I had two neurologists downtown question, tap, poke, push, pull me. One is an associate UT professor specializing in neuromuscular. On examination, the other asked me, "Have your reflexes always been this brisk?" I said, "Honestly, I didn't know I had this many reflexes - I mean they've only hit me in the knees... and what do you mean by brisk?" He said, "Like hyper." I said, "Oh yeah." After that I got bloodwork done. They want to do an MRI in the neck area to inspect nerves/muscles. The bloodwork and MRI will rule out a lot of things. After that, if nothing pops up, I am guessing they will do an EMG.
I think the biggest thing for me right now is that I want to know if I am damaging myself while working on the computer. Before now, I have thought about how to alleviate the pain. At this point, I'm not so concerned about the pain as I am understanding what I am doing to myself. In the long run, if I don't get a handle on this, one day I'm going to either flip out or become incapacitated. In many ways, this problem has driven me mad already. At the same time, it has given me a unique viewpoint - singular, off the map and maybe (or maybe not) beneficial in that respect.
In retrospect, all other attempts at fixing this have not been serious. They have been shots in the dark - like ways to pacify myself that I "was doing something". That is not exactly true - the voice recognition and ergonomic setup at home helps, but really, especially of late, I am back on the pain train.
It took my psychiatrist suggesting that I go to "a neurologist downtown". "And another thing", he said, "Do something fun". "Those are the two doctor orders to be done before we meet again in November." So, on top of the neurologist, I am booking a fishing trip to Washington again. Looking forward to it.
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