My Age: 31 My gender: female List of symptoms over the years: mind fog - diffuculty concentrating on conversation, activities difficulties with speech - getting words out, stuttering on words, can t find the words Depression, situational-environemental-mood swings severe PMS\mood swings ringing in ears, hearing loss, unexplained sever ear pain (right ear) tingling, numbness, burning sensations of hands, arms, feet and legs severe joint pain - knees, wrists, hands, fingers, hips and shoulders extreme fatigue not reduced by proper sleep headaches, jaw pain, facial and neck\head pains cardiac palpitations, can feel heart skip beats, race, slow down difficulties breathing (shortness of breath) dizziness eye floaters , blurred vision, extreme vision changes, color changes - goes greyish\more yellowish photophobia, eye pain with severe bright light, sunlight habitual constipation light headedness, sudden and severe blood pressure drops, feelings of faintness muscle cramping, toe and finger cramping, hand cramps dropsies hand grasp weakness, leg weakness, knees & hips, back feel like they will give out. extreme clumsiness, bruises and cuts heal very slowly, get sick often (catch everything going around and severely), constant low grade fevers back pain and hip pain. Hand and feet and arm swelling in morning that takes a few hours to dissipate, hand and back\hip pain in the mornings. numbness in finger tips - thumb, pinky and ring finger. Palm of hand numbness. Rib pain and chest numbness, radiation pain that moves from one place to another. Heat sensitive, cannot deal with extreme heat situations, hot showers, baths, summer weather, too high heat in vehicle or home. Prefer it cold for enivronment but cannot deal with extreme cold either. Can go 2 to 3 weeks symptom free then comes back for a few weeks. Has gotten progressively worse over the years. Started with hip joint and lower back pain in mid\late teens. Had to adverse reactions to vaccines. Tetanus (July 2004 -dead arm syndrom, arm pain, inability to grasp items with left hand, fever, arm weakness) and Flu shot in Oct 2005 with arm pain, inability to grasp with left hand, arm weakness, fever, severe nauseau and vomitting, headache, back pain, exteme hip pain and joint pain, faintness, dizzy, shortness of breath, severe fatigue and rip pain. Allergies: Shell fish, eggs, OTC cough syrups with codeine and DMs, pepto bismol, very dairy sensitive. Genetics\History: congentital cataracs, missing xaphoid process (PC - mild pigeon chest), bicorneated uterus. Family history: epileptsy, cardiac conditions (valve defects, PDA, high blood pressure, low blood pressure, stroke, heart attack, murmurs), stroke, TIAs, brain anurisms (mother, aunt, grandmother - direct maternal link - all three had clamp surgery done for brain anurisms). Lung, uterine, cervical, colon, breast and skin cancers. Paternal link to cardiac valve defects and murmurs. Grandmother and father have valve defects, grandmother died of congestive heart failure due to vavle defect and arrythmia (valve replacement surgery was done 3 times in her lifetime), father has leaky valve (left vent) and murmur. Mother had a stroke in 1997 and TIA in (July) 2010 - subsequent anurism surgery (clamp) performed in Sept 2010. Has high blood pressure, high RA antibodies, high cholesterol. Had c6\c7 spinal fusion surgery in 1999 due to stroke in 1997. Tests done: Depression scales (was on welbutrin for 4 yrs - 150mg\day for clinical depression). Even with medication for depression above symptoms would come and go. Diagnosed 2005. thyroid testing, RA antibody tests, bone scan - all negative except bone scan showing slight scoliosis of mid back. Tests done 2005 (May)