Background: So I experienced an AVM in 2007, had brain surgery in 2008. I have had 3 seizures post surgery but other than that life has been great. I do have a couple of questions. 1. Has anyone else had experiences with Raynaud's syndrome? I recently was diagnosed with it. My primary care physician doesn't believe its a problem but I'm wondering if others are on medication for it? Has anyone taken any other strides to relieve their symptoms? I particularly think its weird that my doctor thinks nothing should be done about this.
2. Whenever I go to exercise I experience weird symptoms. Sometimes I get dizzy after about 15 minutes on the treadmill in addition to increased anxiety OUT OF NOWHERE. It eventually goes away. Does this happen to anyone else??? I'm wondering if my head is sensitive to things such as running fast, jumping etc.
3. Recently my anxiety has been through the roof, I can be doing anything, (watching tv, reading a book, and my heart will start racing for no reason. Sometimes, when I'm walking I will get really nervous for no apparently reason. I'm currently on Keppra. Anyone else have this side effect?
Hello BD20 I dont have Raynaud's but sometimes get the same symptoms.
I do have something else called Ehlers Danlos type III and sometimes people with Ehlers Danlos have some issues with their heart rate this can be something called POTs which is Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome http://www.dysautonomiainternational.org/page.php?ID=30
You might want to see a heart dr who knows something about Ehlers Danlos not saying you have it but they tend to be more open minded
Hi BD20, We all here can only advise based on our own experiences, And as you can guess they will be different for each person based on medical information, What has your doctor advised in this situation ? I also take Keppra but have found no issues with it.