|
BentBut
Not
Broken1 |
Re: Legs / arms shaking from meth withdrawal?
Sometimes-the symptoms of Chronic
Fatigue Syndrome mimic that of MS...there's also a very
rare disorder my girlfriend has-Chronic Progressive
External Opthamalopegia. Her's is genetic as is mine.
She is 5'3" and may weigh 90 lbs....I do pray it is
neither of these.
I thought about being tested for heavy metals after
quitting meth but didn't do so...wish now I had of-just
out of curiosity.
Keep searching and God Bless- |
| Penel0pe |
Re: Legs / arms shaking from meth withdrawal?
I've been going through something a
little like that - no shaking, just muscle problems in
the legs and lots of pain.
Physical therapy has been the BEST thing for it so
far... but that's ME. I have adhesions in my muscles
that make all the individual muscles bind together... it
sucks.
Not sure how much, if any, of this is related to many
years of meth use - I might never know. I just know that
the one thing that has helped me the most is physical
therapy, and it has been a slow process (But worth it.) |
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Re: Legs / arms shaking from meth withdrawal?
yes that was the first thing i done
was be honest with him and the ortho doctor.....the
doctors will not say that any of it is really related
just that it may be due to something that i have been
exposed to but that doesn't actually mean the chemicals
that we used during my use of drugs........
and penelope i believe it was that said u were going
threw muscle problems....mine are like the just either
are cramping yet shrinking at the same time if that
makes any since at all.......but see my insurance is
about to run out so any further testing will be put on
halt for a bit.....but the meds like i said seem to help
the tremors but the only real problem i have with the
med is it having Phenobarbital in it but the doc says as
long as i take it right i will be ok with it....my
sponsor feels different but god will guide me and keep
me from abusing it if i let him.....anyhow thank you all
for your input.......and once again god bless you and
yours
O one more thing congrats to u sickidsgurl on ur 4
months 4 days just remember one day at a time..........
hugs |
