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What Does Tingling Sensation On Lower Back And High Cholesterol Levels Indicate?

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Posted on Wed, 1 Apr 2015
Question: Some months before my stroke, 4 to 6 months prior, my right eye vision would sometimes have an unseen blur spot in the peripheral. I wondered i it was from spending too much time in front of my computer, but why only my right eye?

I had a stroke Thanksgiving Day, 2013. Was put on Aggrenox, but one month latr, because of those damn headaches, I was switched to Plavix.
One month later, I felt a strange, unpleasant fatigue-inducing feeling in my head.
I went to Starbuck's, drunk two cups of coffee and made myself walk to downtown, where I met some girls. As I began to get excited, my field of vision would seem to lose peripheral focus, and I'd feel myself feeling like I wanted to zone out, pass out?

It got so bothersome I finally called 9-1-1, not listening to the three girls who insisted I sit down with them and drink some water, and rest. (Pretty unusual for a guy who LOVES girls!)

(I was also having a chilled tingling sensation in my lower back of my right forearm and back of my right hand, which would later be diagnosed as Radiculopathy from herniated bulging disks. At the time, I thought it was a warning sign of another stroke because when I had my stroke m right arm felt pins and needles for 10 seconds right before my speech screwed up).

I was bhospitaLIZED AND also put on Lipitor for cholesterol.

There were a few two times shortly after this I had smoggy vision.. There were a few times when I would feel myself zoning out and coming thisclose to passing out.

Fast forward 6 months, I was at the buffet walking, when, out of the blue, I felt myself zoning out and it felt as if I had to will myself from passing out.

Some months later I began o more often than not feel a sensation in my head, behind my right eye, making me feel fatiguish, lethargic. I would be sitting drinking my coffee. I'd get up to refill my cup and have two or so pells of feling like I wanted to pass out. I was still able to ride my bicycle, so I rode to the ER. They gave me Attivan, which almost immediately made me feel better. It was wonderful!

I was put on XANAX, back on Lorazepam, and now am on two 10 mg Libriums today. If Iit was not for Librium, I'd kill myself. It is that bad.

My new doctor thinks it de equilibrium. My ears always ringing when I wake up. (They had started this many months before my actual stroke) Fortunately, the ringing is not bad like it was at one time.

He can't decide whether its stroke nerve damage, or inner ear problems, herniated bulging neck and back disks, or a perfect storm of all of the above and something more.

ALWAYS when I wake up I feel my worst, till later in the afternoon, when I start feeling better, more like my old self.

WHAT is wrong? Can I ever be normal again? Will I have to kill myself if this country goes bankrupt and I lose my Medicaid / Medicare? I am on seven prescription meds.

It's NOT KNOWING that's got me toying with the idea of suicide. Am I the only f@#$ing person who feels like this?

Any exciting or exercise, or activity, such as masturbation, makes the feeling in my head more "feelable", although my Librium keeps m from feeling that terrifying zoning out feeling.

Can I be CURED?

Some chiropractor suggested stroke related low blood pressure, but...

When I'd go to the hospital with this my bp would be 55 / 100, yet... When I feel his I cannot get an erection to save my life, and it has gotten much harder to masturbate.
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Answered by Dr. Ajay Panwar (5 hours later)
Brief Answer:
Transient ischemic attacks/Migraine variant.Upload documents

Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXX,
Thanks for being on healthcaremagic.com.
I am Dr.Ajay Panwar,a neurologist,here to answer your query.

I appreciate you for providing a detailed medical history.If you would have presented to me as an outpatient with this medical history,I would have planned to rule out the following causes for your recurrent episodes(when you tends to zone out):
1)Transient ischemic attack
2)Migraine variant
Recurrent episodes of right side strange sensation in head, right peripheral vision loss and feeling of zoning out makes out a syndrome which,in the background history of an ischemic stroke, can most likely be ascribed to a 'Transient ischemic attack'(TIA).

On the other hand,Migraine subtypes can also have a similar presentation.You have never been on anti-migraine therapy trial,so this possibility has not been ruled out by now.


Another important point to mention here-you mentioned that during one of the zoning out episodes,ativan(lorazepam) had immediately made you feel better.So,It becomes important here to list alcohol withdrawal symptoms as a potential cause of your symptoms.You are also on Librium,which indicates that your frequency of alcohol intake is on a higher side(though you did not mention that what is your actual frequency,and I am just listing it as a probability ).So, Alcohol withdrawal is also a differential diagnosis,in addition to the above possibilities I listed.Alcohol withdrawal symptoms can present bizarrely also.

Lastly,Psychosomatic(with possibilities of depression and anxiety) manifestations can also present atypically.Suicidal tendencies and loss of erection can have psychological reasons.
Ringing in both ears which improve as the day passes, is again a little atypical for organic disorders.It is not explainable by ear pathology,herniated disc or even stroke.
I am not saying the symptoms are psychosomatic or psychogenic. I have just listed all the possibilities in order of significance.Its just that psychology may be playing a partial role in the symptoms.

For now,I suggest you to please upload all the relevant medical documents,along with MRI images,so that I can answer your query better.

Waiting your follow-up question.

Dr.Ajay Panwar,
MD,DM(Neurology)
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What Does Tingling Sensation On Lower Back And High Cholesterol Levels Indicate?

Brief Answer: Transient ischemic attacks/Migraine variant.Upload documents Detailed Answer: Hi XXXX, Thanks for being on healthcaremagic.com. I am Dr.Ajay Panwar,a neurologist,here to answer your query. I appreciate you for providing a detailed medical history.If you would have presented to me as an outpatient with this medical history,I would have planned to rule out the following causes for your recurrent episodes(when you tends to zone out): 1)Transient ischemic attack 2)Migraine variant Recurrent episodes of right side strange sensation in head, right peripheral vision loss and feeling of zoning out makes out a syndrome which,in the background history of an ischemic stroke, can most likely be ascribed to a 'Transient ischemic attack'(TIA). On the other hand,Migraine subtypes can also have a similar presentation.You have never been on anti-migraine therapy trial,so this possibility has not been ruled out by now. Another important point to mention here-you mentioned that during one of the zoning out episodes,ativan(lorazepam) had immediately made you feel better.So,It becomes important here to list alcohol withdrawal symptoms as a potential cause of your symptoms.You are also on Librium,which indicates that your frequency of alcohol intake is on a higher side(though you did not mention that what is your actual frequency,and I am just listing it as a probability ).So, Alcohol withdrawal is also a differential diagnosis,in addition to the above possibilities I listed.Alcohol withdrawal symptoms can present bizarrely also. Lastly,Psychosomatic(with possibilities of depression and anxiety) manifestations can also present atypically.Suicidal tendencies and loss of erection can have psychological reasons. Ringing in both ears which improve as the day passes, is again a little atypical for organic disorders.It is not explainable by ear pathology,herniated disc or even stroke. I am not saying the symptoms are psychosomatic or psychogenic. I have just listed all the possibilities in order of significance.Its just that psychology may be playing a partial role in the symptoms. For now,I suggest you to please upload all the relevant medical documents,along with MRI images,so that I can answer your query better. Waiting your follow-up question. Dr.Ajay Panwar, MD,DM(Neurology)