Hi doctor, I had my first appointment with a neurologist this week. I am a 21 year old student. The past several years I have been dealing with shaky hands, worse on my left side, that has continuously gotten worse. I also have hypothyroidism and had hoped that as my thyroid balanced out, the shaking would decrease, but it has only gotten worse and now the shaking often moves up my arms and makes it very difficult to write or work. Within the past year, I have noticed that some of my toes go numb while walking and can stay numb for several days. Recently I have noticed numbness in my right arm at times. My neurologist first thought it could be from stress, but then proceeded to run through a series of tests where he mentioned that the reflexes in my feet were very uncommon and that my pupils also were not working the way it should. He asked about any back pain, I told him I struggle with that as well. He then did a test where I would touch my nose then his finger, I could do it on my right side, but missed every time on the left. He ended up taking quite a bit of blood and asked to get MRI of head and cervical spine this week. He did mention that this could be serious and heavy, but not much else. Currently I am on Levothyroxine. I am starting to get nervous and wanted to see if anyone had any input or ideas about possibilities or conditions that could be wrong with me? Thank you so much.
Hello. Your history is suggestive of neurological issues with very less possibility of anxiety. Following are the possibilities that I can think of : Now to help you better, I need following answers from you. Please think in detail and answer : Have you ever been admitted in hospital for vomiting? Or ever received any injections for vomiting for long? Do you notice any visual issues? Is there any tingling or numbness in legs? Do you have any difficulty in holding objects? Do you experience any cervical pains? Are you suffering from weight loss or memory loss? Have you noticed any other neurological issues in life? Please check with your family for answers that you are not sure about. I mean that any previous significant history of such episodes in childhood.